Gold Strike | |
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Sire | Smart Strike |
Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
Dam | Brassy Gold |
Damsire | Dixieland Brass |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 2002 (age 21–22) |
Country | Canada |
Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
Breeder | Harlequin Ranches |
Owner | Harlequin Ranches |
Trainer | Blair Miller (2004) Reade Baker (2005/6) |
Record | 9: 4-3-1 |
Earnings | Can$564,500 |
Major wins | |
Buffalo Stakes (2004) Debutante Stakes (2004) Selene Stakes (2005) Woodbine Oaks (2005) | |
Awards | |
CTHS Manitoba-bred Champion 2-Year-Old Filly (2004) CTHS Manitoba-bred Horse of the Year (2005) Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (2005) | |
Honours | |
Gold Strike Mile at Assiniboia Downs |
Gold Strike (foaled 2002 in Manitoba) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred and raced by Dick Bonnycastle's Harlequin Ranches, she was out of the mare, Brassy Gold. Her sire was the outstanding Smart Strike, a two-time leading sire in North America who also sired Curlin, Soaring Free, and English Channel, among others.
Gold Strike is the dam of 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike.