Heavenly Prize | |
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Sire | Seeking the Gold |
Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
Dam | Oh What a Dance |
Damsire | Nijinsky II |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | February 17, 1991[1] |
Died | 2013 (age 22) |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Ogden Phipps |
Owner | Ogden Phipps |
Trainer | Claude R. McGaughey |
Record | 18: 9-6-3 |
Earnings | $1,825,940[2] |
Major wins | |
Frizette Stakes (1993) Alabama Stakes (1994) Gazelle Handicap (1994) Beldame Stakes (1994) Apple Blossom Handicap (1995) Hempstead Handicap (1995) Go for Wand Stakes (1995) John A. Morris Handicap (1995) | |
Awards | |
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1994) | |
Honors | |
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2018) Heavenly Prize Invitational Stakes (Listed) at Aqueduct Racetrack since 2017 |
Heavenly Prize (February 17, 1991 – 2013) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was a Grade I winner at ages two, three and four, and never finished out of the money. She was named the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1994 after winning the Alabama, Gazelle and Beldame Stakes, plus finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Her four-year-old campaign was equally noteworthy, with wins in the Apple Blossom, Hempstead (now the Ogden Phipps), Go for Wand and John A. Morris (now the Personal Ensign). She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2018.