| Shackleford | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Shackleford_(horse).jpg) Shackleford in the 2011 Preakness Stakes. | |
| Sire | Forestry |
| Grandsire | Storm Cat |
| Dam | Oatsee |
| Damsire | Unbridled |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Michael Lauffer & William D. Cubbedge |
| Owner | Michael Lauffer & William D. Cubbedge |
| Trainer | Dale Romans |
| Record | 20: 6-5-1 |
| Earnings | $3,090,101.[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Churchill Downs Stakes (2012) Metropolitan Handicap (2012) Clark Handicap (2012) Triple Crown classic race wins: Preakness Stakes (2011) | |
Shackleford (foaled February 25, 2008) is a chestnut[2] Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. He also finished second in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and won the Metropolitan Handicap and Clark Handicap in 2012.
Shackleford was trained by Dale Romans, who raced the colt twice as a 2-year-old with one win. As a 3-year-old, he prepared for the Kentucky Derby with a second place finish in the Florida Derby. He came fourth in the 2011 Kentucky Derby and then won the Preakness Stakes with odds of 13-1. In doing so, Shackleford became the beneficiary of the largest payoff purse in Preakness history, winning not only the $600,000 winner's purse, but also $550,000 as the XpressBet Bonus winner. Late in the year, he finished second in the Haskell Invitational and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. As a four-year-old he won the Metropolitan Handicap in June and the Clark Handicap in November and then was retired. In 2020, he was exported to stud in South Korea.