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JUSTIFY: KENTUCKY DERBY, PREAKNESS & BELMONT STAKES

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A handsome chestnut stallion son of Scatt Daddy born March 28th 2015, both JUSTIFY and his dam, Stage Magic were bred by John D. Gunther of Glennwood Stud Farm.

Justify was trained by Hall of Fame-r Bob Baffert, quickly displaying a freakish talent for a young racehorse.

Unraced as a two-year-old colt, Justify’s rise to the top of thoroughbred horse racing came in a remarkably short period of time.

He scored first time out at three, in a February maiden at Santa Anita Park (California, USA) quickly adding a second win en route the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.

Justify and champion jockey Mike Smith recorded an emphatic three length victory as a prep for the 2018 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

History dictated no unraced two-year-old had won the Run for the Roses since Apollo in 1882.

Justify overturned the record book, later adding the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course to his winning tally in a hard-fought success over Bravazo.

Victory in the Belmont Stakes would secure a place in racing folklore as the 13th winner of America’s Triple Crown. On June 9th 2018, Justify duly obliged running into the record book with a comfortable one-and-three-quarter length win in the colours of the China Horse Club.

A potential return to the racetrack was touted but injury led to Justify’s retirement. A winner of all six of starts boasting purse earnings of $3,798,000 USD, Big Money Mike Smith described him as “a gift from God.”

Global thoroughbred breeding phenomenon Coolmore announced Justify would stand at their Ashford Stud, Kentucky USA, joining Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, for a fee of $150,000 USD.

His first foals are due to arrive in 2020.
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Triple Crown winners:
Sir Barton (1919)
Gallant Fox (1930)
Omaha (1935)
War Admiral (1937)
Whirlaway (1941)
Count Fleet (1943)
Assault (1946)
Citation (1948)
Secretariat (1973)
Seattle Slew (1977)
Affirmed (1978)
American Pharoah (2015)
Justify (2018)
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Justify race record:
1st Maiden Special Weight (Santa Anita)
1st Allowance Optional Claiming (Santa Anita)
1st Santa Anita Derby (Santa Anita)
1st 144th 144th Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs)
1st 143rd Preakness Stakes (Pimlico)
1st Belmont Stakes (Belmont Park)

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