Gormley (horse)

Gormley

Gormley at the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Sire Malibu Moon
Grandsire A.P. Indy
Dam Race to Urga
Damsire Bernstein
Sex Colt
Foaled March 20th, 2014
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate
Owner Jerry and Ann Moss
Trainer John Shirreffs
Record 3: 2-0-0
Earnings $236,000[1]
Major wins
FrontRunner Stakes (2016)

Gormley (foaled March 20th, 2014, in Kentucky) is a Grade I winning-American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Gormley is a bay colt with a thin blaze and a sock on his left-hind leg. His sire is Malibu Moon, best known as the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Orb. He is the first foal out of Race to Urga, a stakes winner by Bernstein.[2] Gormley was bred by Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate and was entered in the Keeneland September Sale as a yearling, but did not reach his reserve price of $150,000. He was then purchased privately after the sale by Jerry and Ann Moss.[3]

2016: two-year-old season

Gormley maid his debut in a Maiden Special Weight on September 9th, and won impressively by 4 1/4 lengths. He was ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, who had worked with him through the summer.[3] His trainer, John Shirreffs, was so impressed with him that he entered him in the Grade I FrontRunner Stakes off his maiden victory, where he was sent off at odds of 10.80-1. Gormley broke well, went to the lead on the first turn, and led the rest of the way. His winning margin was three lengths over the well-regarded Klimt, winner of the Del Mar Futurity winner.[4] After the race, Shirreffs stated: "He looks like a million bucks, he's a beautiful horse and he's doing really well. I like that when he got into that big gear he has, he didn't get too excited for a young horse and today he was all business."[5]

On November 5, Gormley was entered in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, where he was made the third choice in a field of eleven that was considered fairly evenly matched. He bobbled at the break, then moved into fifth place while racing four-wide. Rounding the final turn, he started to drop back, eventually finishing seventh.[6]

Race record

Date Track Race Grade Distance Finish Margin Time Odds
11/5/2016 Santa Anita Park Breeders' Cup Juvenile I 1 116 miles 7th (16 14) 1:42.60 5.20
10/1/2016 Santa Anita Park FrontRunner Stakes I 1 116 miles 1st 3 1:43.57 10.80
9/4/2016 Del Mar racetrack Maiden Special Weight x 6 12 furlongs 1st 4 14 1:17.79 6.70

Source: Equibase Charts[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gormley Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. "Race To Urga Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Andersen, Steve. "Jockey Espinoza has career day with three Grade 1 wins". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. http://www.drf.com/news/gormley-left-alone-lead-frontrunner
  5. Angst, Frank. "Gormley Upsets FrontRunner Field". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. "Chart for the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile". Equibase. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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