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Best Pal

1988 - Gelding | Deceased
Owner(s):
Golden Eagle Farm Investment L.P.
Trainer:
Richard E. Mandella
Bred:
California (USA) by Mrs. John C. Mabee  -  John C. Mabee  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Habitony  -  Ubetshedid  by  King Pellinore
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Best Pal...

The Racing Festival of the South was inaugurated in 1974 by Oaklawn Park and owner Charles Cella with a stakes race each day ...Read More
  • travel_vic · One o0f the many many reasons why this is one of the best managed race meetings each and every year...THese people KNOW how to sell the product · 44 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Eric. I would also add Curlin, Lawyer Ron, (consecutive years) Victory Gallop, Tank's Prospect, Davona Dale, Bold 'n Determined, and Festin as other memorable Festival winners. Festin beat a great field that day in 1991 ... I was there to root on Unbridled. · 44 days ago ·
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How does Game On Dude stack up against America's greatest geldings of recent years...Read More
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  • ILuvTurfRacing · Before I say what I'm about to say, I'd like it noted for the record that I'm a huge fan of Game on Dude, and admire this horse a ton!! That said, I'm not sure the word "Great" actually applies to Game on Dude? I think he probably has as much heart and pure desire to win as any gelding racing in America, or any horse period for that matter. But 6-wins, 4-places, and 1-show in 15 lifetime starts is a long way from being labeled "Great" in my view. TJMO. · 108 days ago ·
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  • xmango93x · Could be the best since Lava Man, but I am so biased toward Better Talk Now that I'm probably ineligible. I don't think I'll ever love a racehorse as much as I love that old gelding. Of course, that's because he was "THE horse" for me - the one who got me into racing when the most beautiful black horse I'd ever seen won the 2004 Breeders' Cup. This sport needs more great geldings that stick around and build fan bases. I don't think he was ever as popular as a horse like Lava Man, but to me Brass Hat was another one of those geldings that just stole my heart. The old, classy type that doesn't always win but always gives an honest account of himself. Evening Attire also comes to mind. Right now, I'll say Game on Dude is the best since Lava Man, but it'll take a lot to out-do that. Well Armed was a terrific horse on his day, also, but I'll put GOD above him based on consistency. · 104 days ago ·
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Sorry, but if you say Groundhog Day to me, I think of the 1993 Harold Ramis film titled the same, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, way before I think of the chubby rodent from somewhere in Pennsylvania. I like movies, what can I say. If you’ve never seen it, by all means rent it and hunker ...Read More
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  • cocoa2 · Let us hope Hansen doesn't break down as well. · 110 days ago ·
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  • HeatherSeiden · I love that movie!! · 109 days ago ·
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Entering off three straight graded stakes wins on turf including a pair of Grade I’s, Acclamation successfully transferred his front-running game to the main track... Read More
  • RamonDimas · DAMN this horse is soooooooooooooooooooo sooooooooooooooooooo GREAT i think he is going to win the CLASSIC!! · 269 days ago ·
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  • boxersdaddy · there is a question as to whether acclamation can transfer his successes from turf and poly to dirt. · 258 days ago ·
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Patrick Valenzuela was up on Best Pal, returning to the winner’s circle. But he was well aware of what was going on in the Del Mar grandstands. “The crowd was going crazy,” Valenzuela recalled of the moments after the inaugural running of the Pacific Classic on August 10, 1991. “It was an honor just...Read More
Twenty years ago this week, a field of 12 older horses lined up for the 1991 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. Then as now, it was the first Grade 1 race of the year for the nation’s top older horses, but in 1991 it was the start of something even bigger: It was the first leg of the inaugural Americ...Read More
A standing-room only crowd at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga Springs reserved its longest and loudest applause for the last inductee, the rider Randy Romero, whose career was equally marked by exhilarating highs and debilitating lows.Read More
A little perspective on the induction of Best Pal into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on Friday: It is entirely comparable to Ted Williams in the baseball hall, Marcus Allen in football and Bill Walton in basketball. Only this superior San Diego County-born a...Read More
No Thoroughbred trainer will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., when ceremonies are held at the Fasig-Tipton sale pavilion on the morning of Aug. 13. Under new voting procedures this year, the top four vote getters among nominees in ...Read More
  • humphrey · There has always been an Eastern bias...Horses and connections from the West have to be twice as qualified to get the attention of the majority of voters who reside in the East. · 665 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · Particularly demonstrated well in the movie "Seabiscuit" · 665 days ago ·
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Former jockey Randy Romero and equine heroes Best Pal, Azeri and Point Given have been named as this year's inductees to the Racing Hall of Fame at Saratoga Springs, New York.This new class will be inductedinto the Hall of Fame in Saratoga on August 13. Romero, 52, retired in 1999 with 4,292 victori...Read More
Jockey Randy Romero and three horses--Azeri, Best Pal, and Point Given—have been elected into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. for 2010. The induction ceremony will take place Aug. 13 at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga. Read More
Snow Chief was a Classic winner and an American champion. The California bred, near black colt was a consistent and dominant star in 1985 through 1987. He was the all-time leading California bred earner until surpassed by Best Pal, and still is fourth only behind Tiznow, Best Pal and Lava Man...Read More
2/25/2009 - Baffert Among 11 Hall of Fame Finalists BloodHorse, KY He finished fifth as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby then won the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes, the Haskell Invitational and the Travers. Tiznow won eight of his 15 career starts and earned $6427830. The California-bred son ...Read More
Published: August 11, 1991 On a day that many believed would settle the rivalry between Farma Way and Festin, local upstart Best Pal ran the race of his life to defeat perhaps the year's best field of older horses and capture this afternoon's inaugural $1 million Pacific Classic. Read More
Supposedly suffering from slow workouts, fast competition and even the wrong pedigree, Strike the Gold won the 117th Kentucky Derby today with a rousing end run through the homestretch...Read More

Best Pal - Pedigree

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HabitonyHabitatSir Gaylord
Little Hut
Courteous LadyGallant Man
Fleurlea
UbetshedidKing PellinoreRound Table
Thong
UbetidoSir Wiggle
Udontmeanit

Best Pal - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video07/02/955thC McCarronHol61 1/4 mDHollywood Gold Cup-G103+ MCigarTinners WayTossofthecoin1:59.46
View Details04/15/954thC McCarronOP91 1/8 mDOaklawn Handicap-G104+ MCigarSilver GoblinConcern1:47.22
View DetailsView Video11/05/945thC McCarronCD81 1/4 mDBreeders' Cup Classic-G103 MConcernTabasco CatDramatic Gold2:02.41
View DetailsView Video08/13/942ndC McCarronDmr41 1/4 mDPacific Classic-G103+ MTinners WayBest PalDramatic Gold1:59.40
View DetailsView Video11/06/9310thC BlackSA81 1/4 mDBreeders' Cup Classic-G103 MArcanguesBertrandoKissin Kris2:00.83
View DetailsView Video08/21/933rdC BlackDmr31 1/4 mDPacific Classic-G103+ MBertrandoMissionary RidgeBest Pal1:59.55
View DetailsView Video05/09/924thK DesormeauxPim101 3/16 mDPimlico Special-G104 MStrike The GoldFly So FreeTwilight Agenda1:54.80
View Details11/30/912ndK DesormeauxHol81 1/8 mTCitation Handicap-G203+ MFly Till DawnBest PalWolf1:45.86
View DetailsView Video09/22/914thP ValenzuelaLaD101 1/4 mDSuper Derby-G103 MFree Spirit's JoyOlympioZeeruler2:00.80
View DetailsView Video08/10/911stP ValenzuelaDmr31 1/4 mDPacific Classic03+ MBest PalTwilight AgendaUnbridled1:59.80
View DetailsView Video05/18/915thG StevensPim101 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MHanselCorporate ReportMane Minister1:54.00
View DetailsView Video05/04/912ndG StevensCD81 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MStrike The GoldBest PalMane Minister2:03.00
View DetailsView Video11/27/906thP ValenzuelaBel71 1/16 mDBreeders' Cup Juvenile-G102 MFly So FreeTake Me OutLost Mountain1:43.40

 

 

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