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Owner(s):
Prince Khalid Abdullah  - 
Trainer:
Dermot K. Weld
Bred:
(GB) by Juddmonte Farms Ltd
Pedigree:
Dansili  -  Fame At Last  by  Quest For Fame
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Today marked the 21st win of Famous Name's career, as he won the listed Trigo Stakes at Leopardstown. This made the 5th straight win for Famous Name, and he's won 7 of his 9 races in 2012. His only 2 losses were a 2nd to So You Think in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and a 3rd behind Penitent and Questioning in the G2 Bet365 Mile at Sandown. Famous Name continues to be an incredible money spinner for Juddmonte Farms, and I suspect he will be until Prince Khalid Abdullah decides to retire him.
What a tremendous $ speinner this horse has been for Juddmonte and trainer Dermot Weld. Famous Name won the G3 Solonaway Stakes in Ireland on Sunday, making the 20th win of his career, and running his career record to an amazing 37-20-8-5. With the win at the Curragh on Sunday, Famous Name has now won 12 G3 races, 6 listed stakes races, and 1 G2 race. A win at G1 level is the only thing that continues to elude him. Famous Name has run in 8 G1 races during his career. He's finished 2nd in 4 of them and 3rd in 2 of them. He's been close to scoring at the highest level. Beaten only a nose by Vision D'Etat in the 2008 Prix Du Jockey Club, 1-1/2 lengths by Aqlaam in the 2009 Prix Du Moulin, and 1-1/2 lengths by Durban Thunder in the 2011 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis in Germany. Dermot Weld has said he really wants to see Famous Name win just 1 G1 race before he's eventually retired. Weld has said he's considering bringing him to Santa Anita to run in the G1 BC Mile in November. But even without a G1 win, this horse still has an amazing record in stakes races.
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  • ILuvTurfRacing · @footlick, I agree completely. Famous Name is one of my favorite Juddmonte horses still currently in training. For me, he's rivaled only by Frankel and Cityscape. Famous Name is living proof that you don't have to be a G1 winner to be a cash register for the connections. · 254 days ago ·
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  • yukichan · Famous Name--very under appreciated and under estimated in my opinion! · 254 days ago ·
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At listed to G3 stakes level, you just simply cannot hardly beat Famous Name in Ireland. At the Curragh, and most particularly at Leopardstown. Where he's definitely a course specialist. Famous Name won the G3 Meld Stakes for a 3rd straight year at Leopardstown today. But just because he's racked up so many wins at listed and G3 level, don't be fooled. Famous Name has also run some outstanding races at G1 and G2 level over the course of his career, too. His biggest run at G1 level coming in the 2008 G1 Prix Du Jockey Club in France. Where he was just barely nosed out at the wire by Vision D'Etat. Trainer Dermot Weld is strongly considering bringing Famous Name stateside next month for the G1 Arlington Million. Weld has said that the hope for Famous Name is to win just one race at G1 level before he's retired. Being that he's been so close more than once in his career of winning at G1 level. I'm big fan of this horse. Love the work ethic he has race in and race out.
SO YOU THINK bounced back to winning ways with a clear cut success to post a second successive win in the Tattersalls Gold Cup.Read More
After Saturday’s Irish Champion Stakes, I’m fairly certain that many of us have run out of ways to describe So You Think. To borrow a line I heard in a commercial, “…all I can say is ‘wow’…” It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve watched So You Think race, he still continues to amaze me. That was the...Read More
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  • footlick · @medlocke- thanks. I knew she was running in the St Leger, but didn't knnow if they would try the Arc or not. Would that free Frankie up to ride Snow Fairy if she goes? · 625 days ago ·
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  • Rossington · @mary.schweitzer, That's correct!! It was on England's Racing Post web-site this morning that Aidan O'Brien intends to send Cape Blanco back to America to run in the G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont on Oct. 2nd. The Joe Hirsch being 1-1/2 race should put Cape Blanco spot on for this year's Breeders Cup Turf. Likely Clement will send Winchester out after Cape Blanco instead of Gio Ponti this time. The race being 1-1/2 instead of 1-1/4. · 625 days ago ·
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SO YOU THINK added his name to the stellar list of horses who have won the Irish Champion Stakes when he saw off Snow Fairy in a thrilling finish to the Red Mills-backed Group 1 at Leopardstown on Saturday. The betting suggested 1-4 favourite So You Think would ease to his third Group 1 triumph sinc...Read More
Multiple grade I winner Court Vision, overlooked at odds of 7-1, soared past The Usual Q. T. in deep stretch to capture the $1 million Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) at the Toronto track Sept. 19.With Robby Albarado aboard, Court Vision angled to the outside for the drive and collared The Usual Q. T., who h...Read More
The Woodbine Mile weekend has become my second favourite day of the Woodbine meet behind the Canadian International. Both events draw established turf stars from across the continent and overseas and the 2010 edition of Woodbine Mile day features three excellent turf tilts: the G2 Canadian...Read More
Sunday’s pick six from Woodbine includes a carryover of more than $12,000. Two Grade 1 turf races are part of the sequence. First up is the Northern Dancer (8th race) and the turf marathon features defending champ Marsh Side. The Woodbine Mile (10th race) drew a baker’s dozen and The Usual Q. T...Read More
Are you ready for … the start of the Breeders’ Cup prep season? With the first of two Event days 50 days hence, a look at the North American stakes on the docket this weekend indicates that some Cup practitioners are doing just that: Getting ready. The biggest player of the weekend is Woodbine in su...Read More
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  • mshutty · Agree, and I would include Arlington Park's turf course(s) in the top three. Another Euro favorite. · 978 days ago ·
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  • humphrey · IT is interesting to hear Jerry Bailey speak abou the differences in turf course especially their "give" (Euro courses use an average penethrometer reading of how deep a weight goes into the course from a standard height) as a measure. Bailey also notes how some are manicured (fast) and others are left long (deep with closers) · 978 days ago ·
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Top turf horses from the East, West, Europe, and a handful of local contenders will converge in Toronto for a sparkling edition of the $1 million Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) on Sept. 19.Read More
Three-time grade I winner Court Vision turned in an easy six-furlong work Sept. 13 at Saratoga in his final preparation for the $1 million Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) Sept. 19.Read More
The largest group of European equine invaders in the last seven years remains on schedule for an Atlantic crossing in time for the upcoming Grade I Arlington Million now two and a half weeks away on Aug. 21.   That list is headed by Kirsten Rausing’s Lady Jane Digby, a 5-year-old mare who defe...Read More
Kirsten Rausing’s Lady Jane Digby, a 5-year-old mare who drew clear late for a one-length score against male rivals in last Sunday’s Group I Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches-Zuchtrennen at Germany’s Munich Racecourse, is now expected to challenge the boys once again in the Grade I Arlington Milli...Read More
Juddmonte Farms’ jubilation following their one-two finish in Royal Ascot’s Group I Prince of Wales’s Stakes June 16 may also allow Ireland’s all-time leading trainer Dermot Weld the chance to saddle the first Grade I Arlington Million winner of his stellar international career.   That’s becau...Read More
The Breeders's Cup World Championships success last year of five European-trained horses at Santa Anita Park really made everybody sit up and take notice. There were a record 31 European-trained raiders in 2008 and the number is set to be matched or even surpassed this year.Read More
The Henry Cecil-trained Twice Overcaptured the final European leg of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge on Champions’ Day at Newmarket Oct. 17, winning the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (Eng-I) and earning a possible berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I).   Read More
Juddmonte has several contenders for the Breeders' Cup, including the European import Midday and the locally based filly Visit for the Filly and Mare Turf. O'Rourke said the group of European imports includes Zacinto (Mile), Father Time (Marathon), and Famous Name (Dirt Mile). Read More
French classic-placed Famous Name might shorten up in distance for the foreseeable future after scoring a comfortable victory at the Curragh on Saturday in the Keeneland International Stakes (Ire-G3). A close runner-up in last season’s Prix du Jockey Club (Fr-G1) (French Derby), Famous Name reeled i...Read More

Famous Name - Pedigree

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DansiliDanehillDanzig
Razyana
HasiliKahyasi
Kerali
Fame At LastQuest For FameRainbow Quest
Aryenne
RanalesMajestic Light
Katsura

Famous Name - Race Results & Past Performances

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View Details10/27/121stP SmullenLeo61 1/4 mTTrigo Stakes03+ MFamous NameDemurelyAn Saincheann2:15.45
View Details09/09/121stP SmullenCur31 mileTSolonaway Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameOne SpiritAloof1:38.09
View Details08/12/121stP SmullenCur21 1/4 mTRoyal Whip Stakes-G203+ MFamous NameBorn To SeaWarwick Avenue2:19.39
View Details07/26/121stP SmullenLeo41 1/8 mTMeld Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameBallybacka LadyNative Khan1:54.60
View Details07/01/121stP SmullenCur41 1/4 mTInternational Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameDefining YearNative Khan2:14.49
View DetailsView Video05/27/122ndP SmullenCur31 5/16 mTTattersalls Gold Cup-G104+ MSo You ThinkFamous NameRobin Hood2:15.60
View Details05/13/121stP SmullenLeo21 mileTAmethyst Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameSweet LightningBarack1:42.50
View Details04/27/123rdP SmullenSan31 mileTBet365 Mile-G204+ MPenitentQuestioningFamous Name1:52.58
View Details04/15/121stP SmullenLeo31 mileTHeritage Stakes04+ MFamous NameSharestanNorthgate1:40.80
View DetailsView Video10/01/114thP SmullenLon71 1/8 mTPrix Dollar-G203+ MBywordCirrus Des AiglesShimraan2:00.41
View DetailsView Video09/03/113rdP SmullenLeo71 1/4 mTIrish Champion Stakes-G103+ MSo You ThinkSnow FairyFamous Name2:04.20
View DetailsView Video07/31/112ndP SmullenMun11 1/4 mTGrosser Dallmayr-Preis-G103+ MDurban ThunderFamous NameElle Shadow2:06.39
View Details07/21/111stP SmullenLeo11 1/8 mTMeld Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameDan Excel Creekside1:56.71
View Details06/24/111stP SmullenCur41 1/4 mTInternational Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameJan VermeerMid Mon Lady2:15.40
View DetailsView Video05/22/113rdP SmullenCur21 5/16 mTTattersalls Gold Cup-G104+ MSo You ThinkCampanologistFamous Name2:14.08
View Details05/08/111stP SmullenLeo81 mileTAmethyst Stakes-G303+ MFamous NameAcross The RhineFighting Brave1:38.92
View Details04/10/111stP SmullenLeo11 mileTHeritage Stakes04+ MFamous NameFiniciusBarack1:40.17
View Details10/25/101stP SmullenLeo61 1/4 mTTrigo Stakes03+ MFamous NameDevoted To YouChoose Me2:05.03
View Details09/19/107thP SmullenWO101 mileTWoodbine Mile-G103+ MCourt VisionThe Usual Q. T. Woodbourne1:34.62
View Details09/04/106thP SmullenLeo51 1/4 mTIrish Champion Stakes-G103+ MCape BlancoRip Van WinkleTwice Over2:03.89
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