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General Quarters

6 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Thomas R. McCarthy  - 
Trainer:
Thomas R. McCarthy
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by R. David Randal  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Sky Mesa  -  Ecology  by  Unbridled's Song
Rating:
 
 
General Quarters
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What the Nation is saying about General Quarters...

General Quarters, the two-time Grade 1 winner who made his septuagenarian owner-trainer one of the most popular Kentucky Derby stories of recent years, was retired Monday after finishing last of 13 in the Clark Handicap on Friday at his home track of Churchill Downs.Tom McCarthy said General Quarter...Read More
Preston Stables LLC’s Flat Out and George and Lori Hall’s Ruler On Ice, two major players from the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) run at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, will be searching for Eclipse Award championship momentum when they face 11 rivals on the famed Louisville track in Friday’...Read More
Ruler On Ice has been confirmed for the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on Nov 25. Read More
New York-bred Future Prospect and 2009 Toyota Blue Grass (G1) winner General Quarters finished one-two in the WinStar Kentucky Cup (G2) on September 24 at Turfway Park and will meet again on Saturday in the 53rd running of the $150,000 Fayette (G2) on closing day of Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meeting. ...Read More
Future Prospect and General Quarters, 1-2 finishers in the WinStar Kentucky Cup (G2) at Turfway Park on September 24, will likely meet again in the 53rd running of the $150,000 Fayette (G2), a 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-olds and up on closing day at Keeneland.   Those two horses, as well as...Read More
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General Quarters will stay on a synthetic surface in his attempt to make the Breeders’ Cup when he runs Saturday as one of the favorites in the $200,000 WinStar Kentucky Cup, the showcase event in the newly revived Kentucky Cup series at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. Owned and trained by 77-year-old...Read More
Future Prospect gave Dodson Skaggs his first graded stakes winner in 42 years as a trainer when the 7-year-old gelding left General Quarters behind in the stretch to capture the $169,999 WinStar Kentucky Cup (gr. II) at 18-1 odds at Turfway Park Sept. 24."It's a pretty good feeling," an emotional Sk...Read More
Future Prospect and General Quarters...nice to see the "old guys" do so well. GQ--loved his determination!
The Grade 2 WinStar Kentucky Cup Stakes has attracted a fascinating field of eight, including former star General Quarters, turf veteran Strike Impact, and gem of consistency Baryshnikov. Read More
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  • CraigBradshaw · watch out for p val. he can sneak a horse up to the winner's circle. · 133 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · Ill informed in reference to your threads would be unkind but accurrate, READ A BOOKKKKKKK. · 133 days ago ·
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Lothenbach Stables’ Mister Marti Gras rallied from far back to nail front-running favorite Workin For Hops in the final strides to win the Grade III $100,000 Washington Park Handicap Saturday at Arlington Park.  Eduardo Perez was astride the homebred son of Belong to Me who ran the mile and an ...Read More
Making one full trip around the Arlington Park oval this Saturday are the entrants of the 79th Washington Park Handicap. Workin for Hops and General Quarters are two of the bigger names entering the event which has been dominated by Mike Stidham’s Gran Estreno each of the last two years. Hopefully o...Read More
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  • tonykelso · I would consider General Quarters bouncing back his allowance dirt race at CD was very good. The Firecracker is a tough race, I don't think the distance of one mile against top horses really fit him.. Demand value. · 155 days ago ·
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  • RobertPotter · If Working For Hops reproduces his Hanshin performance,he most likely wins. If not, the steadily improving Illinois bred-Color Me Blue- can win this running of the Washington Park Hcp. · 154 days ago ·
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A troika of accomplished stakes winners – Thomas McCarthy’s General Quarters, Estrorace LLC’s Workin for Hops and Lothenbach Stables’ Mister Marti Gras – share top starting impost of 119 pounds for Saturday’s Washington Park Handicap.  The Grade III race carries a $100,000 purse and will be run...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, who won Keeneland’s Grade I Blue Grass Stakes over the Lexington Polytrack in 2009 and Churchill’s Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf over the Louisville lawn last year, will return to Polytrack for the first time since his Blue Grass victory for Arlington’s Grade III Was...Read More
Mort Fink’s Wise Dan stalked the pace and rallied to take over from Strike Impact in deep stretch to draw off and win the Firecracker Handicap on Monday to close out the Spring Meet at Churchill Downs. Read More
Maggi Moss’ multiple stakes winner Native Ruler split horses in mid-stretch and beat Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters to the wire to take the Friday afternoon feature at Churchill Downs by a neck.   Trained by Chris Richard and ridden by Miguel Mena, Native Ruler was fifth in the field of six at...Read More
Monday evening, admiring Strike Impact with all his dapples and the good flesh he carries, I felt pretty cocky, saying to Pat, “If he runs to his looks, he could be tough.” Strike Impact, the one-horse stable trained and partly-owned by my husband, Pat Dupuy, is targeting the $175,000-added, Grade I...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, who loomed a threatening third entering the lane during last summer’s Grade I Arlington Million before stopping suddenly, returned to competition for the first time since that outing on Friday over Churchill Downs’ main track and finished second by a neck in a seven-...Read More
If racing fans were to vote on which horse is the best horse on the Friday twilight program at Churchill Downs, there is little doubt that General Quarters would win in a landslide.Ah, but if the issue was only that easy. General Quarters, who can claim victories in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at ...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, hero of Churchill’s Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on Kentucky Derby Day last year and winner of Keeneland Race Course’s Grade I Blue Grass Stakes the year before that, arrived at McCarthy’s Fair Grounds barn before dawn Thursday morning after an extended lay...Read More

General Quarters - Pedigree

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Sky MesaPulpitA. P. Indy
Preach
CaressStorm Cat
La Affirmed
EcologyUnbridled's SongUnbridled
Trolley Song
Gdansk's HonourDanzig
Royal Honoree

General Quarters - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video11/25/1113thJ CourtCD111 1/8 mDClark Handicap-G103+ MWise DanMission ImpazibleFlat Out1:48.95
View DetailsView Video10/29/118thJ TheriotKee91 1/8 mSFayette-G203+ MWise DanIoya BigtimeWorkin For Hops1:48.72
View DetailsView Video09/24/112ndJ TheriotTP101 1/16 mSKentucky Cup Classic-G203+ MFuture ProspectGeneral QuartersDemarcation1:44.71
View Details09/03/117thJ TheriotAP81 3/16 mSWashington Park Hcp-G303+ MMister Marti GrasMaristarWorkin For Hops1:51.60
View DetailsView Video07/04/117thJ TheriotCD101 mileTFirecracker-G203+ MWise DanBaryshnikovStrike Impact1:34.59
View Details06/10/112ndJ TheriotCD97 fDAlwOC03+ MNative RulerGeneral QuartersAgastache1:23.30
View DetailsView Video08/21/107thJ GrahamAP101 1/4 mTArlington Million-G103+ MDebussyGio PontiTazeez2:03.01
View Details07/17/106thR BejaranoAP91 1/4 mTArlington Handicap-G303+ MRahystradaJust As WellTajaaweed2:01.26
View DetailsView Video06/12/103rdA SolisCD101 1/8 mDStephen Foster Handicap-G104+ MBlameBattle PlanGeneral Quarters1:49.37
View DetailsView Video05/01/101stR BejaranoCD101 1/8 mTWoodford Reserve Turf Classic-G103+ MGeneral QuartersCourt VisionLoup Breton1:53.42
View DetailsView Video03/27/102ndR AlbaradoFG81 1/8 mDNew Orleans Hcp.-G204+ MBattle PlanGeneral QuartersAwesome Gem1:49.33
View DetailsView Video02/20/102ndR AlbaradoFG111 1/16 mDMineshaft Hcp.-G304+ MStonehouseGeneral QuartersGiant Oak1:44.09
View DetailsView Video01/23/102ndR AlbaradoFG71 1/16 mDLouisiana Hcp04+ MFriesan FireGeneral QuartersGood And Lucky1:43.39
View DetailsView Video12/26/092ndJ RiquelmeFG86 fDAlwOC03+ MTempo FiveGeneral QuartersCredit Only1:10.49
View DetailsView Video05/16/099thJ LeparouxPim121 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MRachel AlexandraMine That BirdMusket Man1:55.08
View DetailsView Video05/02/0910thJ LeparouxCD111 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MMine That BirdPioneerof The NileMusket Man2:02.66
View DetailsView Video04/11/091stE CoaKee91 1/8 mSBlue Grass-G103 MGeneral QuartersHold Me BackMassone1:49.26
View DetailsView Video03/14/095thJ LopezTam111 1/16 mDTampa Bay Derby-G303 MMusket ManJoin In The DanceJustdontcallmejeri1:43.67
View Details02/14/091stJ LopezTam101 1/16 mDSam F. Davis-G303 MGeneral QuartersSumoMusket Man1:43.54

 

 

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