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Giant's Causeway

15 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Mrs. John Magnier  - 
Trainer:
Aidan P. O'Brien
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Michael B. Tabor  -  Orpendale
Pedigree:
Storm Cat  -  Mariah's Storm  by  Rahy
Rating:
 
 
Giant's Causeway
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What the Nation is saying about Giant's Causeway...

Maiden Battle Hardened jumped into the Kentucky Derby discussion with a surprising win in the Sam F. Davis Stakes...Read More
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  • Floridaf · That is very true, but Santiva has also run 2nd in the G1 Dixiana Breeders' Futurity in his previous start. This is definitely not an orthodox trainer, though. · 3 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · Didn't think Battle Hardened would get bet down to 9/2 from 12/1 morning line, but he ran his eye balls out from a extreme outside post in his previous race at GP. The way he rated Saturday was very encouraging since he didn't pass a horse in the stretch of his first 2 route races. · 1 day ago ·
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The greys are coming out in a force this 2011, and just before the year was about to turn over another silver grey lass put herself on the watch list. Ciao Bella debuted this past Sunday, the 18th, in spectacular fashion. Read More
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  • Winplacsho · Couldn't agree more, she was ultra professional. Most of Pletcher's debut winners are keyed-up front runners, but was really impressed with the way she rated and kicked home. Also, it was at a mile & you rarely see debut winners at a longer distance like that. · 48 days ago ·
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  • cpsoren121 · Agree Florida on Giant's Causeway! Good read by Dead Heat!! · 46 days ago ·
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why way he retired after 1 race???
  • shores · He wasn't. Giant's Causeway raced 13 times, mainly in Europe, won 9 times, and was second 4 times, resulting in earnings of over 2 million euros. His biggest wins included the St. James Palace S., the Juddmonte International, and the Irish Champions S., and he was a game 2nd to Tiznow in the 2000 BC Classic. · 70 days ago ·
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  • railbird33 · shores, Nice summary of this great champion. His 2000 BC Classic run against Tiznow is number 2 in my book for most thrilling BC races. · 69 days ago ·
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Oh no, Giant's Causeway is high up on the list after 1 race in America, and so is Rock of Gibraltar, and Zarkava is way up there with no American races. If this list is going to include all the great horses on Planet Earth then why aren't Ribot, Brigadier Gerard, Nijinsky II, Allez France, Deep Impact, Sunline, Lohnro, etc., higher? Is this list for American horses or just any horse from anywhere?
Today's 1 1/8-mile Ontario Derby asks handicappers to weigh the merits of two important factors: strong recent form or overall preference for a Polytrack surface. Read More
  • BrianZipse · Looks like Derby Kitten appreciates a synthetic surface. · 136 days ago ·
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  • Woodbine · I would say so. I guess he goes to Keeneland next. Would love to see him back here in the...I think it's called the Autumn for older runners on Polytrack. · 134 days ago ·
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Bowman's Causeway takes on a strong field of stakes winners in the Florida Derby, which will be contested at Gulfstream Park on April 3. Does he belong on the Triple Crown trail?Read More
While there was little in the way of Kentucky Oaks caliber racing taking place last weekend this weekend features two fields of fillies that are more than capable of making the grade in the big dance. Inglorious is the big cheese running this Saturday but before we get to the races a few things have...Read More
Zipse’s Kentucky Derby Daily – Day 54 Pedigree Spotlight written by Scott Dick Santiva Santiva has shown nothing but class in his five career starts. He's yet to finish off the board and has not run a bad race. The Giant's Causeway colt has raced on wet and fast tracks, as well as turf and synthetic...Read More
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  • RyanNewport · love santiva!! · 329 days ago ·
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  • mdracing69 · I am a Santiva fan as well. I think the Blue Grass is a good spot for him. · 329 days ago ·
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Arienza, a 3-year-old filly out of 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri, scored an impressive first win in her debut March 6 at Oaklawn Park.The 9-10 favorite in a field of nine pressed the pace and took a narrow lead on the turn for home for jockey Michael Baze in the six-furlong event. Arienza shook free ...Read More
With news this week that the last two female Horses of the Year, Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, had both made their first trips to the breeding shed, trainer Danny Peitz anxiously peers down his shedrow at one product of a high-powered female champion as Azeri's second foal ARIENZA (Giant's Causeway...Read More
With the official announcement that Zenyatta has been retired from racing, it's time for her to move on to a new role in her life, producing little Zens. Jerry and Ann Moss haven't announced which stallion she will be bred to, but it's a fun topic to discuss. Is her perfect mate at Lane's End Farm, ...Read More
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  • lewpe · What about Pleasantly Perfect with Affirmed in the bloodline and he's already at Lane's End! · 435 days ago ·
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  • dunia19 · I really thought Ghostzapper would have been a great choice. His speed, and his ability to come from behind or go wire to wire....and he is one handsome beast! But Bernardini is no donkey. Congrats. · 377 days ago ·
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My last post explains why a recent post by Frank Mitchell gave me second thoughts about the appropriateness of Giant’s Causeway as a mate for Zenyatta in spite of the sterling statistical profile he has with her ancestry. My underlying point is that what’s on paper can and must be interpreted in lig...Read More
Why is it that without fail I am always fond of horses with the word Zip in their name? Just the curse of having a last name like Zipse, I guess. Today we saw another big performance from one of those Zips, as the newly turned five-year-old mare, Unzip Me, proved too much for her competition in the ...Read More
  • bband · Nice call on the Stage Door Betty. I liked the same bunch and hit the tri for $1 which paid a solid $485. There was no reason to let Joanie's Catch to go off at 18-1, but Funny Moon was WAY overbet at 7-5. Agree the 6 looked very good for the Super as well. · 401 days ago ·
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  • zatt · It would be so much easier to say thank you if I actually had been able to collect on that ticket ;-) I really have no clue why Joanie's Catch was so high. · 401 days ago ·
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Dreamtheimpossible, a daughter of Giant's Causeway, in foal to Galileo, was purchased by Adena Springs Farm for $2,550,000, the highest price so far during the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.A 4-year-old filly who was group I-placed in England, Dreamtheimpossible is out of the $3.5 million e...Read More
World record holder and grade I winner Red Giant will join New Zealand’s Westbury Stud roster for the 2010 breeding season, according to Australian Breeding & Racing magazine. Red Giant entered stud this year at Three Chimneys Farm, near Midway, Ky., where he stood for $6,000 live foal guarantee...Read More
Back-to-back facile wins in major preps coupled with a special pedigree point the way to favoritism in Eskendereya's next race: The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). By Giant's Causeway out of the Seattle Slew mare Aldebaran Light, this horse has a 4x4 cross of Northern Dancer via a s...Read More
  • humphrey · Lauren Stitch arguing one of the "theoreticals" went on and on about Smarty Jones all the while the INDIVIDUAL right there in front of her was making a shambles out of all her "theoreticals." Can she, or ANYONE for that matter, know what genes makeup speed, which multiple groups of genes make up stamina, heart, desire to win? NO ONE CAN since NO one knows what genetic material first accounts for the phenotype and then NO ONE knows what are in the gametes that created the individual running. Basing performance on anything other than the individual right in front of you is bad scientific processing. In any one breeding the chances of predicting the exact genetic components of the offspring (without even knowing what genes account for what physical characteristics) is a well played out con game that keeps a lot of these "theoreticals" in the business. The BRIDE couldn't beat a fat man down a hill, the four full siblings of Northern Dancer and Ribot were not runners but they had exactly the same parents.....It is guess work at its best. · 658 days ago ·
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Giant's Causeway on the top and Seattle Slew on the bottom. There's decades of talent bred into Eskendereya and Iron Maidens Thoroughbreds breaks it down for us. Read More
The stallion Giant's Causeway is nicknamed "The Iron Horse," but there's another Thoroughbred out there who deserves the nickname and he's only a 2-year-old. Wilburn, the top-priced horse at $625,000 in the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training worked like clockwork at Keeneland and Turfwa...Read More
The tough times in the Thoroughbred auction business might not be over, but the results of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co’s March select sale of 2-year-old in training provided evidence that there is a light at the end of the long, dark tunnel of financial suffering.Read More

Giant's Causeway - Pedigree

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Storm CatStorm BirdNorthern Dancer
South Ocean
TerlinguaSecretariat
Crimson Saint
Mariah's StormRahyBlushing Groom
Glorious Song
ImmenseRoberto
Imsodear

Giant's Causeway - Race Results & Past Performances

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