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Hold Me Back

6 year old Horse | Retired
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Owner(s):
WinStar Farm LLC
Trainer:
William I. Mott
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by WinStar Farm LLC
Pedigree:
Giant's Causeway  -  Restraint  by  Unbridled's Song
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Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky. Read More
Grade 2 winner Hold Me Back has been retired and will stand for owner and co-breeder WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, for the 2011 season. “Unfortunately, a strained tendon has compromised Hold Me Back’s chances of recapturing the brilliance he showed us during his 2009 campaign,” WinStar Racin...Read More
New York-bred Haynesfield parlayed his fondness for Belmont Park into a major upset Saturday afternoon, going wire-to-wire to snap Blame’s five-race winning streak with a four-length victory in the 92nd running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational.   Sent right to the fro...Read More
  • railbird33 · This was as big a story as Z winning her 19th against four rivals. Also, seeing Lucky grind his way to a win in the slop shows he can handle an off-track. The BC races will have some nice betting angles and pay-outs!! · 488 days ago ·
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Since it was first run in 1919, Belmont Park’s Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational has not only brought together history’s finest thoroughbreds but served as a major steppingstone to year-end honors for many.   Over the last decade alone, 2009 3-year-old champion Summer Bird, 20...Read More
Richard's Kid and jockey Mike Smith made it two straight victories in Del Mar's signature race of the summer season with a narrow but authoritative triumph in the 20th running of the Grade I $1 million Pacific Classic Presented by TVG Saturday.   Outrun in the early stages of the mile and one-q...Read More
Ten horses were entered to run in Saturday's 20th edition of the Grade I, $1,000,000 Pacific Classic -- Presented by TVG. The mile and one-quarter headliner, the richest race in the west, will anchor an 11-race card here that also includes two other graded stakes and has an early first post of 1 p....Read More
  • medlocke · I think The Usual Q.T. is the logical favorite for the Pacific Classic. But it's certainly not a lock by any means for him. He's going to have to do some real racing to win the Pacific Classic. Dakota Phone has really been racing well. Having won his last start at Del-Mar. Beating Battle of Hastings in the San Diego Handicap. Richard's Kid won the 2009 running of this race, and is also more than capable of winning it again in 2010. Although Awesome Gem ran a stormer of a race to beat Rail Trip in the Hollywood Gold Cup. Most of his biggest racing successes prior to the Hollywood Gold Cup had come on conventional dirt. With the G2 Hawthorne Gold Cup having previously been Awesome Gem's biggest win. Del-Mar is also a very different surface than Hollywood Park. Much more difficult going over the track at Del-Mar, IMO. I think the biggest "live wire" in the race, if he run's to his ability? Is the recent raider from Great Britain, Crowded House. This colt possesses a tremendous turn of foot. He's been raced primarily on turf in the UK. But ran a couple of outstanding efforts on the Tapeta surface at Meydan during the Dubai racing carnival. If he likes the surface at Del-Mar as well as he did the Tapeta at Meydan? Crowded House's turn of foot could absolutely propel him to a victory in the Pacific Classic. IMO. · 526 days ago ·
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Though the race still is two weeks away, the $1-million Pacific Classic Presented by TVG is already shaping up as a potentially large field.   At least 12 early prospects are already on board tentatively, led by defending champion Richard's Kid and Hollywood Gold Cup winner Awesome Gem, who wi...Read More
When it comes to analyzing the Queen's Plate, handicappers go back and forth trying to sort out if the pace scenario will better benefit a front-runner, a stalker or a closer. In Sunday's Gallop For The Guineas, Sam-Son Farms conditioner Mark Frostad has effectively tapped the "ALL" button with his ...Read More
Hold Me Back snapped a seven-race winless skid as he powered through the stretch to hold for a head victory over Grade 3 winner Pool Play in the $203,265 Dominion Day Handicap (Can-G3) on Thursday at Woodbine.Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott sent out Proviso for a half-mile breeze in 47.12 this morning, her first work since winning the Grade 1 Just a Game on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 5.   “She looks good and has been doing fine,” reported Mott. “So far, so good. If all goes well, she’ll make...Read More
Godolphin Stable’s Regal Ransom is scheduled to have his final serious move tomorrow morning for next Saturday’s Grade 2 Suburban Handicap, with assistant trainer Rick Mettee penciling in a five-furlong breeze for the son of Distorted Humor.   “He’s doing really well,” said Mettee of the 4-year...Read More
Overbrook Farm’s regally-bred Battle Plan invaded from his South Florida base to score a front-running 1 ½-length victory over General Quarters in his stakes debut, Saturday’s Grade II, $500,000 New Orleans Handicap at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.   Battle Plan ran 1 1/8 miles over a “...Read More
In the wake of Florida Derby weekend at Gulfstream Park, trainer Todd Pletcher continues to coast on a clear lead in the standings as he bids for a seventh consecutive title here and jockey Javier Castellano holds a narrow lead in the rider standings, although a major shake-up on that leader board ...Read More
Makes 4yo debut in Wednesday's third at Gulfstream.
Trainer Bill Mott has Hold Me Back entered in Wednesday third race allowance feature at Gulfstream Park going one mile in his first start since a disappointing sixth-place finish as the 4-to-5 favorite in the Kentucky Cup Classic (G2) at Turfway Park on Sept. 26 last fall after the Travers. A $400,...Read More
Vinery Stable and Fox Hill Farms’ Friesan Fire, the hero of last year’s Louisiana Derby and also the gold medal winner in this season’s $75,000 Louisiana Handicap Jan. 23, is expected to match strides again with Louisiana Handicap silver medalist General Quarters, owned and trained by Tom McCarthy, ...Read More
THE INTRIGUE - The 140th running of the Travers didn’t feature Rachel Alexandra, who most believed at the time was the best 3YO of either sex, but the winners of the Belmont, Florida Derby, Lane’s End, Jim Dandy, Dwyer, Peter Pan, and Barbaro made up the field of seven.Read More
If Sea the Stars does not make the trip to California, which seems more likely than not, and joins Rachel Alexandra on the absentee list, it will create a void never before seen in the Breeders’ Cup. Read More
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  • mshutty · And the BC organization has no one to blame but itself. Remember when we all had a collective moan when it was announced that the BC would be held at Santa Anita two consecutive years? Our disdain for this idea is justified. I agree wth mdracing...what do the connections of Rachel have to prove. The only risk to the HOY honors is running in the BC and getting beat. If you owned/trained Rachel, what would you do? · 850 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · And the BC organization has no one to blame but itself. Remember when we all had a collective moan when it was announced that the BC would be held at Santa Anita two consecutive years? Our disdain for this idea is justified. I agree wth mdracing...what do the connections of Rachel have to prove. The only risk to the HOY honors is running in the BC and getting beat. If you owned/trained Rachel, what would you do? · 850 days ago ·
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Hold Me Back is done for the year after a lung infection was discovered following his disappointing effort in the Ky Cup Classic.
The chances of Sea the Stars being withdrawn from Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fra-I) due to soft ground appear slim to none, as the weather forecast calls for little or no rain through next Tuesday.Read More

Hold Me Back - Pedigree

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Giant's CausewayStorm CatStorm Bird
Terlingua
Mariah's StormRahy
Immense
RestraintUnbridled's SongUnbridled
Trolley Song
AvowalL'enjoleur
Well In Hand

Hold Me Back - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/02/104thR MaraghBel101 1/4 mDJockey Club Gold Cup-G103+ MHaynesfieldBlameFly Down2:02.48
View DetailsView Video08/28/108thG GomezDmr81 1/4 mSPacific Classic-G103+ MRichard's KidCrowded HouseDakota Phone2:03.27
View DetailsView Video07/01/101stT PizarroWO81 1/4 mTDominion Day03+ MHold Me BackPool PlaySouthdale2:03.65
View DetailsView Video03/27/109thK DesormeauxFG81 1/8 mDNew Orleans Hcp.-G204+ MBattle PlanGeneral QuartersAwesome Gem1:49.33
View Details03/03/102ndR MaraghGP31 mileDAlwOC04+ MWicked B. HaviorHold Me BackStones River1:37.91
View DetailsView Video08/29/092ndJ LeparouxSar111 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MSummer BirdHold Me BackQuality Road2:02.83
View DetailsView Video07/18/095thK DesormeauxCnl111 1/4 mTVirginia Derby-G203 MBattle Of HastingsStraight StoryTake The Points2:03.29
View DetailsView Video05/02/0912thK DesormeauxCD111 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MMine That BirdPioneerof The NileMusket Man2:02.66
View DetailsView Video04/11/092ndK DesormeauxKee91 1/8 mSBlue Grass-G103 MGeneral QuartersHold Me BackMassone1:49.26
View DetailsView Video03/21/091stK DesormeauxTP101 1/8 mSLane's End-G203 MHold Me BackFlying PrivateProceed Bee1:49.63
View DetailsView Video11/29/085thJ VelazquezAqu71 1/8 mDRemsen-G202 MOld FashionedAtomic RainAmerican Dance0:00.00
View Details10/09/081stK DesormeauxKee41 1/16 mSAllow02 MHold Me BackSneakin ThruCliffy's Future1:44.00
View DetailsView Video09/14/081stE RazoAP21 1/16 mSMSW02 MHold Me BackIl TerrazzoFalling Knife1:45.00

 

 

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