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Midshipman

6 year old Horse | Retired
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Owner(s):
Godolphin
Trainer:
Saeed bin Suroor
Bred:
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Pedigree:
Unbridled's Song  -  Fleet Lady  by  Avenue Of Flags
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Midshipman...

Opening week at Del Mar and Saratoga brings plenty of potential superstars about to make their career debuts ...Read More
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  • MarkRodriquez · Brian a study was done and reported in the Racing Form. Dr. Parkin of univ. of Glasgow's study came up with these results: Horses break down on dirt at a rate of 2.14 times per 1,000 starts. Horses break down on synthetic tracks at a rate of 1.55 per 1,000 starts. This report was widely circulated and was ignored by the dirt-loving horse media. The study looked at 750,000 starts over the past few years. Mathematically, that's a 50% higher rate that dirt has. Something ponder, and I guess the dirt-loving horse media loves it's wallet more than the jocks and horses. · 204 days ago ·
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  • MarkRodriquez · And Kris F. is correct about Del Mar's Polytrack. They had a rash of breakdowns last year and already have a training death this year. Just because they are artificial doesn't mean they are safe. I'll say it again, why not install Hollywood Park's Cushion track instead? Great for the horses and great for the bettors. · 204 days ago ·
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Every year following the running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile the winner of the race is automatically declared the early favorite for the next year's Kentucky Derby. Street Sense is the only thoroughbred to win both races.I bring this up because it has been announced that 2008 Juvenile winner and ...Read More
After missing the 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival with a soft-tissue injury, Godolphin’s Midshipman, a 2010 DIRC winner, has been shelved again following a similar issue.  It was obvious something was wrong with the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner when he did not appear am...Read More
Godolphin's Vale of York is set to return to competition on March 4 in the $250,000 Al Bastakiya, the middle jewel of the United Arab Emirates Triple Crown and one of six lucrative stakes at Meydan.Read More
  • Medlocke · I'd be the first to admit that Vale of York looked impressive in his win in the Breeders Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita back in November. But other than that run that he made over the synthetic main track at Santa Anita, all of his other racing has been done on turf at race tracks primarily in Great Britain. If Godolphin is looking to make a potential Kentucky Derby contender out of Vale of York, you'd think they would be looking to race him in some of the conventional dirt track Derby Prep races, just to see how he's going to respond to the surface. JMO. · 708 days ago ·
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Midshipman looked like the colt of old that won the Breeders Cup Juvenile in 2008 Friday night, 2-25-10, at Meydan Racecourse over in Dubai drawing off to easily beat his stablemate Asset in the Meydan Metropolis. He certainly didn't look like the colt that he did in 09' struggling in allowance races early in the racing season. But he did manage to put together a respectable 3rd in the 09' Breeders Cup Dirt Mile finishing just ahead of a great colt in Mastercraftsman. But over in Dubai on Friday night, he really did look like that very promising 2 yr.old of 2008, stalking the pace from about fourth position to really turn it on in the stretch and draw away easily from a very good colt himself in Asset.
LAST year's World Cup runner-up Gloria De Campeao (Pascal Bary/Tiago Pereira) left his mark on his return to Dubai on Thursday with a gutsy victory in Round 1 of the Maktoum Challenge, Group 3 highlight of the opening night at futuristic Meydan. Read More
Five of the seven Thoroughbred races attracted overflow fields for Thursday’s opening card of the Dubai International Racing Carnival at sparkling new Meydan Racecourse, and Eclipse Award winner Midshipman is in a prominent position.Read More
Michele MacDonald, writing for US-based Bloodhorse, spoke with Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford about the operation’s former American-based runners and their likely places at the 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival. Summarizing the various runners, it appears as though Godolphin is pleas...Read More
A few days prior to the Breeders' Cup, I started to write something about how horses with prep races run on dirt had failed so abysmally over Pro-Ride at Santa Anita the year before. I was going to list all of the 2009 dirt-to-Pro-Ride horses, label them throwouts and advise the public that they wou...Read More
After striking out with all his Kitten-named horses for two days, owner Ken Ramsey's former claimer Furthest Land proved to be the big dog in the $1 million Dirt Mile on Saturday at Santa Anita.Read More
Mastercraftsman is one of the European bankers of the meeting and should have too much class for Pyro. Furthest Land could represent some value in the place market.Read More
The complexion of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile changed dramatically since pre-entries were announced Oct. 28, with six horses that originally made it into the body of the race opting for other races or electing not to come.The most significant offshoot of those defections is that Midshipma...Read More
Europe's Mastercraftsman is a strong favorite at 6-5 in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.Read More
The sun was barely peaking over the mountains shortly after 5 a.m. (Pacific Time) Nov. 1 when Regal Ransom went to the track at Santa Anita for final preparations for the Breeders' Cup World Championships.Read More
The presence of classy Europeans Mastercraftsman and Sweet Hearth to the pre-entry field for the $1-million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) on Nov. 7 gives the runners from the powerful Godolphin stable the prospect of some tough competition.Read More
On Wednesday, trainer Aidan O'Brien and Simon Crisford, Racing Manager for the Maktoum family's Godolphin operation, revealed their plans for the Breeders' Cup at a press event held at Epsom Downs racecourse in England.Read More
  • Rossington · Both of O'Brien's horses, Rip Van Winkle and Mastercraftsman are for real. I've watched a lot of replays of races that they've either won or gave Sea The Stars all he wanted. Personally, although O'Brien doesn't seem to think so, I feel that Mastercraftsman is a bit more talented even then Rip Van Winkle. I plan to bet Mastercraftsman whether he's in the Dirt Mile or the Classic. I do, however, feel that Rip Van Winkle will be right there with the front runner's come Classic's end. If she sticks with the Classic, it would for me be difficult not to bet Zenyatta to at least hit the board. She handles the synthetics and most particularly Santa Anita race course as well as any horse in racing does. Since it seems that most good turf horses do well on the pro-ride surface, I also wouldn't rule Gio Ponti out of this race either. Beyond that, it's difficult to say. Einstein has done well here in the past having won the S.A. Handicap earlier in the year. Richard's Kid, although a longshot, has done exceedingly well on synthetics having won the Pacific Classic and finishing third in the Goodwood. Summer Bird and Quality Road are the question mark's to me in the race. Having raced exclusively on conventional dirt, no one really knows how they will fire on synthetics. If he does, I feel Quality Road may be sitting on a big race having been bogged down on off tracks his last two races. Colonel John is also proven on synthetics, although I think this particular group of horses may be a little better competition than he used to facing. All and all, this is a tough race to handicap with a lot of "what if" factors to consider. I anxiously await. · 832 days ago ·
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The week just ended featured a pair of three-year-old colts making successful returns to the races. Midshipman and Regal Ransom, both owned by Godolphin Racing, posted victories after significant time off.Read More
Midshipman, 2008 champion two-year-old, made a successful return to the races Friday at Belmont Park. The winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile won his 2009 debut race over four other thoroughbreds in an optional claiming event.Read More
Godolphin Stable's Midshipman (3rd, $5.70) dueled with Just Ben through hot fractions of 22.46 and 44.72, edged clear while drifting out in midstretch and was being geared down late to win his 3-year-old bow in 1:15.83 for 6 1/2 furlongs. Read More
The eagerly anticipated 3-year-old debut of 2008 champion juvenile male Midshipman will occur Friday, Sept. 18, in the third race at Belmont Park, a 6 1/2-furlong conditioned allowance that represents his first start over a conventional dirt track.Read More

Midshipman - Pedigree

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Unbridled's SongUnbridledFappiano
Gana Facil
Trolley SongCaro
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Fleet LadyAvenue Of FlagsSeattle Slew
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Dear MimiRoberto
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Midshipman - Race Results & Past Performances

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View Details02/25/101stF DettoriMey57 fSConditions03+ MMidshipmanAssetAlazeyab1:23.39
View DetailsView Video01/28/104thF DettoriMey71 mileSAl Maktoum Challenge - Round 1-G303+ MGloria De CampeaoForgotten VoiceConsul General1:38.48
View DetailsView Video11/07/093rdG GomezSA41 mileSBreeders' Cup Dirt Mile-G103+ MFurthest LandReady's EchoMidshipman1:35.50
View DetailsView Video09/18/091stR MiglioreBel36 1/2 fDAlwOC03+ MMidshipmanJust BenMore Than a Reason1:15.83
View DetailsView Video10/25/081stG GomezSA51 1/16 mSBreeders' Cup Juvenile-G102 MMidshipmanSquare EddieStreet Hero1:40.94
View Details09/28/082ndT BazeSA81 1/16 mDNorfolk-G102 MStreet HeroMidshipmanBelieve In Hope1:42.12
View Details09/03/081stT BazeDmr97 fSDel Mar Futurity-G102 MMidshipmanCoronet of a BaronStreet Hero0:00.00

 

 

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