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St Nicholas Abbey

Owner(s):
Mrs John 'Susan' Magnier  -  Derrick Smith  -  Michael B. Tabor  - 
Trainer:
Aidan P. O'Brien
Bred:
(IRL) by Villiers Syndicate  -  Barton Bloodstock
Pedigree:
Montjeu  -  Leaping Water  by  Sure Blade
Rating:
 
 
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What the Nation is saying about St Nicholas Abbey...

In a dazzling display of talent and ability, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner ran away with the world's richest race in style.Read More
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  • nayrod64 · what a race and performance. Nothing wrong with this horse and soundness. Too bad he's never coming back to USA. · 47 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · I'm curious as to why they would keep him on after the "alleged bad ride." Maybe because it wasn't bad at all? · 46 days ago ·
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Congrats St Nic!! You didn't get that 2nd BC Turf, but you did avenge that narrow loss to Cirrus Des Aigles in the Sheema Classic last year. I thought it looked apparent from fairly early on in the race that St Nicholas Abbey was going to win the Sheema. He looked so relaxed and confident from the moment he stepped out of the starting gate. He cruised along through the race looking as if he were confident he could run right by Gentildonna at his own leisure, and that's pretty much what he did. The G1 Racing Post Trophy, G1 Coronation Cup X2, G1 Breeders Cup Turf, and now the G1 Sheema Classic. Not a bad resume to go to the stud barn with once his racing days are over.
  • mkstorm · Although she raced a little wide throughout, I thought that Gentildonna was in good position but just couldn't catch the winner. She was clearly the second best in this race. My hats off to St. Nick. Hopefully we'll see him return to the Breeders Cup. · 49 days ago ·
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Great win over Gentildonna, perfectly placed throughout the race, timed beautifully! Love him!
St Nicholas Abbey surges clear from Gentildonna in the Dubai Sheema Classic! 
As we say good-bye to 2012, it is time to take a few minutes to say our final farewells to those we lost this year...Read More
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  • forego139 · RIP my friends, thanks for all the great thrills you all provided during your racing careers. :’( · 130 days ago ·
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  • amfuller · Word is from the necropsy Pulpit died from a blood clot but his body was ravaged with cancer and would have died anyway. So sad. Do these farms not do routine checks for cancer and other stuff? · 129 days ago ·
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Who is looking good at Santa Anita? Who may not be looking so good before the Breeders' Cup?Read More
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  • zatt · Two great wins and a good second from the horses that caught me eye ... it pays to see them in the morning. · 195 days ago ·
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  • footlick · I had some big win bets on Calidoscipoco, Flotilla, George Vancouver and Tapizar. And I had the Tapizar exacta. Lost some too, but overall it was a surprisingly profitable BC for me for a change. After the Turf, I thought any Euro would have to run an atypical race to contend. Aiden must have sensed that too because Joseph was riding them very agressively early. Euros tend to like to settle and make one big run. But, that is the risk when they ship here. And they know it. · 195 days ago ·
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This year, with Goldikova absent having retired to the breeding sheds, Head sends his new stable star, Moonlight Cloud.Read More
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  • yukichan · Excelebration would have been my top choice had there been more time between this and his stunning performance at QE2. I think Aidan is asking quite a bit of him to face the likes of this BC field. He's one of the best horses racing and will indeed be quite the legend (and training job) if he can pull this off. Same goes for Animal Kingdom. Heart wants him to win, heads says probably not. · 197 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · another horsey statement based upon nothing but heresay: a horse leaves its best on the track. These are athletes. YOUNG ones at that. For a period of three years I studied charts of horses coming back from hard taxing stretch battles with comments like "all out, driving, etc," to see how they did next out. ONLY fillies showed any signs of "bounce" when the follow up was at least 7 to 10 days. Think hard: How did you respond when you were YOUNG at hard exercise after a few days rest? Fallacy that has been exposed. p. 95 Winning at the Races Dr. William Quirin. "suppose instead we study horses involved in a prolonged drive from the quarter pole to the wire...Maybe this woud be enough to tap a horse's energy reserves. BUT, as the following figures prove, the answer is an emphatic NO." · 197 days ago ·
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Little Mike rated kindly under Ramon Dominguez and surprised favorite Point of entry and defending champ St Nicholas Abbey in Saturday's Grade I Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park. Read More
European runners usually dominate the Grade I Breeders' Cup Turf but New York based colt Point of Entry hopes to change that trend at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. Read More
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  • travel_vic · putting green turf will be rock hard · 197 days ago ·
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  • footlick · Both Shareta and SNA should like the turf conditions. As well as George Vancouver. · 197 days ago ·
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Having cleared quarantine Wednesday evening, Aidan O’Brien’s powerful Breeders’ Cup team took to the Santa Anita track for the first time to stretch their legs Thursday morning. Leading the group was St Nicholas Abbey, who will be bidding to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf for the second time in successi...Read More
While the horses from Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle Stables remain in quarantine until they are able to make their first appearance on the track Thursday, the trainer was at the barn on Wednesday morning and spent some time with members of the international media discussing some of his Breeders’ Cup ho...Read More
St Nicholas Abbey provided Aidan and Joseph O'Brien with the perfect Breeders Cup gift, can he do it again?Read More
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  • buds · I luv turf- That is very usefull information. Thats good research. I see SNA as one of the 3-4 horses that could win this race. Considering he will probably be in the 8-1 range, sounds like a good bet! · 202 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Past history with different horses means little. What were Buddy Delps record for stakes winning three year olds before Bid? · 202 days ago ·
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After Frankel rolled by Cirrus Des Aigles in the grade one Champion Stakes, extending his record to an unbeaten 14 for 14, there was only one thought in my mind… I had just witnessed the greatest horse to ever race of all time.Read More
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  • notobsessed · Great advice, tv! I'd much rather see them up close like that and plan on doing a farm tour in a coiuple of years. · 206 days ago ·
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  • notobsessed · right after I learn to type · 206 days ago ·
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Led by Game On Dude, Royal Delta, Wise Dan, Point of Entry, and Animal Kingdom, 180 horses, including eight defending or former Breeders’ Cup Champions, have been pre-entered for the 2012 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.Read More
JAPANESE raider Orfevre will become the first horse since Dalakhani in 2003 to defy a double-figure draw in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe if he is successful on Sunday. Read More
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  • travel_vic · keep beleiving the horse things · 223 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · horsey that is · 223 days ago ·
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St Nicholas Abbey got the best of Sea Moon in the Breeders' Cup Turf, but the Trackman sees a possible reversal of that exacta in Paris...Read More
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  • footlick · Odds and couse condition also favor Great Heavens as I think someone also noted · 224 days ago ·
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  • edgaropena · checked the weather and looks to be light to moderate showers all day. Very tough Prix de l'Arc, but I am sticking with Camelot over Great Heavens, Orfevre, SeaMoon, and Bayrir. · 224 days ago ·
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Camelot is bidding to bask in a Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe victory just three weeks after his Triple Crown near miss.Read More
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  • yukichan · Three yr olds have been pretty stellar at the Arc. Still, as big of a fan as I am of Camelot, I think Orfevre will be toughg to beat. I agree with ILTR in that his St. leger's effort might have taken something out of Camelot. It is really not the ideal prep for the Arc.... · 226 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · I watched it again along with his other races that I could get. He doesn't have a quick turn of foot and needs all of 1/4 mile to run an opponent down which he didn't get in the St. Leger. At the 1/4 pole he actually had to be settled and didn't start his run until 3/16 which by that time Encke got first run on him. The jockey rode with a bit to much confidence as though he we driving a car not riding a horse.I did 1mile 6 fur, that has to take a lot. I checked the times of the other St. Leger's run and it was right in the ball park as the others so aside from what I believe to be jockey error he was the best horse. I certainly wouldn't use that as a prep race for anything.Glad I caught your comments as I was thinking of wagering on him, but not now. · 225 days ago ·
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AIDAN O'BRIEN has given his strongest hint yet that dual Derby winner Camelot will take his chance in Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Read More
Could the 1 1/2 mile Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe be next for the world's best horse?Read More
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  • likin sparks · I don't follow the Euro racing to much but would like to know when Frankel may return to action? · 264 days ago ·
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  • MarcelloMarocco · So I guess Sir henry's Cancer and his inability to travel is why they kept Frankel in england and not headed for France. give Sir Henry a break. Champions Stakes is just fine. Where are all the top 10f horses over there dodging him like at York?. The Champions will be a sham of a field because regardless of where Frankel runs, the others will run to the other race. He goes to the ARC the others will run The Champions, and Japan Cup, if he goes to the Champions....everyone else runs for the ARC. · 232 days ago ·
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It's rare that an American horse is rated higher than the European shippers going into the Breeders Cup Turf, however, Point of Entry's run of four successive dominant performances hasn't gone unnoticed on British shores...Read More
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  • Floridaf · I like Acclamation and Point of Entry's chances, too, but there's no doubt that the European contingent will be tough. · 234 days ago ·
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  • forego139 · What a race is starting to developefor the Turf, my choice will have to be Point of Entry, we still have not seen his best and once again he will Wow us again in the Joe Hirsh · 233 days ago ·
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St Nicholas Abbey - Pedigree

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MontjeuSadler's WellsNorthern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
FloripedesTop Ville
Toute Cy
Leaping WaterSure BladeKris
Double Lock
Flamenco WaveDesert Wine
Armada Way

Stakes Tracker - Probables

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View Details06/01/13St Nicholas AbbeyCoronation Cup-G1Possible ILuvTurfRacing
View Details05/26/13St Nicholas AbbeyTattersalls Gold Cup-G1Possible ILuvTurfRacing
View Details07/06/13St Nicholas AbbeyCoral-Eclipse-G1Possible Northport
View Details06/19/13St Nicholas AbbeyPrince of Wales's Stakes-G1Possible ILuvTurfRacing

St Nicholas Abbey - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video03/30/131stJ O'BrienMey81 1/2mTDubai Sheema Classic-G103+ MSt Nicholas AbbeyGentildonnaVery Nice Name2:27.70
View DetailsView Video11/03/123rdJ O'BrienSA91 1/2mTBreeders' Cup Turf-G103+ MLittle MikePoint of EntrySt Nicholas Abbey2:22.83
View DetailsView Video10/07/1211thJ O'BrienLon61 1/2mTPrix de l'Arc de Triomphe-G103+ MSolemiaOrfevreMasterstroke2:37.68
View Details09/08/123rdJ O'BrienLeo51 1/4 mTIrish Champion Stakes-G103+ MSnow FairyNathanielSt Nicholas Abbey2:00.92
View Details08/22/123rdJ O'BrienYor41 5/16 mTJuddmonte International-G103+ MFrankelFarhhSt Nicholas Abbey2:06.59
View DetailsView Video07/21/123rdJ O'BrienAsc61 1/2mTKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes-G103+ MDanedreamNathanielSt Nicholas Abbey2:31.62
View Details06/02/121stJ O'BrienEps31 1/2mTCoronation Cup-G104+ MSt Nicholas AbbeyRed CadeauxMasked Marvel2:34.52
View Details05/07/122ndJ O'BrienCur51 1/4 mTMooresbridge Stakes-G304+ MWindsor PalaceSt Nicholas AbbeySharestan2:19.40
View Details03/31/122ndJ O'BrienMey81 1/2mTDubai Sheema Classic-G104+ MCirrus Des AiglesSt Nicholas AbbeyJakkalberry2:31.30
View DetailsView Video11/05/111stJ O'BrienCD81 1/2mTBreeders' Cup Turf-G103+ MSt Nicholas AbbeySea MoonBrilliant Speed2:28.85
View DetailsView Video10/02/115thJ O'BrienLon61 1/2mTPrix de l'Arc de Triomphe-G103+ MDanedreamSharetaSnow Fairy2:24.49
View DetailsView Video09/11/113rdC SoumillonLon21 1/2mTPrix Foy-G204+ MSarafinaHiruno D'AmourSt Nicholas Abbey2:32.28
View Details07/23/113rdJ O'BrienAsc61 1/2mTKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes-G103+ MNathanielWorkforceSt Nicholas Abbey2:35.07
View DetailsView Video06/03/111stR MooreEps11 1/2mTCoronation Cup-G104+ MSt Nicholas AbbeyMiddayClowance2:37.18
View Details05/06/111stR MooreChs11 5/8 mTOrmonde Stakes-G304+ MSt Nicholas AbbeyAllied PowersHarris Tweed2:52.37
View Details04/03/113rdS HeffernanCur11 1/4 mTAlleged Stakes04+ MUnaccompanied CiliumSt Nicholas Abbey2:24.26
View DetailsView Video05/01/106thJ MurtaghNew31 mileTEnglish 2000 Guineas -G103 MMakfiDick TurpinCanford Cliffs1:36.35
View Details10/24/091stJ MurtaghDon51 mileTRacing Post Trophy-G102 MSt Nicholas AbbeyElusive PimpernelAl Zir1:39.62
View Details09/27/091stJ MurtaghCur11 mileTBeresford Stakes-G202 MSt Nicholas AbbeyLayali Al AndalusPassion For Gold1:41.60
View Details08/16/091stJ MurtaghCur71 mileTMaiden 02 MSt Nicholas AbbeySaajidahSilas Mariner1:45.03