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Thunder Gulch

20 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Michael B. Tabor  - 
Trainer:
D. Wayne Lukas
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Peter M. Brant  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Gulch  -  Line Of Thunder  by  Storm Bird
Rating:
 
 
Thunder Gulch
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What the Nation is saying about Thunder Gulch...

I have just finished reading the book Bred to Run, by Mike Helm. It is about Mike’s account of a one-week visit to Claiborne Farm in 1992. In a 1:1 interview with Seth Hancock, Helm indirectly asked, why is there no stamina in US bloodstock anymore? Seth had some very interesting theories, one of wh...Read More
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  • cugel the clever · Simple law of supply and demand. Most of the big-money and big-prestige races are at 10 furlongs or less. The biggest races on the calendar for older horses and late-year 3yo races should be at 12 furlongs or more. That would certainly bring stamina back into the breeding and training philosophy of the sport. · 4 days ago ·
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  • cugel the clever · A good start would be to move the Pacific Classic, Santa Anita Handicap, Breeders Cup Classic, and Travers to 12 furlongs; and to make the BC Marathon one of the premier races with a purse of at least 2 million dollars instead of its current status as a freak show novelty race which attracts grade 3 stakes winners and optional claimers. · 4 days ago ·
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The Haskell Invitational Stakes (gr. I) is almost always a key post-classic test for 3-year-olds. This year, the race took on a potentially added significance, offering Preakness Stakes (gr. I) victor Shackleford or the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) captor Ruler On Ice—both of whom had the sidelined Kentuc...Read More
What's the old saying? “Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.” Trying not to fall into that trap, I've decided to pour over my memory bank of Belmont's Past to better prepare myself for tomorrow's outcome. In so doing, I have found winners of previous runnings that have an awfu...Read More
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  • djp4567 · I like your comments but going to have to go with the chalk in this one. Animal Kingdom just looks too good for this field. If he stays close to the pace he should run away with it. Late closers rarely win the Belmont so don't get caught up too much on the distance thing... · 242 days ago ·
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  • 4everZenyatta · I lvoe the comparison of Drosselmeyer and Santiva ;) · 234 days ago ·
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Ever since I was a very young racing fan, I have always looked forward to The Fountain of Youth Stakes. Perhaps as a youngster it was the catchy name that caught me eye, but as the first serious Kentucky Derby prep for the Eastern three-year-olds, no doubt it has been the stature of the race has kep...Read More
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  • GeorgeTierney · been a long time since this race produced anything truly spectacular for the triple crown series. last 2 horses that won didnt even run in the derby...but I like soldat today... · 347 days ago ·
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  • zatt · You were right, George ... and unfortunately, yesterday's race did not threaten to crack this list in any way. · 346 days ago ·
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Shortly after J. B.’s Thunder crossed the line to win the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland, trainer Al Stall was saying the Thunder Gulch colt was no better than 50-50 to go to the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. In his comment, Stall named the G3 Delta Jackpot ($1 million at Delta Downs) as the a...Read More
J. B.’s Thunder made some noise at Saratoga Race Course when he scored by 1 ¾-lengths in his debut, a 1 1/16th-mile event over the Mellon Turf Course on Saturday.   With the victory J. B. Thunder joins the New York Watch, which profiles up-and-comers that have recently cleared the maiden ranks ...Read More
Which running style historically wins the Belmont? Iron Maidens Thoroughbreds takes a look at the last 20 runnings of the Belmont.Read More
The stable that I ride at has one of his sons we call him Tanner but hiis racing name was Let It Thunder
I would be hard-pressed to name an individual who has had a bigger impact on American racing over the last 30 years than D. Wayne Lukas, a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and four-time Eclipse Award winner as outstanding trainer. From sales pavilions in ...Read More
  • humphrey · The breakdown KING without second place even being in the same universe! How many really good ones were lost during this reign of medications. Jim Squires tells about the culture of drugs used to prep the quarter horses for show and exactly who and when it became a standard in the t-bred community. Friends at Claiborne told me of how studdish Winning Colors was for almost 6 months and how this FEMALE looked like a male (WONDER WHY?) before they could get her is foal. Darrel Wayne brings you the wonders of pharmaceuticals. Most folks wouldn't have treated a stray dog the way he treated Lady's Secret. · 665 days ago ·
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  • Arrrgy · Hear, hear. Since lukas quit the juice and tapping, he's just another man. I was sick when he went into the hall. · 665 days ago ·
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Make no mistake, the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes is a good race to win.It's a Grade I, after all. It's also the best race at the best track in the best place to breed and sell horses in these United States, if not the world."It's like having a tryout on Broadway," said Joe Drape, racing writer for the ...Read More
There was a quote from D. Wayne Lukas in Saturday’s New York Post suggesting the distances of the Triple Crown races be changed to 1 1/8 miles, 1 3/16 miles, and 1 1/4 miles. Lukas said, “Nobody cares about mile and a half horses any more. The living proof is that every Belmont winner winds up in It...Read More
No Matter What, the dam of Winter View and Rainbow View, won the Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT), and is half-sister to E Dubai (TrueNicks,SRO) , winner of the Suburban Handicap and Dwyer Stakes (both gr. II), and now a useful young sire. ...Read More
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Point Given was a dud in the Kentucky Derby but dynamite in the Belmont Stakes, winning a bittersweet victory for jockey Gary Stevens and trainer Bob Baffert. Read More
By Vinnie Perrone Washington Post Staff Writer June 11, 1995 ELMONT, N.Y., JUNE 10 -- Thunder Gulch finished first today in the slowest Belmont Stakes in a quarter-century. What a time it was for trainer Wayne Lukas. Read More
BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Point Given that everybody expected in the Kentucky Derby finally showed up in the Preakness -- big time. On Saturday at Pimlico, it was Derby winner Monarchos who was missing...Read More
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Bob Baffert still can't figure out what happened to Point Given in the Kentucky Derby. After his strapping colt won the Preakness, the white-haired trainer doesn't care that much anymore. Read More
By Vinnie Perrone May 21, 1995 -- More than six months without a victory, Timber Country today finally arrived in the $687,400 Preakness Stakes. He took the long way home. Read More
The 2009 stud fees for Ashford Stud stallions were announced Nov. 7, including the fees for their newest additions, Henrythenavigator and Majestic Warrior. There was a decline in fees for many of the stallions at Ashford, a division of Coolmore located near Versailles, Ky. Read More

Thunder Gulch - Pedigree

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GulchMr. ProspectorRaise A Native
Gold Digger
JameelaRambunctious
Asbury Mary
Line Of ThunderStorm BirdNorthern Dancer
South Ocean
Shoot A LineHigh Line
Death Ray

Thunder Gulch - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/07/955thG StevensBel101 1/4 mDJockey Club Gold Cup-G103+ MCigarUnaccounted ForStar Standard2:01.29
View Details09/23/951stG StevensTP101 1/8 mDKentucky Cup Classic03+ MThunder GulchJudge T CBound By Honor1:49.42
View DetailsView Video08/19/951stG StevensSar81 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103+ MThunder GulchPyramid PeakMalthus2:03.70
View DetailsView Video07/23/951stG StevensHol81 1/8 mDSwaps-G203 MThunder GulchDa HossPetionville1:49.09
View DetailsView Video06/10/951stG StevensBel91 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MThunder GulchStar StandardCitadeed2:32.00
View DetailsView Video05/20/953rdG StevensPim101 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MTimber CountryOliver's TwistThunder Gulch1:54.40
View DetailsView Video05/06/951stG StevensCD81 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MThunder GulchTejano RunTimber Country2:01.20
View DetailsView Video04/15/954thP DayKee71 1/8 mDBlue Grass-G203 MWild SynSuave ProspectTejano Run1:49.31
View DetailsView Video03/11/951stM SmithGP101 1/8 mDFlorida Derby-G103 MThunder GulchSuave ProspectMecke1:49.70
View DetailsView Video02/18/951stM SmithGP91 1/16 mDFountain of Youth-G203 MThunder GulchSuave ProspectJambalaya Jazz1:43.21
View DetailsView Video12/18/942ndC NakataniHol81 1/16 mDHollywood Futurity-G102 MAfternoon DeelitesThunder GulchA. J. Jett1:40.74
View Details11/26/941stG StevensAqu71 1/8 mDRemsen-G202 MThunder GulchWestern EchoMighty Magee1:53.80
View Details11/11/944thJ BaileyAqu81 mileDNashua-G302 MDevious CourseMighty MageeOld Tascosa1:37.50
View Details10/23/942ndJ VelazquezAqu87 fDCowdin-G202 MOld TascosaThunder GulchAdams Trail1:24.79
View Details10/04/941stJ VelazquezBel36 fDMSW02 MThunder GulchPorphyryLast Effort1:11.07
View Details09/16/943rdJ VelazquezBel36 fDMSW02 MCrusader's StoryPorphyryThunder Gulch1:11.32

 

 

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