Any Given Saturday

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Any Given Saturday
Any Given Saturday with Jockey Garrett Gomez, Trainer Todd Pletcher.jpg
Any Given Saturday with Garrett Gomez aboard, just prior to winning the August 5, 2007 Haskell Invitational
Sire Distorted Humor
Grandsire Forty Niner
DamWeekend in Indy
Damsire A.P. Indy
Sex Stallion
Foaled2004
Country United States
Colour Dark Bay
BreederRacehorse Management
Owner WinStar Farm and Padua Stables
Trainer Todd A. Pletcher
Record11: 6-2-1
Earnings$1,083,533
Major wins
Sam F. Davis Stakes (2007)
Dwyer Stakes (2007)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (2007)
Brooklyn Handicap (2007)
Awards
World Champion 3-Yr-Old Miler (2007)
Last updated on September 23, 2007

Any Given Saturday (foaled January 29, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Background

From the mare Weekend in Indy, a daughter of the 1992 U.S. Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy, Any Given Saturday was sired by the increasingly important stallion Distorted Humor, who produced 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide. Consigned to the September 2005 Keeneland yearling sale, he was sold for $1.1 million to WinStar Farm and partnered to Padua Stables, who entrusted his race conditioning to the United States' leading horse trainer, Todd Pletcher.

Racing career

On September 15, 2006, Any Given Saturday won his racing debut at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. He won again in his second outing in an October allowance race at Keeneland Race Course. Moved up to compete in a Grade II event, at the end of November he finished second in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

Racing as a three-year-old, Any Given Saturday won his first outing in the February 2007 Sam F. Davis Stakes followed by a strong second to Street Sense in the Tampa Bay Derby. Sent north to New York's Aqueduct Racetrack, he ran third behind winner Nobiz Like Shobiz in the Wood Memorial Stakes before finishing eighth in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, 10½ lengths behind winner Street Sense.

According to his trainer, Any Given Saturday came out of the Kentucky Derby with a "pretty bad foot bruise." Given two months to recuperate, by the time the colt returned to the track on July 4, he was all but forgotten as a contender in his three-year-old age group. However, he scored a four-length win in the Independence Day Dwyer Stakes, then on August 5 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey, he defeated highly regarded Hard Spun and Preakness Stakes winner Curlin by 4½ lengths in the million-dollar Grade I Haskell Invitational Handicap.

On August 15, 2007, it was announced that Any Given Saturday had been purchased privately by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operations. The horse was scheduled to race for his current owners until after this year's Breeders' Cup Classic. A spokesman for Darley stated that no decision has been made as to whether Any Given Saturday would compete in 2008 at age four.

On September 22, 2007, Any Given Saturday won the Brooklyn Handicap by 2½ lengths as the favorite over Tasteyville and Helsinki, topping $1 million in career earnings. In late October at Monmouth Park Racetrack, he finished sixth on a sloppy track in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Any Given Saturday after running in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic. BreedersCupClassic2007- AnyGivenSaturday.jpg
Any Given Saturday after running in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Retirement and stud record

Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud at Jonabell, near Lexington, Kentucky, announced that Any Given Saturday would be retired to stand for $40,000 live foal for the 2008 season.

Any Given Saturday's descendants include:

c = colt, f = filly

FoaledNameSexMajor Wins
2010Carvingc Real Quiet Stakes
2011Hoppertunityc Clark Handicap, Brooklyn Invitational Stakes, Tokyo City Cup Stakes, San Antonio Handicap, San Pasqual Handicap, Rebel Stakes
2011Earth ConnectorcMatsudo Tokubetsu
2012Cristina's Journeyf Pocahontas Stakes
2013Adventistc Greenwood Cup Stakes


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