Heart to Heart (horse)

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Heart to Heart
Sire English Channel
Grandsire Smart Strike
DamAsk The Question
Damsire Silver Deputy
SexStallion
Foaled2011
CountryCanada
Colour Bay
BreederRed Hawk Ranch
OwnerTerry Hamilton
Trainer Brian A. Lynch
Record41:15-6-4
Earnings$2,035,090
Major wins
Better Talk Now Stakes (2014)
Jefferson Cup Stakes (2014)
Commonwealth Turf Stakes (2014)
Oceanport Stakes (2015)
River City Handicap (2015)
Fort Lauderdale Stakes (2016)
Canadian Turf Handicap (2016, 2017)
Bernard Baruch Handicap (2017)
Knickerbocker Handicap (2016)
El Prado Stakes (2016)
Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (2018)
Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (2018)
Awards
Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (2014)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2021)

Heart to Heart (foaled February 2, 2011) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2018 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. [1]

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Career

Heart to Heart's first race was on July 13, 2013, at Arlington, where he came in first. His next win did not come until April 9, 2014, when he won at Keeneland. [1]

Heart to Heart went on a three race winstreak starting on August 20, 2014, when he won the Better Talk Now Stakes. He then won the Jefferson Cup Stakes on September 27, 2014. On November 15, 2014, he then won the Commonwealth Turf Stakes. [1]

Heart to Heart picked up two stakes win during his 2015 season, when he won the August 2nd, 2015 Oceanport Stakes then the November 26th, 2015 River City Handicap. [1]

In 2016, Heart to Heart started off with two wins. First, he won the January 9th, 2016 Fort Lauderdale Stakes. Then, in the following month he captured the February 27th, 2016 Canadian Turf Handicap. He finished off the season with an October 10 win at the Knickerbocker Handicap and a December 17, 2016 win at the El Prado Stakes.

He defended his Canadian Turf Handicap championship successfully, by winning the 2017 version of the race on March 4. He then won the September 4th, 2017 Bernard Baruch Handicap, which was his final win of 2017.

Heart to Heasrt captured the 2018 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap on February 10, which was his first Grade-1 win. [2] He then picked up another Grade-1 win in his next race when he won the Maker's Mark Mile Stakes on April 13, 2018. [3] He finished in 2nd place at the Shoemaker Mile Stakes on May 28, 2018.

His 2019 season was mostly unsuccessful, as he only raced in 3 races and his best finish was a 3rd place finish at the January 12th, 2019 Tropical Turf Handicap. [4]

Heart to Heart was then retired in 2019. [5] In 2021 he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Heart to Heart (CAN), 2011 [1]
Sire
English Channel (USA)
2002
Smart Strike (CAN)
1992
Mr. Prospector Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Classy 'n Smart Smarten
No Class
Belva (USA)
1998
Theatrical Nureyev
Tree of Knowledge
CommittedHagley
Minstinguette
Dam
Ask The Question (USA)
2003
Silver Deputy (CAN)
1985
Deputy Minister Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Silver Valley Mr. Prospector
Sevens Valleys
Fair Advice (USA)
1987
Cozzene Caro
Ride The Trails
Fair Astrologer Quack
Fair Astronomer

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Heart to Heart" . Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. "Heart to Heart Gets His Grade I at Gulfstream" . Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. "Heart to Heart Finally Gets His Maker's 46" . Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. "Barn Notes - April 9" . Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. "Turf Star Heart To Heart Retired, Stud Plans Pending" . Retrieved 5 January 2020.