More Than Real

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More Than Real
Sire More Than Ready
Grandsire Dehere
DamMiss Seffens
Sex Filly
FoaledApril 15th 2008
CountryUnited States
Colour Chestnut
BreederSantucket Stables
Owner Bobby Flay
Trainer Todd Pletcher
Record5: 2-1-1
Earnings US$ 610,600
Major wins
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2010)
Last updated on June 26, 2010

More Than Real (Foaled on April 15, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Miss Seffens, More Than Real was sired by More Than Ready. [1] She is owned by Bobby Flay and trained by Todd Pletcher. [2] [3] More Than Real won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, where she beat the favourite Winter Memories who finished 2nd and it was a head back to the third finisher Kathmanblu. At two she also won her maiden race and she finished 2nd in the Natalma Stakes-Gr.3. In all three of her two-year-old races she was ridden by Garret Gomez. She made her first start as a three-year-old running in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, where she finished eleventh in the field of 12 fillies. She was ridden there by Olivier Peslier for the first time. [4]

Career statistics

FinishJockeyRace1st2nd3rdTime
11thO.PeslierCoronation Stakes-G1Immortal VerseNova HawkBarefoot Lady1:42:75
1stG.GomezBC Juvenile Fillies Turf-G3More Than RealWinter MemoriesKathmanblu1:36:61
2ndG.GomezNatalma-G3New NormalMore Than RealStreet Chimes1:36:51
1stG.GomezMswMore Than RealDynamic HolidayWar Clan1:42:33

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