Seize the Grey

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Seize the Grey
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Seize the Grey at Preakness Stakes
Sire Arrogate
Grandsire Unbridled's Song
DamSmart Shopping
Damsire Smart Strike
Sex Colt
Foaled (2021-04-20) April 20, 2021 (age 3)
Kentucky, U.S. [1]
CountryUnited States
Color Gray
BreederJamm, LTD
OwnerMyRacehorse
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas
Record13: 5 – 0 – 3
EarningsUS$2,415,938 [2]
Major wins
Pat Day Mile Stakes (2024)
Pennsylvania Derby (2024)
American Triple Crown wins:
Preakness Stakes (2024)
Last updated on 22 September 2024

Seize the Grey (born in April 20, 2021) [2] is an American thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2024 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the American Triple Crown. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

The sire (father) of Seize the Grey, a gray colt, is the champion horse Arrogate; he was bred by the late Audrey Otto as Jamm Ltd. [5] His dam (mother) is Smart Shopping whose sire was the Canadian Hall of Famer Smart Strike. Seize the Grey was bought for $300,000 from the Mill Ridge Sales consignment at The Saratoga Sale, Fasig Tipton's select yearling sale in 2022. [6]

Seize the Grey is owned by the MyRacehorse microsyndicate founded by Michael Behrens. The syndicate has 2,570 different owners who bought up 5,000 shares of the colt at US$127 a share. [6] His name was submitted in a contest administered by MyRacehorse and chosen by his shareholders.

Seize the Grey is trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas. [6]

Seize the Grey was retired to stud on November 7, 2024. He is standing at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, KY.

Career

On September 21, 2024, Seize the Grey, steered by Jaime Torres, won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby by 3+34 lengths in a distance of 1+18 miles in 1:51.89 at Parx Racing. Seize the Grey started at odds of 4-1 as the third choice in the field of 11 3-year-olds. [7]

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGradeTrackOddsFieldFinishWinning
Time
Winning
(Losing)
Margin
JockeyRef
2023 – Two-year-old season
Jul 1, 2023Maiden Special Weight Ellis Park 4.87981:10.97 Luis Saez [8]
Jul 29, 2023Maiden Special Weight Saratoga 16.401011:17.95Jamie Torres [9]
Aug 18, 2023Skidmore Stakes Saratoga 1.85*931:05.30 Joel Rosario [10]
Sep 16, 2023 Iroquois Stakes Churchill Downs 4.96841:37.28Jamie Torres [11]
Oct 14, 2023Allowance Keeneland 2.66731:46.34Jamie Torres [12]
2024 – Three-year-old season
Feb 24, 2024Allowance Oaklawn Park 5.80711:44.75Nik Juarez [13]
Mar 23, 2024 Jeff Ruby Steaks Turfway Park 6.601031:50.15Nik Juarez [14]
Apr 6, 2024 Blue Grass Stakes Keeneland 19.901071:50.08Nik Juarez [15]
May 4, 2024 Pat Day Mile Stakes Churchill Downs 9.421211:35.96Jamie Torres [16]
May 18, 2024 Preakness Stakes Pimlico 9.80811:56.82Jamie Torres [17]
Jun 8, 2024 Belmont Stakes Saratoga 5.301072:01.64Jamie Torres [18]
Jul 27, 2024 Jim Dandy Stakes Saratoga 6.20641:49.15Jamie Torres [19]
Sep 21, 2024 Pennsylvania Derby Parx Racing 4.301111:51.89Jamie Torres [20] [21]

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Seize the Grey was the post-time favorite.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Seize the Grey (USA), gray colt, April 20, 2021 [1]
Sire
Arrogate
(2013)
Unbridled's Song
(1993)
Unbridled
(1987)
Fappiano (1977)
Gana Facil (1981)
Trolley Song
(1983)
Caro (IRE) (1967)
Lucky Spell (1971)
Bubbler
(2006)
Distorted Humor
(1993)
Forty Niner (1985)
Danzig's Beauty (1979)
Grechelle
(1995)
Deputy Minister (CAN) (1979)
Meadow Star (1988)
Dam
Smart Shopping
(2013)
Smart Strike (CAN)
(1992)
Mr. Prospector
(1970)
Raise a Native (1961)
Gold Digger (1962)
Classy 'n Smart (CAN)
(1981)
Smarten (1976)
No Class (CAN) (1976)
Shop Again
(2002)
Wild Again
(1980)
Icecapade (1969)
Bushel-n-Peck (1958)
Shopping
(1988)
Private Account (1976)
Impish (1972) (Family 8-h) [22]

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