Team (horse)

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Team
Sire Southern Halo
Grandsire Halo (horse)
DamTeocratica
DamsireFarnesio
SexStallion
Foaled8 September 1995
Died13 July 2000
CountryArgentina
Colour Dark Bay
Breeder Haras La Quebrada
OwnerStud Las Telas
TrainerJuan A. Colucho
Hector R. Pavarini
Record10: 7-2-0
Earnings Arg$275,800
Major wins
Gran Premio Santiago Luro (1998)
Gran Premio Montevideo (1998)
Carreras de las Estrellas Juvenile (1998)
Awards
Argentine Horse of the Year (1998)
Argentine Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1998)

Team (foaled 8 September 1995) [1] is an Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was named both the 1998 Argentine Horse of the Year as well as 1998 Argentine Champion Two-Year-Old Colt for a campaign during which he won five graded stakes races. Team regularly won by multiple lengths and set two national speed records, at distances of 800 and 1000 meters. [2]

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Background

Team was a solid dark bay bred by Haras La Quebrada, sired by perennial Argentinian leading sire Southern Halo out of the winning mare Teocrática. He was the last of four foals produced by the cross. [3] None of the other full siblings had a race career of note. Hernán Ceriani Cernadas, owner of La Quebrada, said that Team's time at his stud was unremarkable, and that he never expected the colt to become a champion. [4] Racing owners Stud Las Telas purchased him from La Quebrada for under $30,000 ARS. [4] Team was trained initially by Juan Colucho, but was later trained by Hector Pavarini after his first race as a three-year-old. [5]

Racing career

1997-1998: two-year-old season

Team's racing career began November 29, 1997 in a 800-meter allowance race run at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. He went off at odds of 1.85, beating 13 others, to win by 10 lengths in 0:43.39, setting an Argentinian speed record for the distance that stood until 2002. [2] A month later, on December 28, Team won another 800 meter allowance race by 8 lengths. Team's first stakes race was the Group III Gran Premio Congreve over 1000 meters on February 18, 1998. It was also his first race on turf, with his two prior starts being on dirt, as well as his first start at a different racetrack, Hipódromo de San Isidro. The 1.10 favorite, Team won by four lengths in 0:54.86. He won the Group II Gran Premio Guillermo Kemmis on March 13, winning the 1000 meter race by nine lengths with a time of 0:54.43, once again setting a national record, which lasted until 2000. [2]

Team's first Group I race was the Gran Premio Santiago Luro at a distance of 1200 meters. Team won by 10 lengths at odds of 1.20. [5] Team won his second Group I in the Gran Premio Montevideo over 1500 meters, with a winning margin of 9 lengths. Team's last race at age two was the Group I Carreras de las Estrellas Juvenile on June 15, 1998 at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. Team won the race [6] by six lengths in a time of 1:34.53 for the 1600 meters.

Team's final record at two was seven wins in seven starts, earning him end year honors as both the Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and as Horse of the Year in Argentina. [7] In all of his races at two, he was ridden by Francisco Arreguy. [5]

1998-1999: three-year-old season

Team's first start at three was the Group I Gran Criterium over 1600 meters, in which he finished second by three-quarters of a length to Señor Juez as the part of the favorite coupled entry at 1.10. After this race, Team was transferred to a new trainer, Pavarini Hector. It was also the last time that he was ridden by Arreguy Francisco. Team's next race was the Group I Dos Mil Guineas, the first race in the San Isidro Triple Crown and run over 1600 meters on the turf. Starting as the 1.15 favorite, Team finished fifth of eleven runners under new jockey Jacinto Rafael Herrera, who also rode him in his next start. Team's last race at three, and the last of his career, was the Group I Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos, first race in the Argentinian Triple Crown and run over 1600 meters on the dirt. At odds of 1.50, Team finished second to Chevillard, part of the favored coupled entry with Team, by three-quarters of a length. [5]

Race record

DateAgeRaceGradeTrackDistanceSurfaceOddsFieldFinishTimeWinning

(Losing) margin

JockeyRef
November 29, 19972Copa Lo JackMaiden Special Weight Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo Dirt1.85*1410:43.39Francisco Arreguy [8]
December 28, 19972Copa Lo JackAllowanceHipódromo Argentino de PalermoDirt1.10*†1210:44.49Francisco Arreguy [9]
February 18, 19982Gran Premio CongreveIII Hipódromo de San Isidro Turf1.10*510:54.86Francisco Arreguy [10]
March 13, 19982Gran Premio Guillermo KemmisIIHipódromo Argentino de PalermoDirt1.05*†610:54.43Francisco Arreguy [11]
April 11, 19982 Gran Premio Santiago Luro IHipódromo Argentino de PalermoDirt1.20*811:09.31Francisco Arreguy [12]
May 25, 19982 Gran Premio Montevideo IHipódromo Argentino de PalermoDirt1.15*811:28.92Francisco Arreguy [13]
June 15, 19982 Carreras de las Estrellas Juvenile IHipódromo Argentino de PalermoDirt1.10*1111:34.53Francisco Arreguy [14]
July 4, 19983 Gran Criterium IHipódromo de San IsidroTurf1.10*†1421:35.66Francisco Arreguy [15]
August 15, 19983 Dos Mil Guineas IHipódromo de San IsidroTurf1.15*1151:33.75 Jacinto Rafael Herrera [16]
September 12, 19983 Polla de Potrillos IHipódromo Argentino de PalermoDirt1.50*†821:37.50 Jacinto Rafael Herrera [17]

An asterisk after the odds means Team was the post time favorite.

† Part of a coupled entry

Retirement

After the Gran Premio Polla de Potrilos, Team was retired from racing and sent to stand stud at Haras Firmamento for the 1998 Southern Hemisphere breeding season. There, he covered four mares, [1] but only managed to get one pregnant. [18] No registered foal was produced. [1] The decision was made to return Team to race training, despite a crack in his right front hoof. During training, both of his front legs became injured, resulting in his being euthanized early in the morning January 19, 1999. [18]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Team (ARG), dark bay colt, 1995
Sire
Southern Halo (USA)

1983

 Halo (USA)

1969

 Hail to Reason (USA) Turn-To (IRE)
Nothirdchance (USA)
Cosmah (USA) Cosmic Bomb (USA)
Almahmoud (USA)
Northern Sea (USA)

1974

 Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic (CAN)
Natalma (USA)
Sea Saga (USA) Sea Bird (FR)
Shama (USA)
Dam
Teocratica (ARG)

1987

Farnesio (ARG)

1974

Good Manners (USA) Nashua (USA)
Fun House (USA)
La Farnesina (ARG)Cardanil (FR)
La Dogana (ARG)
Theocratic (ARG)

1975

Solazo (USA)Beau Max (USA)
Solar System (GB)
Theocracy (ARG)Make Tracks (USA)
Talonada (ARG)

[1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Argentinian Speed Records". Stud Book Argentino.
  3. ↑ "Teocratica Profile". Stud Book Argentino. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Guimaraes, Julio (12 July 1998). "Pingos. Team el caballo nuclear". La Nación . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Team Performance". Stud Book Argentino. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Results of Carreras de las Estrellas Juvenile". Carreras de las Estrellas. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Distinctions Carlos Pellegrini". Stud Book Argentino. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Premio: Sup.copa Lo Jack 4*t". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  9. ↑ "S.c. Lo Jack (E)". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  10. ↑ "Congreve G3". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  11. ↑ "Guillermo Kemmis G2". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  12. ↑ "Santiago Luro G1". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  13. ↑ "Montevideo G1". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  14. ↑ "Est. Juvenile G1". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  15. ↑ "Gran Criterium G1". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  16. ↑ "Dos Mil Guineas G1". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  17. ↑ "P. de Potrillos G1". www.studbook.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  18. 1 2 "Un desenlace provisible. Murió Team, el crack de la historia increíble". La Nación . 20 January 1999. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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