Lemons Forever

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Lemons Forever
Sire Lemon Drop Kid
Grandsire Kingmambo
DamCritikola
DamsireTough Critic
Sex Filly
Foaled2003
Country United States
Color Chestnut
BreederFarfellow Farms Ltd.
OwnerLeon Willis, Terry Horton, Dallas Stewart
Trainer Dallas Stewart
Record16: 4-1-2
Earnings US$648,940
Major wins
Kentucky Oaks (2006)
Awards
Kentucky Broodmare of the Year (2017)

Lemons Forever (foaled May 24, 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Grade 1 132nd Kentucky Oaks horse race on May 5, 2006. Her win was the biggest upset in the history of the Oaks. [1]

The Kentucky Oaks had a full field of fourteen fillies, with Lemons Forever posting the highest odds, at 47-1. She trailed throughout the race, only to rally late and win by 1½ lengths.

A $2 bet on Lemons Forever paid $96.20, and a $2 trifecta paid $12,186.60. [2]

Lemons Forever did not make a run for the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the filly equivalent of the Triple Crown, as she did not compete in the second leg of the competition, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, on May 19.

After winning the Oaks, Lemons Forever raced ten more times (eight in Grade 1 and Grade 2 races), only winning once in an optional claimer and running 3rd in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga. She was retired in 2007.

Retirement

Lemons Forever sold for $2.5 million at the 2007 Keeneland broodmare sale to geologist Charles Fipke. [3] As of 2017, she has produced five named foals, four of them winners: [4]

Lemons Forever was named 2017 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year for her foals Forever Unbridled and Unbridled Forever. [5]

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References

  1. "Lemons Forever Pulls Huge Upset in Kentucky Oaks - bloodhorse.com" by Dan Liebman, bloodhorse.com, May 5, 2006, retrieved May 6, 2006
  2. "Oaks Day Results", The Courier Journal, May 5, 2006, retrieved May 6, 2006
  3. Thoroughbred Times - November 06, 2007
  4. "Lemons Forever Offspring". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "Lemons Forever Named 2017 KY Broodmare of the Year". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2018-04-11.