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Mo Donegal
Mo Donegal (born on April 19, 2019) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Belmont Stakes horse race. The horse is owned by Donegal Racing and Repole Stable.
Mo Donegal is named for his sire the champion horse Uncle Mo and the horse's co-owner Donegal racing.
Mo Donegal is a bay stallion bred by Ashview Farm and Colts Neck Farm and consigned to the Keeneland sale by Ashview Farm. Mo Donegal is the second of three foals by Callingmissbrown and her lone stakes winner to date. She also has a 2-year-old Into Mischief filly named Prank, who sold for $500,000 by agent Frank Brothers, from Ashview's consignment at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Jerry Crawford, CEO of Donegal Racing bought Mo Donegal for $250,000 at the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and he was named later. Prior to the running of the 2022 Kentucky Derby Mike Repole spent to buy a 25% share of Mo Donegal.
Mo Donegal began his racing career on 30 September in a Maiden Special Weight event over 6+1⁄2 furlongs at Belmont Park. Starting at odds of over 9/1 in a field of seven Mo Donegal broke slowly, was urged by jockey Javier Castellano along while dropping well off the pace. He was steadied briefly with the +1⁄2 mile to run, and was guided from the rail to the two path before the five-sixteenths, was driven four wide into upper stretch. drifted out some in the final furlong and finished with late energy to secure the third place beaten by first time starter Varatti by 5+1⁄4 lengths.
Returning to Belmont Park on 21 October to run over a longer distance of 1+1⁄16 miles, Mo Donegal once again broke a step slow, settling off the early pace. He came under urging late from jockey Irad Ortiz Jr on the backstretch and the moved from three to five wide on the turn, chasing leader Fromanothamutha. Mo Donegal passed the leader outside near the sixteenth-pole and broke his maiden under strong urging by 1+1⁄2 lengths in a time of 1:44.50.
In his last start of the year trainer Todd Pletcher entered Mo Donegal in the premier long-distance event for two-years-old in the US, the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. The event turned into a dog-fight between favorite Zandon and Mo Donegal who was the second pick that needed stewards intervention to dismiss a lodged protest by jockey John Velazquez of Zandon. Mo Donegal dueled down the stretch with Zandon, finishing a nose in front, but only after the two horses and their riders competed in tight quarters late. Mo Donegal drifted inward from the center of the track under right-handed urging from winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr, who nearing the wire, threw crosses with his left rein. He appeared to make contact with Zandon or that one's rider, John Velazquez. The two horses also bumped just before the wire. They finished 9+3⁄4 lengths clear of third-place finisher Midnight Chrome 1+1⁄8 miles on a fast track in 1:53.61. Owners Donegal Racing won their second Remsen after first victorious in 2011 with the Dale Romans-trained O'Prado Again, while Todd Pletcher tallied his third victory in the event.
Mo Donegal began his three-year-old season in South Florida at Gulfstream Park in Grade III Holy Bull Stakes on 5 February. Starting as the 8/5 favorite Mo Donegal broke slowly, saved ground recovering to midpack early, moved out four wide idling a bit under pressure approaching the stretch, had a mild late surge on the far outside and finished third by 4+1⁄2 lengths to White Abarrio in a time of 1:424⁄5. Todd Pletcher after the event said, "I was happy with the way he closed. It actually kind of hurt us that second placed Simplification didn't break well because it kind of altered the fractions of the race and there wasn't a whole lot of pace on, and that's always a disadvantage at Gulfstream." Mo Donegal was supposed to target the Fountain of Youth Stakes but a fever forced Pletcher to change plans.
Todd Pletcher shipped Mo Donegal back to New York State where he had been successful. On April 9 Mo Donegal ran in the Grade II Wood Memorial at Aqueduct where he was victorious as a two-year-old. Facing seven other three-year-olds broke near the back while carried in a bit. After rallying from last in the field of eight and erasing pacesetting Early Voting's two-length lead at the eighth pole, Mo Donegal picked up 100 qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby to vault into fourth in points with 112 and was assured for a start toward the May 7 opening leg of the Triple Crown.
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Mo Donegal
Mo Donegal (born on April 19, 2019) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Belmont Stakes horse race. The horse is owned by Donegal Racing and Repole Stable.
Mo Donegal is named for his sire the champion horse Uncle Mo and the horse's co-owner Donegal racing.
Mo Donegal is a bay stallion bred by Ashview Farm and Colts Neck Farm and consigned to the Keeneland sale by Ashview Farm. Mo Donegal is the second of three foals by Callingmissbrown and her lone stakes winner to date. She also has a 2-year-old Into Mischief filly named Prank, who sold for $500,000 by agent Frank Brothers, from Ashview's consignment at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Jerry Crawford, CEO of Donegal Racing bought Mo Donegal for $250,000 at the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and he was named later. Prior to the running of the 2022 Kentucky Derby Mike Repole spent to buy a 25% share of Mo Donegal.
Mo Donegal began his racing career on 30 September in a Maiden Special Weight event over 6+1⁄2 furlongs at Belmont Park. Starting at odds of over 9/1 in a field of seven Mo Donegal broke slowly, was urged by jockey Javier Castellano along while dropping well off the pace. He was steadied briefly with the +1⁄2 mile to run, and was guided from the rail to the two path before the five-sixteenths, was driven four wide into upper stretch. drifted out some in the final furlong and finished with late energy to secure the third place beaten by first time starter Varatti by 5+1⁄4 lengths.
Returning to Belmont Park on 21 October to run over a longer distance of 1+1⁄16 miles, Mo Donegal once again broke a step slow, settling off the early pace. He came under urging late from jockey Irad Ortiz Jr on the backstretch and the moved from three to five wide on the turn, chasing leader Fromanothamutha. Mo Donegal passed the leader outside near the sixteenth-pole and broke his maiden under strong urging by 1+1⁄2 lengths in a time of 1:44.50.
In his last start of the year trainer Todd Pletcher entered Mo Donegal in the premier long-distance event for two-years-old in the US, the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. The event turned into a dog-fight between favorite Zandon and Mo Donegal who was the second pick that needed stewards intervention to dismiss a lodged protest by jockey John Velazquez of Zandon. Mo Donegal dueled down the stretch with Zandon, finishing a nose in front, but only after the two horses and their riders competed in tight quarters late. Mo Donegal drifted inward from the center of the track under right-handed urging from winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr, who nearing the wire, threw crosses with his left rein. He appeared to make contact with Zandon or that one's rider, John Velazquez. The two horses also bumped just before the wire. They finished 9+3⁄4 lengths clear of third-place finisher Midnight Chrome 1+1⁄8 miles on a fast track in 1:53.61. Owners Donegal Racing won their second Remsen after first victorious in 2011 with the Dale Romans-trained O'Prado Again, while Todd Pletcher tallied his third victory in the event.
Mo Donegal began his three-year-old season in South Florida at Gulfstream Park in Grade III Holy Bull Stakes on 5 February. Starting as the 8/5 favorite Mo Donegal broke slowly, saved ground recovering to midpack early, moved out four wide idling a bit under pressure approaching the stretch, had a mild late surge on the far outside and finished third by 4+1⁄2 lengths to White Abarrio in a time of 1:424⁄5. Todd Pletcher after the event said, "I was happy with the way he closed. It actually kind of hurt us that second placed Simplification didn't break well because it kind of altered the fractions of the race and there wasn't a whole lot of pace on, and that's always a disadvantage at Gulfstream." Mo Donegal was supposed to target the Fountain of Youth Stakes but a fever forced Pletcher to change plans.
Todd Pletcher shipped Mo Donegal back to New York State where he had been successful. On April 9 Mo Donegal ran in the Grade II Wood Memorial at Aqueduct where he was victorious as a two-year-old. Facing seven other three-year-olds broke near the back while carried in a bit. After rallying from last in the field of eight and erasing pacesetting Early Voting's two-length lead at the eighth pole, Mo Donegal picked up 100 qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby to vault into fourth in points with 112 and was assured for a start toward the May 7 opening leg of the Triple Crown.