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I'll Have Another
I'll Have Another (left) and Lava Man at the 2012 Preakness Stakes.
SireFlower Alley
GrandsireDistorted Humor
DamArch's Gal Edith
DamsireArch
SexStallion
FoaledApril 1, 2009
CountryUnited States[1]
ColorChestnut
BreederHarvey Clarke
OwnerJ. Paul Reddam
TrainerDouglas F. O'Neill
JockeyMario Gutierrez
Record7:5-1-0
EarningsUS$ 2,693,600
Major wins
Santa Anita Derby (2012)
Robert B. Lewis Stakes (2012) Triple Crown Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (2012)
Preakness Stakes (2012)
Awards
American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse

I'll Have Another (foaled April 1, 2009) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

He was bred in Kentucky, owned by Canadian businessman J. Paul Reddam and trained by Doug O'Neill.[2] In May 2012, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, he won the first two legs of the Triple Crown by taking the Kentucky Derby with a time of 2:01.83.[3] and the Preakness Stakes in 1:55.94. On the day before the Belmont Stakes, he was scratched due to tendonitis, ending his chances of winning the Triple Crown, and retired from racing.

Background

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I'll Have Another is a chestnut horse sired by the Travers Stakes winner Flower Alley. Flower Alley's sire, Distorted Humor, was also the sire of 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide. In September 2010, as a yearling, I'll Have Another was sent to the Keeneland sales where he was bought for $11,000 by Victor M. Davila.[4] Davila, an exercise rider, broke and trained the colt before selling him as a two-year-old to J. Paul Reddam for $35,000 at the Ocala Breeder's sale.[5] According to Reddam, the colt's name is inspired by his reply when his wife asks if he wants more of her fresh-baked cookies: "I'll Have Another."[6]

Racing career

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2011: two-year-old season

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After winning on his racecourse debut in July 2011, I'll Have Another finished second to Creative Cause in the Grade II Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar in August.[7][8] He ran sixth of the ten runners behind Currency Swap in the Grade I Hopeful Stakes on a sloppy track at Saratoga.[9]

I'll Have Another (#19) crosses the finish line at the 2012 Kentucky Derby ahead of Bodemeister (far left)

2012: three-year-old season

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I'll Have Another began his three-year-old season by winning the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on February 4, as a 43/1 outsider.[10] In April, he won the Santa Anita Derby, staying on gamely[11] to beat the favorite Creative Cause by a nose.

I'll Have Another's lead pony in the Kentucky Derby post parade on May 5, 2012, was the retired gelding Lava Man, whom Doug O'Neill had trained previously. As of Derby Day 2012, Lava Man was the 27th-leading Thoroughbred money earner of all time, having won $5,268,706 in his racing career. Lava Man had also accompanied I'll Have Another to the post for his win in the Santa Anita Derby, the colt's final Kentucky Derby prep.[12] Lava Man led I'll Have Another to the post again at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on May 19, 2012, for the Preakness Stakes.

Triple Crown races

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In the Kentucky Derby on May 5, I'll Have Another started at odds of 15–1 in what was considered an unusually strong field.[13] In front of a record crowd of 165,307,[14] I'll Have Another produced a strong finish to catch the front-running Bodemeister in the closing stages and win by one and a half lengths in a final time of 2:01.83 for 1 1/4 miles.[15] He is the first horse in the history of the Kentucky Derby to have won from post position 19.[2][16] It was the Derby debut for his 25-year-old jockey Mario Gutierrez, who had not previously ridden in any of the Triple Crown races.[2][17] After the race, Gutierrez described I'll Have Another as "an amazing horse", and said that "from the first time I met him, I knew he was the one".[18]

In the Preakness Stakes on May 19, I'll Have Another was sent off at odds of 3–1 with Bodemeister starting favorite at 8–5. Gutierrez settled the colt in fourth place as Bodemeister set the pace from Creative Cause. On the turn into the straight, I'll Have Another passed Creative Cause to move into second place, and caught Bodemeister in the final strides to win by a neck, finishing the 1 3/16-mile race in a final time of 1:55.94.[19]

Injury and retirement

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Poster for I'll Have Another's Triple Crown attempt, before being scratched the day before the 2012 Belmont Stakes.

I'll Have Another was drawn to run from the eleventh post position of the twelve runners, meaning that he would start on the outside of the field.[20] On the Friday before the Belmont Stakes was to run, trainer Doug O'Neill indicated that the horse was officially out of the race due to a tendon injury, ending his hopes of a Triple Crown.[21] At a news conference, the track veterinarian described the injury as slow-healing, requiring up to three to six months for recovery, and if the horse had raced, the risk of a bowed tendon would be very high.[22] Thus, trainer O'Neill announced that he and Reddam decided to retire the horse from racing.[23] He became the third horse, after Burgoo King in 1932 and Bold Venture in 1936, to be scratched from the Belmont Stakes after having won the first two legs of the Triple Crown.[22]

On July 11 the New York Times carried a report on the veterinary records of I'll Have Another, which O'Neill had been required to submit to the New York racing authorities. The records showed that the colt had been suffering from osteoarthritis. Three veterinarians interviewed by The Blood-Horse magazine, stated that the medications used were phenylbutazone, dexamethasone and polyglycan, a glucosamine-based medication, all of which were routine and appropriate.[24]

Stud career

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On June 23, 2012, it was announced that I'll Have Another had been sold with the intent that he would be exported to stand at stud at the Big Red Farm [ja], located in Hokkaido, Japan, for the 2013 breeding season.[25] J. Paul Reddam stated on June 9 that Big Red Farm paid $10 million for I'll Have Another after he received only two offers from American breeding farms:one for $3 million, the other $2.5 million. Reddam thought I'll Have Another stood a better chance of success at stud in Japan, where he would receive higher-quality books of mares than he would have attracted in the U.S. Reddam added that he would like to someday reacquire I'll Have Another, if possible.[26] In 2013, his first season in Japan, I'll Have Another covered 152 mares, about 80 percent of whom became pregnant. He commanded stud fees of 3.2 million yen, or about $31,000.[27] Of the progenies in Japan, his most successfuls are Another Truth [ja], a gelding that won the Antares Stakes in 2019,[28] and Win Marvel [ja] who won the Aoi Stakes in 2022 and later the Hanshin Cup in 2023.[29]

On November 6, 2018, it was announced that I'll Have Another would return to the U.S. for the 2019 breeding season to stand at stud at the Ballena Vista Farm in Ramona, California for a fee of $6,000.[30][31]

In March 2024 I'll Have Another retired from stud duty, with Old Friends Equine announcing that he had been donated to their retirement farm in Georgetown, Kentucky by owner J. Paul Reddam.[32]

Notable progeny

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c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
2014 Another Truth (JPN) g 2019 Antares Stakes
2019 Win Marvel (JPN) c 2022 Aoi Stakes, 2023 Hanshin Cup, 2024 Hankyu Hai

Pedigree

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Pedigree of I'll Have Another, Chestnut colt, 2009[33]
Sire
Flower Alley
B. 2002 		Distorted Humor
1993 		Forty Niner
1985 		Mr Prospector* 1970
File 1976
Danzigs Beauty
1987 		Danzig* 1977
Sweetest Chant 1978
Princess Olivia
1995 		Lycius
1988 		Mr Prospector* 1970
Lypatia 1975
Dance Image
1990 		Sadler's Wells 1981
Diamond Spring 1977
Dam
Arch's Gal Edith
Ch. 2002 		Arch
1995 		Kris S.
1977 		Roberto 1969
Sharp Queen 1965
Aurora
1988 		Danzig* 1977
Althea 1981
Force Five Gal
1994 		Pleasant Tap
1987 		Pleasant Colony 1978
Never Knock 1979
Last Cause
1985 		Caucasus 1972
Last Bird 1973 (Family 23-b[34])
  • I'll Have Another is inbred 4s × 4s to the stallion Mr Prospector, meaning that he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of his pedigree. I'll Have Another is also inbred 4s × 4d to Danzig, meaning he appears fourth generation once on the sire side and once on the dam side of the pedigree.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "I'll Have Another". Racing Post. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Beth Harris (Associated Press) (May 5, 2012). "Canadian-owned I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Kentucky Derby 138: I'll Have Another". Road to the Kentucky Derby. ESPN. May 3, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Arch's Gal Edith (USA)". Racing Post. February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ Hiers, Fred (May 17, 2012). "Exercise rider bought and sold Derby winner I'll Have Another". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  6. ^ Gray, Ed (May 7, 2012). "Bettors get 'Another' shot". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Russo, Nicole (September 4, 2011). "Many of Racing's superstars produced at the Hopeful Stakes". The Saratogian. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Curry, Mike (August 7, 2011). "Creative Cause to celebrate for connections in Best Pal". Thoroughbred Times. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  9. ^ Bossert, Jerry (May 13, 2012). "Currency Swap, the last horse to beat Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another, finally find's [sic] winners' circle again at You and I Stakes". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  10. ^ "Santa anita (USA) Result 04 Feb 2012". Racing Post. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  11. ^ "Santa anita (USA) Result 07 Apr 2012". Racing Post. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  12. ^ Arrington, Debbie (May 16, 2012). "Fast friends: Derby champ I'll Have Another finds a buddy". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  13. ^ Harris, Beth (May 5, 2012). "138th Kentucky Derby: Strong field makes for unpredictable finish". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  14. ^ "2012 Kentucky Derby – I'll Have Another rallies to win at Churchill Downs". ESPN New York. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  15. ^ "I'll Have Another wins 138th Derby". ESPN. May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  16. ^ Tim Wilkin (May 6, 2012). "KENTUCKY DERBY / I'll Have Another has his way at end / California colt beats out favored Bodemeister". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  17. ^ Melissa Hopperit (May 19, 2012). "Live Analysis: Derby Winner I'll Have Another Captures Preakness". The Rail (New York Times Horse Racing Blog). Gutierrez, 25, was a relatively unknown jockey before a magical run in which he has stayed unbeaten in two Classic starts.
  18. ^ "I'll Have Another takes surprise Kentucky Derby win". BBC Sport. May 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  19. ^ Richard Rosenblatt (May 19, 2012). "I'll Have Another wins Preakness, Triple try next". Seattle PI. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  20. ^ Will Hayler (June 6, 2012). "Doug O'Neill unfazed by wide draw for I'll Have Another in Belmont". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  21. ^ "I'll Have Another won't race in Belmont, trainer says". ESPN. June 8, 2012.
  22. ^ a b "I'll Have Another scratches from Belmont". Sportsillustrated.com. Associated Press. June 8, 2012. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012.
  23. ^ Dwyre, Bill (June 8, 2012). "I'll Have Another Retired to Stud". Los Angeles Times.
  24. ^ "I'll Have Another's Treatment 'Routine Care'". BloodHorse.com. July 11, 2012.
  25. ^ "I'll Have Another headed for stud duty in Japan –". Usatoday.com. November 28, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  26. ^ Lenny Shulman (July 9, 2012). "Reddam: I'll Have Another Sale $10 Million". BloodHorse.com.
  27. ^ "The Race Not Run". The New York Times. June 1, 2014.
  28. ^ "Another Truth(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  29. ^ "Win Marvel(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  30. ^ "I'll Have Another Returning to U.S." Thoroughbred Daily News. November 6, 2018.
  31. ^ "I'll Have Another Gets First Black-Type Winner in Japan". Bloodhorse. April 15, 2019.
  32. ^ "I'll Have Another Retired to Old Friends". The Blood-Horse. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  33. ^ Staff. "I'll Have Another". Equineline. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  34. ^ "Turk Mare – Family 23-b". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
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