Highland Falls (USA)

1st - G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes - Saratoga, USA - 01 September 2024
Age
4
Foal date
25/02/2020
Gender
Colt
Colour
Chestnut
Sire
Curlin
Dam
Round Pond
Trainer
Brad H Cox
Breeder
Godolphin (Ky)
Official rating
 
Career earnings
$1,262,060.00
Results
Starts 10 Wins 5 Placed 3
Date Result Racecourse Race details
02/11/2024 9th Del Mar (USA) Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 3yo+
01/09/2024 1st Saratoga (USA) Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 3yo+
20/07/2024 2nd Monmouth Park (USA) Monmouth Cup Stakes (Grade 3) (3yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 3yo+
01/06/2024 1st Churchill Downs (USA) Blame Stakes (Grade 3) (4yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 4yo+
20/04/2024 2nd Oaklawn Park (USA) Oaklawn Handicap (Grade 2) (4yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 4yo+
03/03/2024 4th Santa Anita (USA) Santa Anita Handicap presented by Yaamava' Resort & Casino (Grade 1) (4yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 4yo+
13/01/2024 1st Fair Grounds (USA) Allowance Optional Claiming Race (4yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 4yo+
17/11/2023 1st Churchill Downs (USA) Allowance Race (3yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 3yo+
24/09/2023 3rd Churchill Downs (USA) Allowance Race (3yo+) (Main Track) (Dirt) 3yo+
26/08/2023 1st Ellis Park (USA) Maiden Special Weight (3yo+) (Dirt) 3yo+ Mdn
Highland Falls (USA) Curlin (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Mr Prospector (USA)
1970
1992 Classy 'n Smart (CAN)
1981
2004 Sherriff's Deputy (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN)
1979
1994 Barbarika (USA)
1985
2020 Round Pond (USA) Awesome Again (CAN) Deputy Minister (CAN)
1979
1994 Primal Force (USA)
1987
2002 Gift Of Dance (USA) Trempolino (USA)
1984
1989 Coral Dance (FR)
1978
half-brother to winners Long River (1m-1m2f inc UAE Group 1; RPR 112), Lake Lucerne (GB/US 8.5f turf/1m2f AW inc Listed; 102), Long Water (UAE 7f/US 1m; 89) and Holland Park (US 1m1f); won 1m maiden at Ellis Park on debut in August 2023 and was then third at Churchill Downs up slightly in distance; back to winning ways at Churchill Downs next time in November, landing a 8.5f allowance event; followed up over same trip at Fair Grounds in January 2024; far from disgraced when staying on fourth in 10f Grade 1 at Santa Anita on next start in March; improved to finish second in 9f Grade 2 at Oaklawn Park in April and built on that by winning a 9f Grade 3 at Churchill Downs in early June; modest second (beaten over 5l by the winner) in another Grade 3 at Monmouth Park (9f) a month later but impressive winner of 10f Grade 1 at Saratoga (fast) in early September; never a threat in the Breeders' Cup Classic after that.
Highland Falls (USA) Curlin (USA) Smart Strike (CAN) Mr Prospector (USA)
1970
1992 Classy 'n Smart (CAN)
1981
2004 Sherriff's Deputy (USA) Deputy Minister (CAN)
1979
1994 Barbarika (USA)
1985
2020 Round Pond (USA) Awesome Again (CAN) Deputy Minister (CAN)
1979
1994 Primal Force (USA)
1987
2002 Gift Of Dance (USA) Trempolino (USA)
1984
1989 Coral Dance (FR)
1978