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on
October 25. He won the six-furlong race in a final time of 1:07:08 on a fast track. Fatal Bullet ran second, with Street Boss third. With that win, Midnight Lute became the first horse to repeat in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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on
October 13, 2006, in track-record time. He collected his first Grade I win on September 1, 2007, while setting a new stakes record in the
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An injury kept him away from the races for most of the 2008 season. In his first start of the year, he finished 10th in the
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On
October 27, 2007, Midnight Lute scored the most important victory of his career when he won the six-furlong
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lengths over a sloppy track in a time of 1:09.18, with Idiot Proof second and Talent Search third.
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October 28, 2008, it was announced that Midnight Lute would be retired to stand stud at
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for 2008, but with a final vote of 106 to 86 lost to Benny The Bull.
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In the 2007 Forego
Handicap, Midnight Lute earned the year's highest
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September 11, 2007 article at
Thoroughbred Times on Midnight Lute
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Midnight Lute was bred by Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil
Equines &
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273:. Midnight Lute was sold as a yearling for $ 70,000 at the
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and Watson and
Weitman Performance, LLC. He was named for
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He also placed in several graded stakes, including the
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award, Midnight Lute received 229 of the 267 votes.
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387:in Kentucky for an initial fee of $ 20,000.
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346:. Coming from last to first, he won by
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129:and Watson and Weitman Performance, LLC
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293:Winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint, 2008
234:and owned during his racing career by
115:Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil Equines &
425:Midnight Lute's descendants include:
409:Midnight Lute was a finalist for the
669:"2008 Eclipse Awards Voting Summary"
16:American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
271:American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
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747:Horse racing track record setters
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404:American Champion Sprint Horse
220:American Champion Sprint Horse
196:American Champion Sprint Horse
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752:Breeders' Cup Sprint winners
371:. His second start was the
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737:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
402:In the voting for the 2007
249:coach. He was sired by the
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265:Candytuft. His damsire is
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297:Midnight Lute won the
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757:Eclipse Award winners
732:2003 racehorse births
597:Ogden Phipps Handicap
559:Ontario Matron Stakes
391:Assessment and honors
306:Keeneland Race Course
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244:University of Arizona
475:Hanshin Cup Handicap
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365:Pat O'Brien Handicap
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314:Saratoga Race Course
209:Versailles, Kentucky
183:Breeders' Cup Sprint
613:Santa Ysabel Stakes
609:Mother Goose Stakes
385:Hill 'n' Dale Farms
327:(2nd, Grade II) at
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261:and was out of the
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605:Cotillion Handicap
568:Midnight Pleasure
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232:Marjac Farms, Inc.
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236:Michael E. Pegram
211:) is an American
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127:Michael E. Pegram
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468:Midnight Cello
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155:US$ 2,690,600
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701:. Retrieved
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677:. Retrieved
673:the original
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491:Acorn Stakes
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213:Thoroughbred
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185:(2007, 2008)
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539:Sham Stakes
421:Stud career
279:Bob Baffert
138:Bob Baffert
726:Categories
679:2012-12-09
641:References
459:Major Wins
259:Real Quiet
247:basketball
240:Lute Olson
226:Background
160:Major wins
40:Real Quiet
222:in 2007.
216:racehorse
147:12: 6-3-1
59:Candytuft
46:Grandsire
703:6 August
698:Ahonoora
399:of 124.
152:Earnings
106:Dark Bay
78:Stallion
355:⁄
299:Grade 3
257:winner
134:Trainer
112:Breeder
92:Country
64:Damsire
655:"Home"
444:Foaled
433:, f =
267:Dehere
242:, the
198:(2007)
190:Awards
173:(2007)
168:(2006)
144:Record
102:Colour
84:Foaled
68:Dehere
623:2015
581:2015
565:2014
545:2012
529:2011
513:2010
497:2010
481:2010
465:2010
435:filly
179:wins:
123:Owner
705:2019
449:Name
431:colt
429:c =
263:mare
253:and
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454:Sex
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