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Strengths: Her last 12 starts have come in grade 1 or 2 company, and she has three grade 1 victories on her resume – the Las Virgenes and Santa Anita Oaks at Santa Anita in ’06 and the Santa Margarita at that same track in ’07. She’s only finished worse than fourth once in her 15-race career.
In the Genes: Her sire, Thunder Gulch, won four grade 1 stakes as a 3-year-old in ’95 including the Kentucky Derby. His daughter, Spain, was the upset winner of the ’00 Distaff. Balance’s dam, Vertigineaux, won only two of seven lifetime starts, and both of those victories came on turf.
Status: Following her sixth-place finish in the Distaff, Balance was retired and will begin a new career as a broodmare at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Bet You Didn’t Know: Trainer David Hofmans has won twice from 10 career Breeders’ Cup starters, capturing the ’03 Distaff with the 40-1 shot Adoration and the ’96 Classic with another bomber in 19-1 shot Alphabet Soup.
NOTE: Bio stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list. Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
