Balletto

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Balletto Retired

Trainer: Thomas Albertrani Last Jockey: Corey S. Nakatani Owner(s): Darley Stable

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2006 Record: (7-0-4-2)

2006 Earnings: $537,850

2006 Win %: 0% In-The-Money %: 85%

Strengths: Sensational pedigree and part of a stable that is having a career-defining season. Run-all-day type can carry her Grade 1 quality up to 1-1/4 miles and seldom fails to fire her best shot.

Weaknesses: Suffered a severe bout of colic in 2005 after a runner-up effort in the '04 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Retired and subsequently brought back after one year and five months on the sidelines, so it's a question if she'll ever realize her ultimate potential.

In The Genes: Sire, Timber Country, won the 1994 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill and the 1995 Preakness. Dam, Destiny Dance, is a daughter of the great Nijinsky II and G1-winning millionaire Althea, the 1983 Eclipse Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and eventual beaten favorite in the 1984 Kentucky Derby. Destiny Dance, won the G3 Sheepshead Bay Handicap in New York.

Status: Scheduled for a 2007 mating with A.P. Indy.

Bet You Didn't Know: Balletto is the only United Arab Emirates-bred horse ever to compete in the Breeders' Cup.

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