Achill Island

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Achill Island

2007 Record: (1-0-1-0)

2007 Earnings: $200,000

2007 Win %: 0% In-The-Money %: 100%

Status: After a strong runner-up performance in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, he returned to Ballydoyle for the winter to prepare for a 2008 campaign.

In the Genes: Dam Prawn Cocktail is a half-sister to 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Royal Academy. She is also a half to full siblings Pancho Villa and Terlingua.

Bet You Didn't Know: Achill Island is named after the island off the west-central Irish coast. The island is 57 square miles and has a population of 2,700.

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