Goodnight Olive
Goodnight Olive (foaled April 30, 2018) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2022 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and was named the 2022 US Champion Female Sprint Horse.[2]
| Goodnight Olive | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Ghostzapper |
| Grandsire | Awesome Again |
| Dam | Salty Strike |
| Damsire | Smart Strike |
| Sex | mare |
| Foaled | April 30, 2018[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings |
| Owner | First Row Partners & Team Hanley |
| Trainer | Chad C. Brown |
| Record | 11: 8–2–1 |
| Earnings | $1,676,200[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Ballerina Handicap (2022) Madison Stakes (2023) Bed O' Roses Stakes (2023) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Female Sprint Horse (2022) | |
| Last updated on 26 August 2023 | |
Background
Goodnight Olive is a dark bay or brown filly who was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and Clearsky Farms and was a $170,000 purchase at the 2019 October Keeneland sale by Steve Laymon's First Row Partners.[3] Goodnight Olive is out of the Smart Strike mare Salty Strike who won the Grade 3 Dogwood Stakes and 2012 Grade 3 Gardenia Stakes along with numerous other victories in stakes company.[4] Goodnight Olive is her third foal.[5]
Goodnight Olive is trained by Eclipse Award trainer Chad C. Brown.
In 2023 Goodnight Olive resumed her career with an impressive win in the Grade I Madison Stakes at Keeneland, her third straight Grade I victory and seventh win over all.[6]
Statistics
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 – Three-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Mar 7, 2021 | 6 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Gulfstream Park | 2.20 | 11 | 2 | 1:10.51 | (1+3⁄4 lengths) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [7] | |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 6 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Keeneland | 0.40 | 10 | 1 | 1:09.85 | 8+1⁄2 lengths | Tyler Gaffalione | [8] | |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 7 furlongs | Allowance | Aqueduct | 0.30* | 9 | 1 | 1:24.48 | 9 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [9] | |
| 2022 – Four-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Jun 23, 2022 | 7 furlongs | Allowance Optional Claiming | Belmont Park | 0.20* | 6 | 1 | 1:23.52 | 5+1⁄2 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [10] | |
| Aug 7, 2022 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Allowance Optional Claiming | Saratoga | 0.35* | 6 | 1 | 1:17.24 | 3+3⁄4 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [11] | |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 7 furlongs | Ballerina Handicap | I | Saratoga | 5.80 | 7 | 1 | 1:21.40 | 2+3⁄4 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [12] |
| Nov 5, 2022 | 7 furlongs | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint | I | Keeneland | 1.85* | 12 | 1 | 1:21.61 | 2+1⁄2 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [13] |
| 2023 – Five-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Apr 8, 2023 | 7 furlongs | Madison Stakes | I | Keeneland | 0.37* | 5 | 1 | 1:23.12 | 1 length | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [14] |
| May 6, 2023 | 7 furlongs | Derby City Distaff Stakes | I | Churchill Downs | 0.57* | 6 | 3 | 1:21.87 | (2 lengths) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [15] |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 7 furlongs | Bed O' Roses Stakes | II | Belmont Park | 0.30* | 5 | 1 | 1:22.39 | neck | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [16] |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 7 furlongs | Ballerina Handicap | I | Saratoga | 2.20 | 7 | 2 | 1:20.95 | (2+1⁄2 lengths) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [17] |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Goodnight Olive was the post-time favourite.
Pedigree
| Sire Ghostzapper (2000) |
Awesome Again (1994) |
Deputy Minister (CAN) (1979) |
Vice Regent (CAN) (1967) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mint Copy (CAN) (1970) | |||
| Primal Force (1987) |
Blushing Groom (FR) (1974) | ||
| Prime Prospect (1978) | |||
| Baby Zip (1990) |
Relaunch (1976) |
In Reality (1964) | |
| Foggy Note (1965) | |||
| Thirty Zip (1983) |
Tri Jet (1969) | ||
| Saliaway (1976) | |||
| Dam Salty Strike (2012) |
Smart Strike (1992) |
Mr. Prospector (1970) |
Raise a Native (CAN) (1961) |
| Gold Digger (1962) | |||
| Classy 'n Smart (CAN)) (1981) |
Smarten (1976) | ||
| No Class (CAN) (1974) | |||
| Lake Huron (1995) |
Salt Lake (1989) |
Deputy Minister (CAN) (1979) | |
| Take Lady Anne (1979) | |||
| My Rainbow (1987) |
Lyphard (1969) | ||
| Muriesk (1979) (family 2d)[18] |
References
- "Pedigree of Goodnight Olive". Equineline. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Profile of Goodnight Olive". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- McCroskey, Corrie (November 5, 2022). "Goodnight Olive Overpowers Foes in Filly & Mare Sprint; The 4-year-old Ghostzapper filly won the Ballerina (G1) in the summer at Saratoga". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- "Salty Strike - Horse Profile". equibase.com. 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- McCroskey, Corrie (January 26, 2023). "Goodnight Olive Lights Out as Champion Female Sprinter; The 5-year-old mare finished her 2022 season with an overall record of 7-6-1-0". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- Rollins, Molly (8 April 2023). "Champion Goodnight Olive Victorious in Madison Return; Maryquitecontrary finished second and Society third". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- "Chart for Maiden Special Weight March 7, 2021 at Gulfstream Park – Race 11". Equibase. March 7, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Chart for Maiden Special Weight October 22, 2021 at Keeneland – Race 7". Equibase. October 22, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Chart of Allowance November 21, 2022 Aqueduct (race 5)". November 21, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Chart of Allowance Optional Claiming June 23, 2022 Belmont Park (race 7)". Jun 23, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Chart of Allowance Optional Claiming August 7, 2022 Saratoga (race 3)". August 7, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Ballerina Handicap Grade 1 – (Race 9)". Equibase. August 28, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint Grade 1 – (Race 3)". Equibase. November 5, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Madison Stakes Grade 1 – (Race 7)". Equibase. April 8, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- "Derby City Distaff S. presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery Grade 1 – (Race 7)". Equibase. May 6, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- "Bed O' Roses Grade 2 – (Race 7)". Equibase. June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- "Ballerina Handicap Grade 1 – (race 10)". Equibase. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Emma (GB) – Family 2-d". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved April 10, 2023.