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A LITTLE HISTORY, EARLY AND LATE Bred by Joseph M. Grant and Hall Of Famer Thomas J. Kelly (Tommy Kelly), and owned by Kelly along with his long time clients Joe and Mary Grant, he was first trained by Tommy's son Tim Kelly, but when Tim retired, was taken over by another of Tommy's sons, Pat Kelly . The first time Tommy Kelly watched him breeze, he said, "That's a special horse. He'll be a stakes winner." A dappled gray, Evening Attire is now a hard-knocking veteran, and a gelding...one of his testicles was immature and stuck in the canal. Said Pat Kelly, "It had been bugging him, so they wound up gelding him. The poor guy had to have two surgeries over the winter." As a gelding, Evening Attire is still racing at the age of eight. Out of the successful Mr. Prospector line, he races well off the pace, often closes dramatically, and has become a well loved grand old man of racing. As a two-and-three-year-old, Evening Attire came off five straight defeats in allowance company to suddenly win back-to-back stakes against top-class horses. Things aren't quite like that now, but Pat Kelly has never lost faith in Evening Attire...even though the trainer concedes the classy 8-year-old is "a little slower, but not a lot slower than he used to be. He’s prolonged his career without needing a whole lot of down time.” BLOODLINES Evening Attire is the son of the 1991 , 5x5 to Native Dancer (The Grey Ghost), 5x5 to Raise You, and 5x4 to Crafty Admiral. Buckpasser features nicely as well. A horse who loves the off going, as of April 1, 2006, Evening Attire has had a storied career. He's made 49 starts, winning 12, placing in 13, and showing in five. He's won $$2,524,141.00 HIGHLIGHTS OF A LONG RACING CAREER A New York horse through and through (seldom racing outside New York), Evening Attire owns at least one stakes race win over all four New York Racing Association dirt tracks. At Aqueduct, Evening Attire is a five-time stakes winner. 2001: 1st Queens County Handicap.(G3) and Discovery Handicap.(G3) 2002: 1st Jockey Club Gold Cup (earning a 92 Speed Figure) (G1), Saratoga Breeders Cup Handicup (G2), Aqueduct Handicap (G3), Red Smith Handicap (G2), and 2nd in Massachusetts Handicap (G2) 2003: 2nd in Queens County Handicap (G3), Clark Handicap (G2), 3rd in the Jockey Club Gold Cup(G1) and Whitney Handicap (G1) 2004: 1st Saratoga BCH (beating Funny Cide and Bowman's Band witn a 90 Equibase Speed Figure) (G2), 2nd Knickerbocker H.(G2), Excelsior BCH (G3), Queens County H.(G3), Ben Ali S(G3), Aqueduct H.(G3), and John B. Campbell Handicap. 2005: 1st Stuyvesant H.(G3) 2006: 2nd Aqueduct H.(G3), 3rd Stymie Handicap. Beginning with his early rivalry with the classy Balto Star, since 2003, Evening Attire has sparred with his fellow New York bred, the dual classic winner, Funny Cide. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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