I'll Have Another 3YO champ

All eyes are on the leader of the clubhouse, not just to cheer him up, but also to beat him.

I’ll Have Another is a known 3 year old champion for running with a roughshod at Robert B. Lewis Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before finally retiring because of leg injury that happened a day before the Belmont Stakes. He was later joined by Union Rags, Creative Cause, Bodemeister, Hansen and Paynter, all known leading Sophomores. In the second half of 2012, Dullahan’s TVG Pacific Classic had a record breaking achievement by winning over older horses.

Breeder Harvey Clark bred I’ll Have Another in Kentucky. He received the Eclipse Award for best 3 year old male. Among his recorded accomplishments are being second to finish in the Grade II Best Pal Stake and by winning the Lewis Stakes. I’ll Have Another was just another race horse who was starting to win races, he’s just starting to build his name. The only time he got really noticed was when he won the Santa Anita Derby over Creative Cause by a nose. He was still at 15-1 when he broke from the 19-hole in the Derby. I’ll Have Another, sired by Flower Alley, who was moving under jockey Mario Gutierrez wowed everyone when he ran down the front running Bodemeister. The same incident happened again at Pimlico two weeks later.

Owner Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O’ Neill announced I’ll Have Another’s retirement the day before the Belmont Stakes, the Holy Grail of the Triple Crown and marked his name in the history of the sport horse racing and horse betting.

I’ll have Another was chosen by a bloodstock agent, Dennis O’Neill, brother of Doug, his trainer at Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’ s April 2 year old auction for the price of $35,000. O’Neill commented “It’s bittersweet, He was gonna get nothing but better with age. I sure think he’s just starting to get good. The sky was the limit.”

I’ll Have Another received his trophy in the clubhouse because he was already injured, even so, he is still a champion.