{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Alywow , image = , caption = , sire = Alysheba , grandsire =

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, dam = Triple Wow , damsire =

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, foaled = February 7, 1991 , death_date = {{dda, 2002, 3, 2, 1991, 2, 7 , country =

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, breeder = Kinghaven Farms , owner = Kinghaven Farms , trainer = Roger Attfield , record = 19: 7-6-3 , earnings = $648,431 , race =

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(1993)
Nijana Stakes (1994)
Canadian Breeders' Cup Handicap (1994)
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Canadian Champion Turf Horse (1994)
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(2009) , updated= January 28, 2010 Alywow (February 7, 1991 – March 2, 2002) was a Canadian

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and a member of the

Background

Alywow was owned and bred by David Willmot's Kinghaven Farms in

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. Her sire was Alysheba, the 1988

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and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee whose own sire was another U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee,

. Alywow's dam was Triple Wow, a daughter of 1979 Belmont Stakes winner

, who was a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Majestic Prince. She was trained by

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inductee Roger Attfield.

Racing career

At two, Alywow won the

on the turf course at

, her home base in

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. At age three in 1994, she finished third on dirt in the most important race for Canadian-bred fillies, the Woodbine Oaks. Back on turf, she won Woodbine's Canadian Breeders' Cup Handicap and was second in the prestigious Grade I

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turf race to the

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. Racing in the United States, Alywow finished second in the Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap, won the

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and under jockey Mike Smith came from last to first to win a division of the 1994 Nijana Stakes at

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. Her 1994 performances earned Alywow three

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s for Canadian Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly, Canadian Champion Turf Horse, and most prestigious of all, Canadian Horse of the Year. Competing at age four in 1995, on the turf at Woodbine Racetrack, Alywow ran second in the Sky Classic Handicp and won the Canadian Maturity Stakes.

Retirement

Retired to broodmare duty, Alywow produced a foal by

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in 1997 before being sold in 1998 while in foal to

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. Purchased by Pat O'Kelly's Kilcarn Stud near

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, she produced two more foals, the first in 1999 from Danzig and another in 2000 by

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. Alywow was seriously injured in an October 2001 accident when she crashed into a fence. Despite three operations, she never recovered and after a long struggle with a bone infection was humanely

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on March 2, 2002. Alywow was inducted to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame on August 27, 2009.

References

Alywow's pedigree and partial racing stats

October 14, 2001''Thoroughbred Times'' article titled ''Canadian champion Alywow seriously injured in accident''

March 5, 2002 ''Thoroughbred Times'' article on the death of Alywow
1991 racehorse births 2002 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in King, Ontario Racehorses trained in Canada Sovereign Award winners Canadian Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Thoroughbred family 7