Conveyance (foaled 2007 in
Kentucky) is a retired
American Thoroughbred racehorse
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are co ...
. He is by leading stallion
Indian Charlie and out of the broodmare Emptythetill, herself a daughter of
American Horse of the Year
The American Award for Horse of the Year, one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. Because Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has no governing body to sanction the various awards, "Hor ...
Holy Bull. He was bred by Gulf Coast Farms LLC and Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, Conveyance was bought for $240,000 by Legends Racing.
Owned by Zabeel Racing International, LLC, he was trained by
Bob Baffert. Conveyance has had five starts prior to April 2010. He won his first four races and placed in the fifth one.
Conveyance broke his maiden by lengths at
Santa Anita on Oct. 31 and followed that with a seven-length romp at
Hollywood Park on Nov. 25.
Conveyance began his 3 year old season with a win in January's
San Rafael Stakes
The San Rafael Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race was a Grade III event with a purse of $150,000 and was open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile (8 furlongs) ...
at
Santa Anita. He followed that win with a win in the
Southwest Stakes. Baffert
Bob Baffert has made Conveyance his No. 3 Kentucky Derby prospect following his win in the
Southwest Stakes.
In March, Baffert said he will likely make his next start March 28 in the Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby, the second-richest of all the Derby preps.
On March 28, Endorsement shocked Conveyance in
Sunland Derby
The Sunland Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Inaugurated in 2003, the race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and is spon ...
(AP). Endorsement pulled ahead of heavy favorite Conveyance on the final stretch for an upset victory.
Conveyance qualified for the
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...
and on April 29 drew post #12.
Lookin At Lucky draws the rail The Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...
was run on May 1, 2010 and is the first jewel of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Triple Crown. He finished 15th in a field of 20 runners.
References
Conveyance pedigree and partial racing stats
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2007 racehorse births
Thoroughbred family 8-g
Racehorses bred in Virginia
Racehorses trained in the United States