Discreetly Mine is a retired American thoroughbred race horse. Foaled on March 30, 2007, he won the

Risen Star Stakes The Risen Star Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt run annually in February, usually during the President's Day weekend at Fair Grounds Race Course i ...

in February 2010, making him a contender for the 2010 Kentucky Derby in which he finished thirteenth.

Background

Bred in Kentucky by E. Paul Robsham, Discreetly Mine was sired by Mineshaft (by

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), who was voted the 2003

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. He is out of Pretty Discreet, a

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winner of the

Alabama Stakes The Alabama Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies. Inaugurated in 1872, the Grade I race is run over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the dirt track at Saratoga Race Course. Held in mid August, i ...

, herself a daughter of Private Account. This makes Discreetly Mine a half brother to Co-World Champion 3-Year-Old (2006)

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(by

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). Discreetly Mine was raced by E. Paul Robsham Stables, LLC and trained by

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Two-year-old Campaign

Discreetly Mine broke his maiden in his third career start at

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. After this win, he was placed in the Grade II

Belmont Futurity Stakes The Futurity Stakes, commonly referred to as the Belmont Futurity, is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-September or October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, United States. Open to two-year-old horses, it is raced on turf ...

, where he finished second to D' Funnybone. His final two-year-old start was another second in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes in which he was defeated by Homeboykris.

Three-year-old Campaign

Discreetly Mine won the

on February 20, 2010. He then ran in the March 27

Louisiana Derby The Louisiana Derby is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Run in late March, the race is open to horses, age three, willing to race miles on the dirt. It currently o ...

, finishing fourth to winner Mission Impazible. In other 2010 races Discreetly Mine took the Jersey Shore Stakes and the Amsterdam Stakes, placed in the

Jim Dandy Stakes The Jim Dandy Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. The Grade II race has been held annually since 1964 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is open to horses age three over one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. ...

, and won the 2010

King's Bishop Stakes The H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The ...

. Later that year, Discreetly Mine injured his stifle and was retired.

Stallion career

In 2016, Discreetly Mine was sold to Haras Lacala to stand at stud in Uruguay.

External links

Discreetly Mine pedigree and partial racing stats

References

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