Speightstown
Speightstown (), also known as ''Little Bristol'', is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter.
The area is named after William Speight, a member of Barba ...
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Gone West
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, dam = Nothing Special
, damsire = Tejabo
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Stallion
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, foaled = 2006
, country = United States
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Chestnut
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, breeder = Barry Weisbord & Margaret Santulli
, owner = Turtle Bird Stable
, trainer = Steve Asmussen
, record = 13: 9-1-1
, earnings =
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Discovery Handicap
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(2009)
Suburban Handicap
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(2010)
Jockey Club Gold Cup
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(2010)
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Haynesfield (foaled May 12, 2006, in
New York
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) is an American
Thoroughbred
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racehorse
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Speightstown
Speightstown (), also known as ''Little Bristol'', is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter.
The area is named after William Speight, a member of Barba ...
, the
American Champion Sprint Horse
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(2004), who had career earnings of $1,258,256 and capped off his career with a win in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. He is out of the dam Nothing Special, by Tejabo.
Haynesfield burst onto the racing spotlight when he won 4 straight races from October 2008 to February 2009.
Haynesfield has won numerous stakes races on the New York racing circuit.
Haynesfield won the Empire Classic at Belmont Park on 22 October 2011 for the second time, the first being in 2009.