Lemons Forever (foaled May 24, 2003 in
Kentucky) is an American
Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the
Grade 1 132nd Kentucky Oaks horse race on May 5, 2006. Her win was the biggest upset in the history of the Oaks.
The
Kentucky Oaks had a full field of fourteen
fillies, with Lemons Forever posting the highest odds, at 47-1. She trailed throughout the race, only to rally late and win by 1½ lengths.
A $2 bet on Lemons Forever paid $96.20, and a $2
trifecta paid $12,186.60.
Lemons Forever did not make a run for the
Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the filly equivalent of the
Triple Crown, as she did not compete in the second leg of the competition, the
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, on May 19.
After winning the Oaks, Lemons Forever raced ten more times (eight in
Grade 1 and
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races), only winning once in an optional claimer and running 3rd in the
Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at
Saratoga. She was retired in 2007.
Retirement
Lemons Forever sold for $2.5 million at the 2007
Keeneland broodmare sale to
geologist Charles Fipke
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. , she has produced five named foals, four of them winners:
Lemons Forever was named
2017 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year for her foals Forever Unbridled and Unbridled Forever.
*
Forever Unbridled: Bay filly by
Unbridled's Song foaled in 2012, by Unbridled's Song, multiple graded stakes winner including Grade I wins in the
2017 Breeders' Cup Distaff,
Apple Blossom Handicap,
Beldame Stakes and
Personal Ensign Stakes - earnings of over $2 million.
2017 American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse.
* Unbridled Forever: Bay filly foaled in 2011 by sire
Unbridled's Song, ran 3rd in the 2014
Kentucky Oaks and as a 4-year-old won the Gr.1
Ballerina Stakes, earning over $800,000 in her career.
* Perfect Forever: Chestnut filly foaled in 2009 by sire Perfect Soul, winless in twelve starts
* Forever Perfect: Chestnut colt foaled in 2009 by sire Perfect Soul, two wins in eighteen starts. Stallion in Houston, Ohio.
* Forever d'Oro: Bay colt foaled in 2013 by top sire
Medaglia d'Oro, one win from six starts (as of November 2017). Stakes placed. Competed in
2016 Belmont Stakes.
* Lemons Medaglia: Bay filly foaled in 2016 by Medaglia d'Oro.
References
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2003 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Kentucky Oaks winners
Kentucky Broodmare of the Year
Thoroughbred family 4-m