{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Life's Magic , image = , caption = , sire =

Cox's Ridge {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Cox's Ridge , image = , caption = , sire = Best Turn , grandsire = Turn-To , dam = Our Martha , damsire = Ballydonnell , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1974 , country = United States , colour = Bay , b ...

, grandsire = Best Turn , dam = Fire Water , damsire = Tom Rolfe , sex =

Filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

, foaled = 1981 , country = United States , colour =

Bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

, breeder = M/M Douglas Parrish & David Parrish III , owner = Mel Hatley & Eugene V. Klein , trainer =

D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He has won twenty Breeders' Cup races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his horses ha ...

, record = 32: 8-11-6 , earnings = US$2,255,218 , race = Oak Leaf Stakes (1983)
Beldame Stakes (1984)
Mother Goose Stakes (1984)
Alabama Stakes (1984)

Monmouth Oaks The Monmouth Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey for three-year-old fillies. Named for England's Epsom Oaks, first run in 1779, the inaugural American edition took place ...

(1984)

Shuvee Handicap The Shuvee Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for Filly, fillies and Mare (horse), mares that are three years old or older over a distance of miles on the dirt track scheduled annually in August at Sarato ...

(1985) Breeders' Cup wins:

Breeders' Cup Distaff The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or ...

(1985) , awards = American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1984)
American Champion Older Female Horse (1985) , honours = , updated= Life's Magic (1981–2007) was an American Thoroughbred

racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...

. In a career that lasted from 1983 to 1985 she won eight races and was a two-time Eclipse Award winner.

Background

Bred in Kentucky, Life's Magic was sired by

, a Grade I winner and descendant of the great Nearco. She was out of the mare Fire Water, a daughter of 1965 Preakness Stakes winner and American Champion Three-Year-Old Colt Tom Rolfe. Life's Magic was conditioned for racing by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer

, who went on to win more Breeders' Cup races than any other trainer in history.

Racing career

Racing at age two in 1983, Life's Magic made seven starts at racetracks across the United States. After winning a maiden race, she won the Grade I Oak Leaf Stakes. She ran second four times, always in Grade I events. At age three, she won the GII

plus three Grade I events. She ran second to Princess Rooney in the 1984

and was voted the 1984 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Sent back to the track at age four, Life's Magic had her second Championship season, notably capturing the

before winning the most important race of her career under jockey

Ángel Cordero Jr. Ángel Tomás Cordero Jr. (born: November 8, 1942) is one of the leading Thoroughbred horse racing jockeys of the late 20th-century and the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the United States' Racing Hall of Fame. He led all jockeys in win ...

: the 1985

, where she defeated the great Lady's Secret. Her 1985 performances earned Life's Magic American Champion Older Female Horse honors.

Retirement

Retired to

broodmare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

duty, a fertile Life's Magic produced fourteen offspring, none of which came close to achieving her success. Life's Magic died at age twenty-six on August 21, 2007, at Trackside Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.

References

Life's Magic's pedigree and partial racing stats

August 21, 2007 NTRA article titled ''Life's Magic dies; won '85 BC Distaff''
1981 racehorse births 2007 racehorse deaths Thoroughbred family 4-m Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Eclipse Award winners Breeders' Cup Distaff winners