{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Parading , image = , caption = , sire =

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, dam = On Parade , damsire =

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Claude R. McGaughey III Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III (born January 6, 1951) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. Biography McGaughey began working as a trainer in 1979 and to date has won more than 240 graded stakes races. In 1986, he got his big ...

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(2009)

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(2009)
Volponi SStakes (2008) , awards = , honours = , updated= June 4, 2011 Parading (foaled March 23, 2003) is an American

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. Bred and owned by

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, he is a son of the leading stallion

, who in turn was sired by

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and prominent

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. He was out of the

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On Parade by perennial leading stallion

. Trained by

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, Parading is best known as the

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racing specialist who won the grade-two

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on May 16, 2009.

Five-year-old season

After winning two of his first three starts in 2008. Shug McGauhey decided to try stakes company and ran Parading in the Volponi Stakes. In that race, Parading won handily on a yielding turf course at

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over Strike a Deal and Tam Lin in 1:49.39 for a mile and an eighth.

Six-year-old season

As a six-year-old Parading blossomed into a very good runner winning two graded stakes wins. In April, 2009 Parading won the grade three $150,000

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in Lexington, Kentucky, on Keeneland's synthetic main track. In his next start his connections

and

decided to send him to the

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$200,000

on the Preakness Stakes undercard. In the Dixie, Parading broke from gate number three under jockey

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as the 2-1 favorite in the field of twelve stakes horses. Around the first turn and through the back stretch German stakes winner Lauro (at 17-1) led through fractions of 24.6 for the first quarter and 48.7 for the half. Parading stalked the pace in fourth just off the outside flank of

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winner Monba. Rounding the final turn, Parading made a bold move fanning out four wide and passing the two leaders in an instant. Coming down the lane Parading drew off to a two length lead but then had to fight off a challenge by Just As Well and won. He won in a final time of 1:48.28 for the mile and one eighth race on the firm turf course.

Retirement

After the 2009 racing season Parading was retired he is presently standing for stud in 2010 and after at

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. He is now taken care of by Johnny “Thunder” Franklin.

References

Parading's pedigree and racing stats

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2003 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 6-a Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States