Success Express (foaled February 25, 1985 in

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– 24 April 2015) was an American

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Background

Success Express was a bay horse bred by Tri Star Stable. During his racing career he was owned by Eugene V. Klein and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee D. Wayne Lukas.

Racing career

At age two Success Express won four of his eight starts. The colt capped off his year with his only Graded Stakes win under jockey

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in the 1987 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at

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. Success Express was winless in nine starts at age three with his best result a second in the Grade II Bay Shore Stakes at

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Stud career

In 1989, Success Express was retired to stud in Australia and spent two seasons in

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between 1991 and 1993. There, he has sired multiple stakes winning millionaire, Staging, as well as

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whose career earnings were more than $2 million and who was a multiple stakes winner including the

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Pedigree

References

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