Wonder Wheel (horse)
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| Wonder Wheel | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Into Mischief |
| Grandsire | Harlan's Holiday |
| Dam | Wonder Gal |
| Damsire | Tiz Wonderful |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | February 7, 2020[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Three Chimneys Farm & Clearsky Farms |
| Owner | D. J. Stable |
| Trainer | Mark E. Casse |
| Record | 9:4–2–0 |
| Earnings | $1,591,857[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Alcibiades Stakes (2022) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2022) | |
| Last updated on 2 July 2023 | |
Wonder Wheel (foaled February 7, 2020) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2022 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was named the 2022 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.[2]
Wonder Wheel is a dark bay or brown filly who was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm and Clearsky Farms and was a $275,000 purchase at the 2021 September Keeneland sale by D. J. Stables.[3] Her dam Wonder Gal was GI placed several times and a winner of $904,800 who died earlier in 2022. Her other foal, Road Bible, a 4-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile is a three-time winner with earnings of $70,480.[4]
Wonder Wheel is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Mark E. Casse.
Retirement
After a string of poor performances as a three-year-old D. J. Stables announced the retirement of Wonder Wheel and that she would be offered in the Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton's November Sale (2023).[5]