Circular Quay (horse)

Circular Quay won his maiden at Churchill Downs in June 2006, and after his subsequent victories in the Bashford Manor Stakes and the Hopeful Stakes, he was ranked on top of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Division poll. Then came the October 7 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity, a race in which he was the heavy 2-5 favorite. With jockey Garrett Gomez in the saddle, the colt finished second, 1{{fraction|3|4}} lengths behind winner Great Hunter. In the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on November 5, he finished second behind Street Sense, who won the race by 10 lengths.[https://archive.today/20070517011151/http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=21703 Street Sense wins Juvenile by record 10 - NTRA]

In his first race as a 3-year-old in the Grade III Risen Star Stakes on February 10, 2007, at Fair Grounds Race Course, Circular Quay finished fifth after he faced traffic trouble when the horse in front of him, Slew's Tizzy, clipped heels with Makeithapencaptain and lost jockey James Graham.[https://archive.today/20070517011151/http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=23338 Notional gets lucky trip in Risen Star - NTRA]

The colt won the March 10 Louisiana Derby[http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=23994 Circular Quay takes orbit - NTRA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315163841/http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=23994 |date=2007-03-15 }} as his final prep for The May 5 Kentucky Derby, where he was one of five Pletcher entries and finished sixth after the eight-week layoff between races. Two weeks later, he was one of two entries for Pletcher in the 2007 Preakness Stakes,[http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2007/May/15/Circular-Quay-confirmed-for-Preakness-start.aspx Circular Quay confirmed for Preakness start - Thoroughbred Times] where he finished fifth in the field of nine.

After skipping the Belmont Stakes, Circular Quay made his first start on grass and final start as a 3-year-old and was the favorite in the Grade II Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs. However, he was not a factor and finished sixth.[https://archive.today/20070517011151/http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=related&id=26709 Red Giant casts Pletcher's shadow in Va. Derby - NTRA]

Circular Quay made his 2008 debut on March 8 in the New Orleans Handicap with a win.

The first reported foal for Circular Quay was a filly out of Destiny's Yield (by High Yield) born on January 15, 2010, at Destiny Oaks Farms in Ocala, Florida.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/breeding-news/2010/January/08/Notable-2010-foals.aspx |title=Notable 2010 Foals {{!}} Thoroughbred Times |access-date=2010-02-12 |archive-date=2012-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517123238/http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/breeding-news/2010/january/08/notable-2010-foals.aspx |url-status=dead }} He currently stands at the Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Florida for a fee of $6,500.{{cite web|title=Circular Quay|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=7118187&origin=singlesearch|publisher=Stallion Register Online|accessdate=24 April 2011}}

During the summer of 2014, Circular Quay was sold and now stands in Panama.

Circular Quay's descendants include:

c = colt, f = filly

{{Pedigree

|name = Circular Quay

|f = Thunder Gulch

|m = Circle of Life

|ff = Gulch

|fm = Line of Thunder

|mf = Belong to Me

|mm = Concentric

|fff = Mr. Prospector

|ffm = Jameela

|fmf = Storm Bird

|fmm = Shoot a Line

|mff = Danzig

|mfm = Belonging

|mmf = Shadeed

|mmm = Magic Circle

|ffff = Raise a Native

|fffm = Gold Digger

|ffmf = Rambunctious

|ffmm = Asbury Mary

|fmff = Northern Dancer

|fmfm = South Ocean

|fmmf = High Line

|fmmm = Death Ray

|mfff = Northern Dancer

|mffm = Pas de Nom

|mfmf = Exclusive Native

|mfmm = Straight Deal

|mmff = Nijinsky

|mmfm = Continual

|mmmf = Alydar

|mmmm = Golden Circlet

|}}

Circular Quay (pronounced "Key") is a locality of Sydney, Australia.[http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=20571 Circular Quay - NTRA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312140452/http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=20571 |date=2007-03-12 }} It is the site of the first European settlement in Australia and is now a major transport hub for the city's central business district within several hundred metres of the Sydney Opera House.

• [http://www.pedigreequery.com/circular+quay Circular Quay's Pedigree and Photo]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312140452/http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=20571 Stats and Bio], NTRA

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