Eight Rings

{{Infobox racehorse

| name = Eight Rings

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| breed =

| sire = Empire Maker

| grandsire = Unbridled

| dam = Purely Hot

| damsire = Pure Prize

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = 2017

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| country = USA

| color = Dark Bay/Brown

| breeder = WinStar Farm, LLC

| owner = SF Racing LLC

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| trainer = Bob Baffert

| record = 4:2-0-0

| earnings = $236,951

| wins = American Pharoah Stakes (2019)

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| updated = January 9th, 2020

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Eight Rings (foaled March 24, 2017, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019 American Pharoah Stakes.{{cite web|title=Eight Rings|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10272460®istry=T|accessdate=9 January 2020|language=en}}

Career

Eight Rings' first race was on August 4, 2019, at Del Mar, where he came in first.

On September 2, 2019, he competed in the Grade 1 2019 Del Mar Futurity, but did not finish after a collision with another horse, Storm the Court.{{cite web|title=Storm the Court|url=https://www.americasbestracing.net/horses/storm-the-court

|accessdate=9 January 2020|language=en}}

In his third race on September 27, 2019, he competed in the Grade 1 2019 American Pharoah Stakes. He won the race, defeating Storm the Court, who he collided with at the 2019 Del Mar Futurity.{{cite web|title=Eight Rings Rolls to Victory in American Pharoah|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/236067/eight-rings-rolls-to-victory-in-american-pharoahe

|accessdate=9 January 2020|language=en}} The win earned him a spot in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and earned him consideration in the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby.{{cite web|title=Early Kentucky Derby Prep Races Have Begun|url=https://www.tvg.com/blog/2019/12/10/early-kentucky-derby-prep-races-have-begun/|accessdate=9 January 2020|language=en}}

On November 1, 2019, Eight Rings competed in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, finishing in 6th place behind his rival Storm the Court who won the race. On that result, trainer Bob Baffert said, "He didn't show up that day. I'm still upset at myself for not having him ready that day."{{cite web|title=Eight Rings Back on Track After Breeders' Cup Loss|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/237133/eight-rings-back-on-track-after-breeders-cup-loss|accessdate=9 January 2020|language=en}}

Eight Rings next start was in the 2020 Bachelor Stakes at Oaklawn Park, where he came fifth.