Lemons Forever
{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Lemons Forever
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| sire = Lemon Drop Kid
| grandsire = Kingmambo
| dam = Critikola
| damsire = Tough Critic
| sex = Filly
| foaled = 2003
| country = United States
| color = Chestnut
| breeder = Farfellow Farms Ltd.
| owner = Leon Willis, Terry Horton, Dallas Stewart
| trainer = Dallas Stewart
| record = 16: 4-1-2
| earnings = US$648,940
| race = Kentucky Oaks (2006)
| awards = Kentucky Broodmare of the Year (2017)
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Lemons Forever (foaled May 24, 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Grade 1 132nd Kentucky Oaks horse race on May 5, 2006. Her win was the biggest upset in the history of the Oaks.[http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=33429 "Lemons Forever Pulls Huge Upset in Kentucky Oaks - bloodhorse.com" by Dan Liebman, bloodhorse.com, May 5, 2006, retrieved May 6, 2006]
The Kentucky Oaks had a full field of fourteen fillies, with Lemons Forever posting the highest odds, at 47-1. She trailed throughout the race, only to rally late and win by 1½ lengths.
A $2 bet on Lemons Forever paid $96.20, and a $2 trifecta paid $12,186.60.[http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/SPORTS0801/60505027&SearchID=73243666090006 "Oaks Day Results", The Courier Journal, May 5, 2006, retrieved May 6, 2006]
Lemons Forever did not make a run for the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the filly equivalent of the Triple Crown, as she did not compete in the second leg of the competition, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, on May 19.
After winning the Oaks, Lemons Forever raced ten more times (eight in Grade 1 and Grade 2 races), only winning once in an optional claimer and running 3rd in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga. She was retired in 2007.
Retirement
Lemons Forever sold for $2.5 million at the 2007 Keeneland broodmare sale to geologist Charles Fipke.[http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/sales-news/2007/november/06/fipke-goes-to-2.5-million-for-lemons-forever.aspx Thoroughbred Times - November 06, 2007] {{As of|2017}}, she has produced five named foals, four of them winners:{{cite web|title=Lemons Forever Offspring|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=progeny&search_bar=progeny&h=LEMONS+FOREVER&sort=Year&done=y&filter=All%20Horses&cf=|website=www.pedigreequery.com|accessdate=27 August 2017}}
Lemons Forever was named 2017 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year for her foals Forever Unbridled and Unbridled Forever.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/226927/lemons-forever-named-2017-ky-broodmare-of-the-year|title=Lemons Forever Named 2017 KY Broodmare of the Year|work=BloodHorse.com|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en}}
- Forever Unbridled: Bay filly by Unbridled's Song foaled in 2012, by Unbridled's Song, multiple graded stakes winner including Grade I wins in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Distaff, Apple Blossom Handicap, Beldame Stakes and Personal Ensign Stakes - earnings of over $2 million. 2017 American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse.
- Unbridled Forever: Bay filly foaled in 2011 by sire Unbridled's Song, ran 3rd in the 2014 Kentucky Oaks and as a 4-year-old won the Gr.1 Ballerina Stakes, earning over $800,000 in her career.
- Perfect Forever: Chestnut filly foaled in 2009 by sire Perfect Soul, winless in twelve starts
- Forever Perfect: Chestnut colt foaled in 2009 by sire Perfect Soul, two wins in eighteen starts. Stallion in Houston, Ohio.
- Forever d'Oro: Bay colt foaled in 2013 by top sire Medaglia d'Oro, one win from six starts (as of November 2017). Stakes placed. Competed in 2016 Belmont Stakes.
- Lemons Medaglia: Bay filly foaled in 2016 by Medaglia d'Oro.