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but after leading for most of the way he was overtaken approaching the final furlong and beaten into second place by Mujtahid. In the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood on 1 August the colt contested the Group 2 Richmond Stakes and started the 2/1 favourite ahead of six opponents including Time Gentleman
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September Yearling Sale where he was bought for $ 25,000 by the British racehorse trainer Bill O'Gorman. During his racing career he was owned by Tamdown Ltd (Michael McDonnell and Tom Mohan) and trained by O'Gorman at
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he added a victory in the Kingsclere Stake, beating three opponents at odds of 4/6. Five days at his success at Newbury, Mac's Imp was moved up in class and started the 2/1 favourite against twelve opponents for the
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in July 1995. He died a year later at the age of eight. During his brief stud career he sired many minor winners as well as a few better class performers including the
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on 20 April. He started the 6/4 favourite but ran poorly and finished last of the eight runners, beaten almost twenty lengths by the winner Norton Challenger.
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in May. The change in jockey brought no improvement as Mac's Imp showed some "early speed" before fading to finish last of the six runners.
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Mac's Imp was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion. After three years he was removed from stud duties and was
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on his left hind leg bred in Kentucky by Brereton C Jones & Rodney P Carothers. As a
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and recorded his first success as he led from the start and won "comfortably" by five
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He was sired by Imp Society, who won thirteen of his twenty-five races including the
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took over from Munro when the colt was dropped to five furlongs for a race at
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and won "easily" by eight lengths from three opponents. Three weeks later at
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Mac's Imp began his second campaign in a minor race over six furlongs at
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In the following month at Newmarket, Mac's Imp started favourite for the
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favourite but finished second to Poet's Cove (later to win the
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Racing Post. 12 August 1990. 1: 729:. Racing Post. 1 August 1990. 613:– via The Free Library. 715:. Racing Post. 19 June 1990. 609:Tony Elves (30 March 2001). 799:Racehorses bred in Kentucky 757:. Racing Post. 15 May 1991. 701:. Racing Post. 23 May 1990. 643:"Flaming Reason – Profiles" 359:1991: three-year-old season 825: 687:. 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Index

Imp Society
gelded
Bay
Bill O'Gorman
Coventry Stakes
Richmond Stakes
Phoenix Stakes
Timeform
Thoroughbred
sire
Coventry Stakes
Richmond Stakes
Phoenix Stakes
gelded
sock
yearling
Keeneland
Newmarket, Suffolk
Superpower
Provideo
Alan Munro
Oaklawn Handicap
Razorback Handicap
Nijinsky
The Minstrel
maiden race
Nottingham Racecourse
4/9
Molecomb Stakes
Newmarket

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