Southern Image

Southern Image
Sire	Halo's Image
Grandsire	Halo
Dam	Pleasant Dixie
Damsire	Dixieland Band
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	April 7, 2000[1]
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay or Brown
Breeder	Arthur Appleton
Owner	Blahut Stables
Trainer	Mike Machowsky
Record	8: 6-1-1
Earnings	US$1,843,750
Major wins
	Pimlico Special Handicap(2004); Santa Anita Handicap (2004); Sunshine Millions Classic (2004); Malibu Stakes (2003)

Southern Image (foaled April 7, 2000) is a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. He was bred in Florida by Arthur I. Appleton and although he raced under the green Blahut Stables silks he was majority owned by Allen, Josh, Angie and Renee Tepper of Tepper Racing. He finished racing with a record of 6-1-1 in 8 starts and earnings of $1,843,750. Southern Image was best known for his 2004 wins in the grade one Pimlico Special and the grade one Santa Anita Handicap which made him the third ever to win both prestigious races on separate coasts of the United States. The others were Farma Way and Seabiscuit.[2] He also won the Florida/California Sunshine Millions Classic and the grade 1 Malibu Stakes.

Two-year-old season

Southern Image was sold as a two-year-old for $300,000, the second-highest-priced horse at the Ocala Breeders' Sale in March 2003 two-year-old in training sale. He raced only once late in his two year season and won a maiden special weight race at six and a half furlongs at Santa Anita Park by three lengths. He earned $28,800.

Three-year-old season

At age three, Southern Image started the season with a third-place finish in a Triple Crown prep race to Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Kafwain in the $150,000 grade two San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita. During that race, he sustained a slight injury and had to be rested over the next five months. He came back to the track and won an allowance race in August 2003 at eight and a half furlongs at Del Mar Racetrack. In December, Southern Image scored his biggest victory of the year in the $250,000 grade two Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs at Santa Anita over Midas Eyes. He finished the year with a record of (3): 2-0-1 and earnings of $202,800.[3]

Four-year-old season

In January 2004, Southern Image won the $1,000,000 stakes called the Sunshine Millions Classic at nine furlongs at Santa Anita by three lengths over Excess Summer and The Judge Sez Who. In March, he won the $1,000,000 grade one Santa Anita Handicap at ten furlongs at Santa Anita Park in a time of 2:01.64 over Island Fashion and Saint Buddy.

In May, Southern Image was shipped 3,000 miles east to run in the $600,000 grade one Pimlico Special at "Old Hilltop" in Baltimore, Maryland. He came into the Special off four straight victories at Santa Anita. The field was depleted on race day by the scratch of dual classic winner Funny Cide. The race also included the Preakness Stakes runner-up Midway Road, grade one winner Evening Attire, graded stakes winner Bowman's Band, and Dynever, who finished third in the prior year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

Southern Image went off as the favorite at 9-5 because of his "Big Cap" score. He broke well and assumed the lead passing the stands for the first time. Going around the famous club house turn at Pimlico Race Course, jockey Victor Espinoza took hold. Throughout the backstretch and around the far turn in a 1/2 mile of :47, Southern Image sat back in second just off the right rear flank of leader Midway Road. At the top of the lane, he fought back a challenge from Bowman's Band and wore down the leader. He recorded a Beyer speed figure of 119 and a #1 on the Ragozian sheets and finished the mile and 3/16 race on dirt in 1:55.4, defeating runner-up Midway Road by 1-1/2 lengths, with third-place finisher Bowman's Band another 2 1/2 lengths behind them.

One month later, Southern Image finished second in the $800,000 grade one Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. He lost to Colonial Colony by a nose and defeated multiple graded stakes winner Perfect Drift. He concluded his four-year-old season in 2004 with a record of (4): 3-1-0 and earnings of $1,612,150.

Retirement

Southern Image stands at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He is also standing during the Southern Hemisphere season at Widden Stud, Australia, beginning in 2006.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Southern Image (USA), dark bay or brown horse 2000[1]
Sire Halo's Image (USA) 1991	Halo (USA) 1969	Hail to Reason	Turn-To
		Hail to Reason	Nothirdchance
		Cosmah	Cosmic Bomb
		Cosmah	Almahmoud
	Sugar's Image (USA) 1981	Valid Appeal	In Reality
		Valid Appeal	Desert Trial
		Sugar Del	Crozier
		Sugar Del	Best Answer
Dam Pleasant Dixie (USA) 1995	Dixieland Band (USA) 1980	Northern Dancer	Nearctic
		Northern Dancer	Natalma
		Mississippi Mud	Delta Judge
		Mississippi Mud	Sand Buggy
	Pleasant Jolie (USA) 1988	Pleasant Colony	His Majesty
		Pleasant Colony	Sun Colony
		Jolie Jolie	Sir Ivor
		Jolie Jolie	Who's to Know (Family 13-c)[4]

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References

"Southern Image pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database;.
Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory;
"Stray Shot - Family 13-c". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

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[pedigree-1] "Southern Image pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

[2] Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database;.

[3] Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory;

[bloodlines1-4] "Stray Shot - Family 13-c". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2014-06-06.