Pleasant Home (USA)
May 5, 2001 – January 2022
Seeking the Gold (USA) x Our Country Place (USA), by Pleasant Colony (USA)
Family 1-g
May 5, 2001 – January 2022
Seeking the Gold (USA) x Our Country Place (USA), by Pleasant Colony (USA)
Family 1-g
Pleasant Home took until age 4 to find her best form, and she scored her biggest win in the last race of her career, the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (USA-G1), rolling in by 9¼ lengths at 30-1 odds. She was not notably successful during her own breeding career, but her daughter Magical World is the dam of three stakes winners including multiple Grade 1 winner Guarana.
Race record
12 starts, 5 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds, US$1,378,070
2005:
Assessments
Rated at 118 pounds for her Breeders' Cup performance on the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings for 2005, 12 pounds below overall highweight Hurricane Run (the European champion 3-year-old male) and 4 pounds below Divine Proportions, the top filly or mare.
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare, Pleasant Home was considered extremely attractive. She was a one-run horse that needed some pace up front to run at. In disposition, she was described as “a sweetie.”
As a producer
As of January 2023, Pleasant Home has produced 12 named foals of racing age, of which nine have started and seven have won. Her most important foal thus far is her daughter Magical World (by Distorted Humor), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Guarana (by Ghostzapper), listed stakes winner Magic Dance (by More Than Ready), and stakes winner Beatbox (by Pioneerof the Nile).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Pleasant Home was bred and owned by the Phipps Stable. She was trained by Shug McGaughey and was ridden to her Breeders’ Cup Distaff win by Cornelio Velésquez. She was sold for US$530,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November mixed sale, in foal to Orb, and finished her broodmare career as the property of Charlies Fipke.
Pedigree notes
Pleasant Home is inbred 2x4 to two-time American champion sire Mr. Prospector. She is a full sister to two-time First Flight Handicap (USA-G2) winner Country Hideaway, dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Boca Grande (by A.P. Indy) and 2009 Hanshin Cup Handicap (USA-G3) winner Vacation (by Dynaformer). She is a half sister to Matlacha Pass (by Seeking the Gold), dam of multiple Grade 1 winners Pine Island (by Arch) and Point of Entry (by Dynaformer) and stakes winner Bokeelia Island (by Medaglia d’Oro) and second dam of Grade 3 winner Great Island. In addition, she is a half sister to Home Sweet Home (by Seeking the Gold), dam of 2010 Unicorn Stakes (JPN-G3) winner Birdie Birdie (by Brian’s Time).
The dam of Pleasant Home, Our Country Place, is an unraced half sister to 1994 American champion older female Sky Beauty (by Blushing Groom), dam of English Group 3 winner and Argentine Stallion of the Year Hurricane Cat (by Storm Cat) and third dam of 2012 CashCall Futurity (USA-G1) winner Violence and 2015 Indian Horse of the Year Quasar. Our Country Place is also a half sister to Silence Beauty (by Sunday Silence), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Tale of Ekati and 2017 Westchester Stakes (USA-G3) winner Tale of Silence (both by Tale of the Cat), and to Million Gift (by Sunday Silence), dam of stakes winner Million Seller (by A.P. Indy) and second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Yorkton and Grade 3 winner Weyburn. In addition, Our Country Place is a half sister to Crimson Maple (by Rahy), dam of multiple stakes winner Goldwood (by Medaglia d'Oro) and second dam of Chilean Group 2 winner Toy Soltero.
Maplejinsky, the dam of Our Country Place, won the 1988 Alabama Stakes (USA-G1) and Monmouth Oaks (USA-G1). She is a half sister to 1990 English Horse of the Year Dayjur (by Danzig) and to Elhasna (by Danzig), dam of multiple stakes winners Karis Makaw (by Charismatic) and Nationhood (by Cherokee Run). She is also a half sister to Grade 1 sire Gold Legend (by Seattle Slew). Maplejinsky and her siblings, in turn, were produced from 1982 American champion sprinter Gold Beauty (by Mr. Prospector).
Books and media
A video of Pleasant Home’s upset win in the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Distaff can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHexxudjm8.
Last updated: May 7, 2022
Race record
12 starts, 5 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds, US$1,378,070
2005:
- Won Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Distaff (USA-G1, 9FD, Belmont)
- Won Bed o' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (USA-G3, 8FD, Aqueduct)
- 2nd Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Keeneland)
- 2nd Ballerina Stakes (USA-G1, 7FD, Saratoga)
Assessments
Rated at 118 pounds for her Breeders' Cup performance on the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings for 2005, 12 pounds below overall highweight Hurricane Run (the European champion 3-year-old male) and 4 pounds below Divine Proportions, the top filly or mare.
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare, Pleasant Home was considered extremely attractive. She was a one-run horse that needed some pace up front to run at. In disposition, she was described as “a sweetie.”
As a producer
As of January 2023, Pleasant Home has produced 12 named foals of racing age, of which nine have started and seven have won. Her most important foal thus far is her daughter Magical World (by Distorted Humor), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Guarana (by Ghostzapper), listed stakes winner Magic Dance (by More Than Ready), and stakes winner Beatbox (by Pioneerof the Nile).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Pleasant Home was bred and owned by the Phipps Stable. She was trained by Shug McGaughey and was ridden to her Breeders’ Cup Distaff win by Cornelio Velésquez. She was sold for US$530,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November mixed sale, in foal to Orb, and finished her broodmare career as the property of Charlies Fipke.
Pedigree notes
Pleasant Home is inbred 2x4 to two-time American champion sire Mr. Prospector. She is a full sister to two-time First Flight Handicap (USA-G2) winner Country Hideaway, dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Boca Grande (by A.P. Indy) and 2009 Hanshin Cup Handicap (USA-G3) winner Vacation (by Dynaformer). She is a half sister to Matlacha Pass (by Seeking the Gold), dam of multiple Grade 1 winners Pine Island (by Arch) and Point of Entry (by Dynaformer) and stakes winner Bokeelia Island (by Medaglia d’Oro) and second dam of Grade 3 winner Great Island. In addition, she is a half sister to Home Sweet Home (by Seeking the Gold), dam of 2010 Unicorn Stakes (JPN-G3) winner Birdie Birdie (by Brian’s Time).
The dam of Pleasant Home, Our Country Place, is an unraced half sister to 1994 American champion older female Sky Beauty (by Blushing Groom), dam of English Group 3 winner and Argentine Stallion of the Year Hurricane Cat (by Storm Cat) and third dam of 2012 CashCall Futurity (USA-G1) winner Violence and 2015 Indian Horse of the Year Quasar. Our Country Place is also a half sister to Silence Beauty (by Sunday Silence), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Tale of Ekati and 2017 Westchester Stakes (USA-G3) winner Tale of Silence (both by Tale of the Cat), and to Million Gift (by Sunday Silence), dam of stakes winner Million Seller (by A.P. Indy) and second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Yorkton and Grade 3 winner Weyburn. In addition, Our Country Place is a half sister to Crimson Maple (by Rahy), dam of multiple stakes winner Goldwood (by Medaglia d'Oro) and second dam of Chilean Group 2 winner Toy Soltero.
Maplejinsky, the dam of Our Country Place, won the 1988 Alabama Stakes (USA-G1) and Monmouth Oaks (USA-G1). She is a half sister to 1990 English Horse of the Year Dayjur (by Danzig) and to Elhasna (by Danzig), dam of multiple stakes winners Karis Makaw (by Charismatic) and Nationhood (by Cherokee Run). She is also a half sister to Grade 1 sire Gold Legend (by Seattle Slew). Maplejinsky and her siblings, in turn, were produced from 1982 American champion sprinter Gold Beauty (by Mr. Prospector).
Books and media
A video of Pleasant Home’s upset win in the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Distaff can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHexxudjm8.
Last updated: May 7, 2022