Inside Information (USA)
May 23, 1991 – October 14, 2017
Private Account (USA) x Pure Profit (USA), by Key to the Mint (USA)
Family 5-f
May 23, 1991 – October 14, 2017
Private Account (USA) x Pure Profit (USA), by Key to the Mint (USA)
Family 5-f
One of four champions sired by Private Account, the cleverly named Inside Information set a record for the winning margin in the 1995 Breeders' Cup Distaff, drawing off to win by 13½ lengths. She gained further laurels for herself as a broodmare by producing 2005 American champion 3-year-old filly Smuggler.
Race record
17 starts, 14 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds, US$1,641,806
1994:
1995:
Honors
Assessments
Rated at 122 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1994, 4 pounds below co-highweights Heavenly Prize (the official divisional champion) and Lakeway.
As an individual
A bay, Inside Information was a compact, feminine mare with a sparkling turn of foot. She handled off going well. According to owner Ogden Mills Phipps, she had some issues with back problems related to narrowing of the vertebrae and tended to pass those problems on to her foals.
As a producer
Inside Information produced eight named foals, of which five started and three won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Inside Information was bred and owned by Ogden Mills Phipps. She was trained by Claude “Shug” McGaughey. Her last live foal, Secret Bid, was foaled in 2010. She died of natural causes on October 14, 2017, and was buried at Claiborne Farm's Marchmont division.
Pedigree notes
Inside Information is inbred 5x4 to five-time American champion sire Nasrullah and 5x5 to 1937 American Triple Crown winner War Admiral, an American champion sire and broodmare sire. She is a half sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Educated Risk (by Mr. Prospector), dam of stakes winners Strategy (by A.P. Indy) and Consequence (by El Prado) and third dam of 2012 Gran Premio Estrellas Mile (ARG-G1) winner Evilasio, 2024 Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes (CAN-G1) winner And One More Time, Grade 2 winners Honor D Lady and Simply in Front, and Grade/Group 3 winners Black Coyote, Encanto Veloz, and Shifty She. Inside Information is also a half sister to listed stakes winner Diamond (by Mr. Prospector) and to Grade 2-placed Hidden Reserve (by Mr. Prospector), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Reload (by Hard Spun), 2005 Queens County Handicap (USA-G3) winner Philanthropist (by Kris S.), and 2004 Laurel Futurity (USA-G3) winner Defer (by Danzig).
Inside Information was produced from Pure Profit, a winning half sister to 1980 One Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1) winner Quick as Lightning (by Buckpasser) and English Group 3 winner Stratospheric (by Majestic Light). Pure Profit is also a half sister to stakes winner Infinite (by Majestic Light), dam of stakes winner Polish Treaty (by Danzig) and third dam of 2009 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (USA-G1) winner Hot Cha Cha and 2021 Longines Test Stakes (USA-G1) winner Bella Sofia, and to How High the Moon (by Majestic Light), second dam of 2000 American champion sprinter Kona Gold.
Pure Profit is out of Clear Ceiling (by Bold Ruler), a daughter of the excellent matron Grey Flight (by Mahmoud). Clear Ceiling is a full sister to 1967 Hopeful Stakes winner What a Pleasure, a two-time American champion sire, and to 1962 Schuylerville Stakes winner Bold Princess, dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Intrepid Hero (by Forli), 1969 Selima Stakes winner Predictable (by Tatán), stakes winner Primed (by Pronto), and the good sire Sovereign Dancer (by Northern Dancer). Clear Ceiling is also a full sister to 1964 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winner Bold Queen and to Pleasant Flight, dam of Grade 2 winner Flitalong (by Herbager). In addition, she is a half sister to two-time American champion Misty Morn (by Princequillo), the 1963 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, and to stakes winners Full Flight (by Ambiorix), Gray Phantom (by Ambiorix), Misty Flight (by Princequillo), Misty Day (by Nasrullah) and Signore (by Ribot).
Fun facts
Last updated: September 14, 2024
Race record
17 starts, 14 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds, US$1,641,806
1994:
- Won Acorn Stakes (USA-G1, 8FD, Belmont)
- Won Ashford Stakes (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Keeneland)
- Won Bonnie Miss Stakes (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Gulfstream Park)
- 3rd Mother Goose Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Belmont)
1995:
- Won Breeders' Cup Distaff (USA-G1, 9FD, Belmont)
- Won Spinster Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Keeneland)
- Won Ruffian Handicap (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Belmont)
- Won Shuvee Handicap (USA-G1, 8FD, Belmont)
- Won Molly Pitcher Handicap (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Monmouth)
- Won Monmouth Cup Breeders' Cup Handicap (USA-G3, 8f+70yD, Monmouth)
- 2nd Ballerina Handicap (USA-G1, 7FD, Saratoga)
Honors
- National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 2008)
- Eclipse Award, American champion older female (1995)
Assessments
Rated at 122 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1994, 4 pounds below co-highweights Heavenly Prize (the official divisional champion) and Lakeway.
As an individual
A bay, Inside Information was a compact, feminine mare with a sparkling turn of foot. She handled off going well. According to owner Ogden Mills Phipps, she had some issues with back problems related to narrowing of the vertebrae and tended to pass those problems on to her foals.
As a producer
Inside Information produced eight named foals, of which five started and three won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Illicit (1997, by Mr. Prospector) is the dam of 2009 Ohio Derby (USA-G2) winner Gone Astray (by Dixie Union) and third dam of English Group 2 winner Kessaar.
- Smuggler (2002, by Unbridled) was the American champion 3-year-old filly of 2005.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Inside Information was bred and owned by Ogden Mills Phipps. She was trained by Claude “Shug” McGaughey. Her last live foal, Secret Bid, was foaled in 2010. She died of natural causes on October 14, 2017, and was buried at Claiborne Farm's Marchmont division.
Pedigree notes
Inside Information is inbred 5x4 to five-time American champion sire Nasrullah and 5x5 to 1937 American Triple Crown winner War Admiral, an American champion sire and broodmare sire. She is a half sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Educated Risk (by Mr. Prospector), dam of stakes winners Strategy (by A.P. Indy) and Consequence (by El Prado) and third dam of 2012 Gran Premio Estrellas Mile (ARG-G1) winner Evilasio, 2024 Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes (CAN-G1) winner And One More Time, Grade 2 winners Honor D Lady and Simply in Front, and Grade/Group 3 winners Black Coyote, Encanto Veloz, and Shifty She. Inside Information is also a half sister to listed stakes winner Diamond (by Mr. Prospector) and to Grade 2-placed Hidden Reserve (by Mr. Prospector), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Reload (by Hard Spun), 2005 Queens County Handicap (USA-G3) winner Philanthropist (by Kris S.), and 2004 Laurel Futurity (USA-G3) winner Defer (by Danzig).
Inside Information was produced from Pure Profit, a winning half sister to 1980 One Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1) winner Quick as Lightning (by Buckpasser) and English Group 3 winner Stratospheric (by Majestic Light). Pure Profit is also a half sister to stakes winner Infinite (by Majestic Light), dam of stakes winner Polish Treaty (by Danzig) and third dam of 2009 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (USA-G1) winner Hot Cha Cha and 2021 Longines Test Stakes (USA-G1) winner Bella Sofia, and to How High the Moon (by Majestic Light), second dam of 2000 American champion sprinter Kona Gold.
Pure Profit is out of Clear Ceiling (by Bold Ruler), a daughter of the excellent matron Grey Flight (by Mahmoud). Clear Ceiling is a full sister to 1967 Hopeful Stakes winner What a Pleasure, a two-time American champion sire, and to 1962 Schuylerville Stakes winner Bold Princess, dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Intrepid Hero (by Forli), 1969 Selima Stakes winner Predictable (by Tatán), stakes winner Primed (by Pronto), and the good sire Sovereign Dancer (by Northern Dancer). Clear Ceiling is also a full sister to 1964 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winner Bold Queen and to Pleasant Flight, dam of Grade 2 winner Flitalong (by Herbager). In addition, she is a half sister to two-time American champion Misty Morn (by Princequillo), the 1963 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, and to stakes winners Full Flight (by Ambiorix), Gray Phantom (by Ambiorix), Misty Flight (by Princequillo), Misty Day (by Nasrullah) and Signore (by Ribot).
Fun facts
- The Inside Information Stakes is a race for fillies and mares aged 4 and up at Gulfstream Park. It is currently a Grade 2 event and is carded at 7 furlongs on dirt.
Last updated: September 14, 2024