Go For Wand
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| Go For Wand | |
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| Sire | Deputy Minister |
| Grandsire | Vice Regent |
| Dam | Obeah |
| Damsire | Cyane |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1987 |
| Country | USA  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Christiana Stable |
| Owner | Christiana Stable |
| Trainer | William Badgett, Jr. |
| Record | 13: 10-2-0 |
| Earnings | $1,373,338 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1989) Alabama Stakes (1990) Beldame Stakes (1990) Mother Goose Stakes (1990) Test Stakes (1990) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| United States Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly (1989) United States Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1990) |
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| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1996) #72 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Go For Wand Handicap at Saratoga Race Course Go For Wand Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack |
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| Infobox last updated on: September 2, 2007. | |
Go For Wand (April 6, 1987 - October 27, 1990) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse.
Sired by Canadian Hall of Famer Deputy Minister, Go For Wand was foaled and raised at Christiana Stables. She was a rising star of racehorses, particularly fillies. As a two-year-old, she had a record of three-for-four before winning the 1989 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Her performances earned her the 1989 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly.
As a three-year-old she was seven-for-nine and voted the 1990 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly. In a highly anticipated match against the Argentinian mare Bayakoa, she broke down in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Distaff at the sixteenth pole, shattering her right ankle. She fell to the track and threw jockey Randy Romero before rising to finish the race. Track personnel were able to get her back down and she was euthanized on the track. The next day, she was buried in the infield at Saratoga.
The tragedy unfolded on NBC on live television, and painfully reminded viewers of Ruffian, another promising filly who was fatally injured on the track.
In 1992, the Maskette Stakes, a Grade 1 handicap race for fillies and mares, was renamed the "Go For Wand Handicap" in her memory.
She is listed as #72 by Blood Horse on their list of top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century and in 1996 was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
As part of the "Thoroughbred Legends" series, in 2000, author Bill Heller published a book about the filly titled "Go For Wand." - Eclipse Press (ISBN 1-58150-046-7)
