I’ll Have Another (USA)
April 1, 2009 – Living
Flower Alley (USA) x Arch’s Gal Edith (USA), by Arch (USA)
Family 23-b
April 1, 2009 – Living
Flower Alley (USA) x Arch’s Gal Edith (USA), by Arch (USA)
Family 23-b
I’ll Have Another rocketed to national prominence in four starts as a 3-year-old, shooting up from maiden winner to dual Classic winner, but was gone equally fast as he was diagnosed with tendinitis on the day before the Belmont Stakes (USA-G1) and declared out of a highly anticipated attempt at the American Triple Crown. He never raced again as he was sold for export to Japan within a few weeks. While he was second on the Japanese freshman sire list in 2016, he was unable to build on that success and was sold again to return to the United States. He is now a regional sire in California.
Race record
7 starts, 5 wins, 1 second, 0 third, US$2,693,600
2011:
2012:
Honors
Assessments
Rated at 125 pounds on the 2012 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for his performance in the Preakness Stakes, 15 pounds below the overall highweight, Frankel (the 2012 European Horse of the Year), but tops among 3-year-old males on dirt and tied with Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA-G1) winner Fort Larned for the year’s best performer on dirt.
As an individual
A chestnut horse, I’ll Have Another stands 16 hands, with a well laid back shoulder and strong quarters. He can be faulted as too long in the pasterns. He is said to have an excellent disposition. but was highly competitive on the track. He had a long stride. He did not handle a sloppy surface well in his one attempt on such going. He was retired from racing June 8, 2012, after inflammation was found in his left foreleg while in training for the Belmont Stakes.
As a stallion
According to The Blood-Horse, I’ll Have Another led the California state general sire list in 2020. As of February 2021, his best runner has been Japanese Group 3 winner Another Truth.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, I’ll Have Another was bred by Harvey Clarke. A US$35,000 purchase from the 2011 Ocala Breeders’ Sales April sale of 2-year-olds in training after selling for US$11,000 as a yearling. He was owned by J. Paul Reddam and was trained by Doug O’Neill. He was ridden to his Kentucky Derby and Preakness triumphs by Mario Gutierrez. On June 22, 2012, he was sold to Shigeyuki Okada’s Big Red Farm in Japan at a reported price of US$10 million after American horse farms failed to show comparable interest. The horse was bought by Donald Cohn following the 2018 Northern Hemisphere breeding season and moved to Cohn’s Ballena Vista Farm, California.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 2005 Travers Stakes (USA-G1) winner Flower Alley (by Distorted Humor), I’ll Have Another is inbred 4x4 to three-time American champion sire Danzig and 5x5x5 to Danzig’s sire, the great international sire Northern Dancer. He is a half brother to multiple Grade 3 winner Golden Award (by Medaglia d’Oro) and to Gloria S. (by Tapit), dam of 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (USA-G1) winner Harvey’s Lil Goil (by American Pharoah).
I’ll Have Another is out of Arch’s Gal Edith, who won her only start. She, in turn, is out of stakes-placed Force Five Gal (by Pleasant Tap), whose half sister Red Cause (by Red Ransom) is the dam of restricted stakes winner U Belong to Me (by Scrimshaw).
The next dam in I’ll Have Another’s tail-female line, Grade 3-placed Last Cause (by multiple Grade 1 winner Caucasus, by Nijinsky II), is a half sister to 1991 Californian Stakes (USA-G1) winner Roanoke (by Pleasant Colony) and to multiple stakes-placed One Last Bird (by One for All), dam of multiple stakes winners Malcoha (by Afleet) and Melanyhasthepapers (by Game Plan) and second dam of juvenile listed stakes winner Leslie’s Lady, the 2016 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year. Last Cause is also a half sister to Bravo All (by One for All), dam of stakes winner Brave Pancho (by Pancho Villa), and to Turk’s Flirt (by Turkoman), second dam of Grade 3 winner Yes He’s the Man. Last Cause and her siblings are out of the winner Last Bird, who is by Sea-Bird out of the important broodmare Patelin (by Cornish Prince).
Books and media
Footage of I’ll Have Another’s Kentucky Derby win can be accessed as part of Ron Mitchell’s Bloodhorse.com article “I’ll Have Another Surpassed Expectations for O’Neill,” posted April 25, 2020 (https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/239799/ill-have-another-surpassed-expectations-for-oneill).
Fun facts
Photo credit
Photo taken by Jessica Morgan at Churchill Downs in 2012. Used by permission.
Last updated: August 27, 2021
Race record
7 starts, 5 wins, 1 second, 0 third, US$2,693,600
2011:
- 2nd Best Pal Stakes (USA-G2, 6.5FA, Del Mar)
2012:
- Won Santa Anita Derby (USA-G1, 9FD, Santa Anita)
- Won Kentucky Derby (USA-G1, 10FD, Churchill Down)
- Won Preakness Stakes (USA-G1, 9.5FD, Pimlico)
- Won Robert B. Lewis Stakes (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Santa Anita)
Honors
- Eclipse Award, American champion 3-year-old male (2012)
- Eclipse Award finalist, American Horse of the Year (2012)
Assessments
Rated at 125 pounds on the 2012 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for his performance in the Preakness Stakes, 15 pounds below the overall highweight, Frankel (the 2012 European Horse of the Year), but tops among 3-year-old males on dirt and tied with Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA-G1) winner Fort Larned for the year’s best performer on dirt.
As an individual
A chestnut horse, I’ll Have Another stands 16 hands, with a well laid back shoulder and strong quarters. He can be faulted as too long in the pasterns. He is said to have an excellent disposition. but was highly competitive on the track. He had a long stride. He did not handle a sloppy surface well in his one attempt on such going. He was retired from racing June 8, 2012, after inflammation was found in his left foreleg while in training for the Belmont Stakes.
As a stallion
According to The Blood-Horse, I’ll Have Another led the California state general sire list in 2020. As of February 2021, his best runner has been Japanese Group 3 winner Another Truth.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, I’ll Have Another was bred by Harvey Clarke. A US$35,000 purchase from the 2011 Ocala Breeders’ Sales April sale of 2-year-olds in training after selling for US$11,000 as a yearling. He was owned by J. Paul Reddam and was trained by Doug O’Neill. He was ridden to his Kentucky Derby and Preakness triumphs by Mario Gutierrez. On June 22, 2012, he was sold to Shigeyuki Okada’s Big Red Farm in Japan at a reported price of US$10 million after American horse farms failed to show comparable interest. The horse was bought by Donald Cohn following the 2018 Northern Hemisphere breeding season and moved to Cohn’s Ballena Vista Farm, California.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 2005 Travers Stakes (USA-G1) winner Flower Alley (by Distorted Humor), I’ll Have Another is inbred 4x4 to three-time American champion sire Danzig and 5x5x5 to Danzig’s sire, the great international sire Northern Dancer. He is a half brother to multiple Grade 3 winner Golden Award (by Medaglia d’Oro) and to Gloria S. (by Tapit), dam of 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (USA-G1) winner Harvey’s Lil Goil (by American Pharoah).
I’ll Have Another is out of Arch’s Gal Edith, who won her only start. She, in turn, is out of stakes-placed Force Five Gal (by Pleasant Tap), whose half sister Red Cause (by Red Ransom) is the dam of restricted stakes winner U Belong to Me (by Scrimshaw).
The next dam in I’ll Have Another’s tail-female line, Grade 3-placed Last Cause (by multiple Grade 1 winner Caucasus, by Nijinsky II), is a half sister to 1991 Californian Stakes (USA-G1) winner Roanoke (by Pleasant Colony) and to multiple stakes-placed One Last Bird (by One for All), dam of multiple stakes winners Malcoha (by Afleet) and Melanyhasthepapers (by Game Plan) and second dam of juvenile listed stakes winner Leslie’s Lady, the 2016 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year. Last Cause is also a half sister to Bravo All (by One for All), dam of stakes winner Brave Pancho (by Pancho Villa), and to Turk’s Flirt (by Turkoman), second dam of Grade 3 winner Yes He’s the Man. Last Cause and her siblings are out of the winner Last Bird, who is by Sea-Bird out of the important broodmare Patelin (by Cornish Prince).
Books and media
Footage of I’ll Have Another’s Kentucky Derby win can be accessed as part of Ron Mitchell’s Bloodhorse.com article “I’ll Have Another Surpassed Expectations for O’Neill,” posted April 25, 2020 (https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/239799/ill-have-another-surpassed-expectations-for-oneill).
Fun facts
- I’ll Have Another got his name from his owner’s usual response to his wife’s chocolate chip cookies.
- I’ll Have Another was the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby from post 19.
- I’ll Have Another’s declaration from the Belmont Stakes raised a tremendous amount of controversy as the colt exhibited no visible lameness. The colt’s connections admitted that he probably could have run, but based on the report of Dr. Larry Bramlage (the on-call veterinarian for the Belmont), there was reason to be concerned as to whether the affected tendon would hold up at full racing speed and they opted to be conservative with an injury that was later estimated to need three to six months to heal.
- In the New York Times’ front page article “Records Show Triple Crown Contender Had History of Ailments” (by Joe Drape and Walt Bogdanich, published July 11, 2012), the statement was made that two days before the Belmont, “the colt was injected with two powerful painkillers as well as a synthetic joint fluid,” apparently intimating that medication was being used to cover up serious soundness issues. Review of the colt’s veterinary records (which O’Neill was required to post with the New York State Racing and Wagering Board as a condition of his licensure) by three licensed veterinarians indicated that at the time in question, I’ll Have Another was administered phenybutazone (“Bute”), a commonly used non-steroidal pain reliever and anti-inflammatory medication roughly comparable to ibuprofen and naprosyn in human medicine; dexamethasone, another anti-inflammatory medication; and Polyglycan, a medication used to lubricate joint cartilage and prevent arthritis. All three medications were noted by the reviewing veterinarians as being “routine care” for racehorses.
- In a tribute to his Classic successes, I’ll Have Another led the post parade for the 2012 Belmont Stakes with his regular jockey, Mario Gutierrez, up.
- I’ll Have Another was never the favorite in any of his seven races.
Photo credit
Photo taken by Jessica Morgan at Churchill Downs in 2012. Used by permission.
Last updated: August 27, 2021