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Dam
  
Ubetshedid

Foaled
  
February 12 1988

Colour
  
Brown

Species
  
Equus caballus

Trainer
  
Gary F. Jones

Earnings
  
5.668 million USD

Damsire
  
King Pellinore

Country
  
United States

Breeder
  
John & Betty Mabee

Owner
  
John C. Mabee

Sex
  
Gelding

Grandsire
  
Habitat

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Best Pal (February 12, 1988 – November 24, 1998) was an American Hall of Fame champion racehorse, who to this day holds the record for purses of any California-bred racehorse, earning his owners, the Golden Eagle Farm, US$5.6 million over his lifetime.

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Background

Best Pal was a brown gelding bred by John & Betty Mabee. Best Pal was a descendant of Princequillo on both his sire's and dam's line.

Racing career

Best Pal won the first running of the Pacific Classic at Del Mar, and finished second in the 1991 Kentucky Derby. He won the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Santa Anita Handicap, thus capturing all three of California's premier handicap races. In all, Best Pal won 18 races—17 of them stakes—nearly all in California.

Retirement

Retired in 1996, Best Pal had a massive heart attack while on his way to a training track at Golden Eagle Farm. He was buried at the farm, and a large boulder with a plaque covers his grave. Best Pal was voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2010.

References

Best Pal Wikipedia