Grandsire Fappiano Country United States Breeder Ogden Mills Phipps Owner Ogden Mills Phipps Trainer Claude R. McGaughey III Sex Filly | Foaled 2002 Colour Bay Record 9: 5-2-1 Damsire Private Account Parents Unbridled Earnings 654,352 USD | |
Smuggler (May 20, 2002 in Kentucky – April 16, 2015) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racing mare. She was a homebred owned by Ogden Mills Phipps and trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Claude "Shug" McGaughey. Smuggler had a very short and brief career on the race track but proved to be a Champion in that brief time. She had a record of 5 wins in 9 lifetime starts. Her biggest victories included wins in the (Grade 1) Mother Goose Stakes and (Grade 1) Coaching Club American Oaks, both at Belmont Park.
Smuggler's mother is the Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred Inside Information, and her sire was Champion Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled.
In 2005, Smuggler was awarded the Eclipse Award as Champion Three Year Old Filly. She was retired from racing in September 2006. She died on April 16, 2015 due to complications from foaling.