Divisidero

Kitten's Joy - Madame du Lac

2012 - Bay - 15.3 ½ Hands

2020 Fee: 5000 S&N

A MULTIPLE G1-WINNING SON OF LEADING SIRE KITTEN'S JOY, FROM THE FEMALE FAMILY OF NORTHERN DANCER, HALO & DANEHILL

3yo Abrumar gets his second win in a row in convincing fashion at GP, for owner Ken Ramsey, and trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Born and raised at Airdrie Stud.
VOTE NO won the $250,000 Preview Stakes at Turfway Park on 1/6/24. Earnings are now $425,338.
Seven yearlings by Divisidero sold at the Keeneland September sale, including yearlings that brought $100,000, $100,000, $90,000, etc.
VOTE NO becomes Divisidero’s 1st stakes winner, winning the $500,000 Pepsi Juvenile Sprint Stake at KY Downs. A step up in competition, Vote No finished 3rd in the Castle & Key Bourbon S. (G2) at KEE on 10/8/23.
Vote No, clears late to become Divisidero’s 1st winner on 8/23/2023 at Presque Isle Downs for trainer, William E. Morey, and owner Joseph P. Morey Jr.
A Graded Stakes winner every season he raced, he earned over $1.6 million
Brilliant from the start, he won on debut at Gulfstream Park running his last 1/16th of a mile in 5.74 to vanquish his 12 rivals
In just his third lifetime start he surged to win the $250,000 G2 American Turf S. on Derby Day at Churchill Downs posting a 22.63 quarter mile, followed by sizzling final 1/16th in 5.54 seconds
Following that effort, he set a new track record in the Pennine Ridge S. at Belmont Park defeating the Chad Brown Graded-winning duo of Takeover Target and Startup Nation as well as G1 winner and subsequent Eclipse Champion, World Approval.
He posted signature victories in two runnings of the G1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on consecutive Derby Days, defeating turf stars including Beach Patrol, Bal A Bali, Tourist, Big Blue Kitten, Midnight Storm, Bolo, Oscar Nominated, World Approval, etc.
He was beaten only ¾ of a length when 4th in a blanket finish in the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs, and was only 1 ½ lengths behind Bowie’s Hero in his career finale, the G1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland
In all, he posted 13 Triple-digit Beyers and 26 single-digit Ragozins
Divisidero earned the same best Ragozin (4”) and top Beyer Speed Figure (104) as another leading stallion son of Kitten’s Joy, Oscar Performance
Bred by Hinkle Farms, Divisidero was purchased by Josh Stevens for $250,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale
His dam, Madame du Lac is a Lemon Drop Kid daughter of Geisha Girl by Nashwan, the great European racehorse who was unique in winning the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, Eclipse S. and King George VI S. in his 3yo season. Geisha Girl’s dam is Miznah, a Sadler’s Wells daughter of La Dame Du Lac, herself a Round Table daughter of the immortal Cosmah.
A direct descendant of Cosmah, Divisidero is from the immediate female family of breed-shaping stallions such as Northern Dancer, Halo, Danehill, and many others.

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Race Record

Year	Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Earnings
7	6	1	3	0	$$184,223
6	7	1	1	1	$$284,589
5	7	1	1	1	$$419,100
4	4	1	1	1	$$387,850
3	5	3	0	1	$$331,000
Total	29	7	6	4	$$1,606,762

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Divisidero

Entries & Results

Pedigree: 5-Cross

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KITTEN’S JOY (USA) ch. 2001	EL PRADO (IRE) gr. 1989 [BI]	SADLERS WELLS (USA) b. 1981 [CS]	NORTHERN DANCER (CAN)
			FAIRY BRIDGE (USA)
		LADY CAPULET (USA) gr. 1974	SIR IVOR (USA)
			CAP AND BELLS (USA)
	KITTEN’S FIRST (USA)* b. 1991	LEAR FAN (USA) b. 1981	ROBERTO (USA)
			WAC (USA)
		THAT’S MY HON (USA) ch. 1983	L’ENJOLEUR (CAN)
			ONE LANE (USA)
MADAME DU LAC (USA) b. 2005	LEMON DROP KID (USA) b. 1996	KINGMAMBO (USA) b. 1990 [CS]	MR. PROSPECTOR (USA)
			MIESQUE (USA)
		CHARMING LASSIE (USA) b. 1987	SEATTLE SLEW (USA)
			LASSIE DEAR (USA)
	GEISHA GIRL (GB) b. 1995	NASHWAN (USA) ch. 1986	BLUSHING GROOM (FR)
			HEIGHT OF FASHION (FR)
		MIZNAH (IRE) b. 1989	SADLERS WELLS (USA)
			LA DAME DU LAC (USA)