Wonder Wheel (foaled February 7, 2020) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2022 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was named the 2022 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.
Background Wonder Wheel is a dark bay or brown filly who was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm and Clearsky Farms and was a $275,000 purchase at the 2021 September Keeneland sale by D. J. Stables. Her dam Wonder Gal was GI placed several times and a winner of $904,800 who died earlier in 2022. Her other foal, Road Bible, a 4-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile is a three-time winner with earnings of $70,480.
Wonder Wheel is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Mark E. Casse.
Retirement After a string of poor performances as a three-year-old D. J. Stables announced the retirement of Wonder Wheel and that she would be offered in the Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton's November Sale (2023).
Statistics Date Distance Race Grade Track Odds Field Finish Winning Time Winning(Losing)Margin Jockey Ref2022 – Two-year-old season furlongs Maiden Special Weight Churchill Downs 2.20 7 1 1:04.73 lengths 6 furlongs Debutante Stakes Listed Churchill Downs 1.80 7 1 1:10.26 lengths 7 furlongs Spinaway Stakes I Saratoga 1.45* 10 2 1:24.03 ( lengths) miles Alcibiades Stakes I Keeneland 4.10* 14 1 1:45.17 nose miles Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies I Keeneland 6.50 13 1 1:44.90 3 lengths 2023 – Three-year-old season Suncoast Stakes Listed0.50* 8 2 1:40.18 (neck) miles Ashland Stakes I Keeneland 1.53 7 6 1:43.31 ( lengths) miles Kentucky Oaks I Churchill Downs 10.32 14 9 1:49.77 ( lengths) miles Selene Stakes III Woodbine 0.65* 9 8 1:42.65 ( lengths)
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An (*) asterisk after the odds means Wonder Wheel was the post-time favourite.
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