Midnight Lute
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| Midnight Lute | |
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| Sire | Real Quiet |
| Grandsire | Quiet American |
| Dam | Candytuft |
| Damsire | Dehere |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2003 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Dark Bay |
| Breeder | Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil Equines & Marjac Farms, Inc. |
| Owner | Michael E. Pegram and Watson and Weitman Performance, LLC |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 10: 5-2-1 (ongoing) |
| Earnings | $1,550,600 (ongoing) |
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| Major Racing Wins | |
| Perryville Stakes (2006) Forego Handicap (2007) Breeders' Cup wins: |
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| American Champion Sprint Horse (2007) | |
| Infobox last updated on: 13:29, Thursday June 12, 2008 (UTC). | |
Midnight Lute (foaled May 13, 2003 in Versailles, Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He is owned by Michael E. Pegram and Watson and Weitman Performance, LLC, and was named for Lute Olson, the University of Arizona basketball coach.
Bred by Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil Equines & Marjac Farms, Inc., he was sired by the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Real Quiet and out of the mare Candytuft. His damsire is Dehere, a multiple stakes winner and the 1993 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He was sold as a yearling for $70,000 at the Keeneland September sales.
Trained by three-time Kentucky Derby winner, Bob Baffert, Midnight Lute won the Grade 3 Perryville Stakes at Keeneland Race Course on October 13, 2006 in track record time. He collected his first Grade 1 win on September 1, 2007 while setting a new stakes record in the Forego Handicap at Saratoga Race Course. He has also placed in several Graded stakes including the Malibu Stakes (3rd, Grade 1) and the San Fernando Stakes (2nd , Grade 2) at Santa Anita Park.
On October 27, 2007, Midnight Lute scored the most important victory of his career when he won the six-furlong Breeders' Cup Sprint at Monmouth Park, ridden by Garrett Gomez. Coming from last to first, he won by 4 3/4 lengths over a sloppy track in a time of 1:09.18, with Idiot Proof second and Talent Search third.
