Twice Over

Twice Over (foaled 16 May 2005) is a thoroughbred racehorse trained by Henry Cecil and owned by Khalid Abdullah of Juddmonte Farms. He was bred in Great Britain.

2008 season

On 17 April 2008, Twice Over won the Group III Craven Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. Future Breeders' Cup Classic champion Raven's Pass finished second in this race. On 27 July 2008, Twice Over won the Group II Prix Eugène Adam at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse.

2009 season

On 17 October 2009, Twice Over won the Group I 2009 Emirates Champion Stakes. On 7 November 2009, he finished third in the Grade I 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic, behind Zenyatta.

2010 season

On 27 March 2010, Twice Over came 10th of 16 behind Gloria De Campeao in the Dubai World Cup. On 16 June 2010, he ran second to Byword in the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes on the second day of Royal Ascot. On 3 July 2010, he won the Group I Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park Racecourse.
On 17 August 2010, Twice Over finished second to Rip Van Winkle in the Group I Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse.^[2]
On 16 October 2010, he won the Group I Champion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse

2011 season

On 3 March 2011, Twice Over won the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 at Meydan Racecourse. He was subsequently well beaten in the Dubai World Cup, and at the start of the British turf season he finished 6th behind Canford Cliffs in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes. After this defeat, Twice Over finished 5th behind Rewilding in the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes on the second day of Royal Ascot. He earned his second win of 2011 when beating stable-companion Midday in the International Stakes at York in August before finishing 10th in the Qipco Champion Stakes in October.

2012

On 19 April, Twice Over began his 2012 campaign running second to the John Gosden trained Questioning in the Group 3 Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket over 9 furlongs. Starting the 6/5 favourite, Twice Over was headed on the post to be beaten by a head with a 1 and 3/4 length gap to Beatrice Aurore back in third. Nine days later, he started 6/4 favourite for the Gordon Richards Stakes at Sandown Park on ground recorded as heavy. Jockey Tom Queally kept the horse in touch when edged right 3 furlongs out and kept on to finish third of the 6 runners. Twice Over finished 9 lengths behind winner Colombian, another John Gosden-trained horse, and 6 lengths behind the second, Poet. Bearing in mind the muddy ground, many discounted this run, and Twice Over's official rating was dropped from 125 to 119. After a break of 70 days, Twice Over was sent of 16/1 for the Coral Eclipse Stakes, a Group 1 race he won 2 years earlier. Held up in mid-field in a handy position throughout, Tom Queally brought the horse through with a forward run and took third with about 2 furlongs left to run. Despite running into some traffic problems, he finished third of the 9 runners, 3 and 1/4 lengths behind winner Nathaniel (another John Gosden-trained horse), who won the previous years King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. This was dubbed Twice Over's best race of the season so far.

In the Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse on the 22nd of August, he finished 13 lengths 4th behind stable-mate Frankel, who himself (ridden by Tom Queally) finished 7 lengths in front of the second. Twice Over was retired straight after the race and was sent to stud in South Africa. He finished his last season having 4 starts and coming second once, third twice and fourth once. 2012 was subsequently the only season of Twice Over's career where he failed to win a race.

Race record

• 2007 - 2: 2-0-0
• 2008 - 6: 2-1-2
• 2009 - 8: 3-0-3
• 2010 - 6: 2-2-1
• 2011 - 6: 3-0-0
• 2012 - 4: 0-1-2

References

• Twice Over racing stats