Sensational (horse)

Sensational
Sire Hoist The Flag
Grandsire Tom Rolfe
Dam Meritus
Damsire Bold Ruler
Sex Mare
Foaled 1974
Country United States
Colour Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder Mill House Stable
Owner Mill House Stable
Trainer Woody Stephens
Record 44: 9-9-9
Earnings US$496,395
Major wins
Astarita Stakes (1976)
Colleen Stakes (1976)
Selima Stakes (1976)
Frizette Stakes (1976)
Ladies Handicap (1977)
Hawthorne Handicap (1978)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1976)
Honours
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1977)

Sensational (1974–2000) was a US thoroughbred racehorse bred and raced by Mill House Stable. The stable was owned by Nicholas F. Brady and his siblings.

Sensational was the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1976. She won five of her 11 starts that year, and also earned an Eclipse Award. At age three, she won two of her 17 starts; her most significant win that year was the victory in the Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack. In 1978 she won twice more out of 16 starts, including a win at the Hawthorne Handicap.

Sensational was selected for the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1977. Her trainer, Woody Stephens, was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Racing in 1976.

Sensational died in 2000 at age 26.

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