Seeking the Soul explained

Seeking the Soul
Breed:Thoroughbred
Sire:Perfect Soul
Grandsire:Sadler's Wells
Dam:Seeking the Title
Damsire:Seeking the Gold
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:2013
Country:United States
Color:Bay
Breeder:Charles E. Fipke
Owner:Charles E. Fipke
Trainer:Dallas Stewart
Record:27:7-6-7[1]
Earnings:$3,470,153
Wins:Clark Handicap (2017)
Ack Ack Stakes (2018)
Stephen Foster Handicap (2019)

Seeking the Soul (foaled May 4, 2013) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Canadian geologist Charles Fipke whose most important win came in the 2017 Grade 1 Clark Handicap.

Career

On February 20, 2016, Seeking the Soul debuted at the Fair Grounds Race Course, coming in second place.

Although he had mixed results in smaller races throughout 2016 and 2017, while competing in an allowance race at Keeneland on October 21, 2017, Seeking the Soul set a new track record of 1:41.36 for a mile and one-sixteenth on dirt.[2] A month later, on November 24, he won the Grade 1 Clark Handicap 2017 [3]

His next major win came on September 29, 2018 at the Ack Ack Stakes. [4]

Seeking the Soul finished second in both the 2018 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the 2019 Pegasus World Cup.

On June 15, 2019, he won the 2019 Stephen Foster Handicap[5] and was ranked 3rd on the North American Thoroughbred Racing Starters Earnings Leaderboard in August 2019.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seeking the Soul . Equibase. 7 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Seeking the Soul survives objection, reaches new high in Clark. Brisnet.com. 2017-11-24. 2020-08-31.
  3. Web site: Seeking the Soul Rallies to Clark Victory. Bloodhorse. 7 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Seeking the Soul Proves Best in Ack Ack . Bloodhorse. 7 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Seeking the Soul. Equibase. 7 August 2019.
  6. Web site: North American Thoroughbred Racing Starters - Horse. ABR. 7 August 2019.