Paranormal Hunter
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racing stats
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Registered Thoroughbred Mare
Bay Y11 Born 16.2 Hands |
Race Record: 32-19-11-2
Dirt: Good Turf: Great Distance: 6-11 Furlongs (two furlong distance extension applied) Leg Type: Closer |
pedigree
personality
When Ripley bought into Paranormal Hunter in a reclaiming sale she was not planning on bringing in the final Gorgon Sister into her collection of turf fillies, but this is exactly what occurred. Para is the toughest filly in the Year Eleven crop, tougher than Prima and Hourglass who are both only hard asses in the saddle. Para is a tough nut whether you are in the saddle or not. She's a high strung filly with a high and mighty attitude. She is not arrogant in the least, just tough and extremely intense. She will drag people all over the property on the lead or in the saddle if she so chooses. She is stubborn and will not move for hours unless it is her decision to do so. Para can be flat out mean in the stall, chasing and biting the grooms out of the stall so that they can't even clean around her. She has to be placed in the cross-ties while they muck and will paw the rubber flooring until they allow her to come back to her house. She is aggressive to the other horses, quickly becoming top dog in her crop. Para has no time for cuddling though she is a bit of a snack hog. She instantly perks up every time people come into the barn or out of the feed room. She is about the only thoroughbred Witch Creek has ever seen that needs help keeping the weight off of her powerful frame. A few times she has tried to break down her stall door trying to get to the food. Whenever she is not terrorizing people or looking for food, this Flash Limit's filly is always sleeping. She stretches out like a big dog in the pile of shavings and like a princess is always given the most. The staff loves to take advantage of the sleeping Para because that is about the only time they can rub her legs down with stress relieving soaps. She won't wake up for anything and is always in the latest set of workers. On the track, Para is a lazy son of a gun. She needs to take her time at everything and will purposely stand on the track for twenty minutes just surveying the property for her next victim. The tough bay will move on and fortunately for her there is a jock in the house that doesn't mind tough minded, hard nosed horses. Maggie adores the filly in a way that she never has any other horse in her career. Witch Creek's horses are usually quiet, clever horses and Para is so bluntly anti-Witch Creek that Maggie could not help but fall in love on first sight. Para puts up a royal fight in the beginning of every ride, crab-walking sideways, planting her hooves in the ground, tossing her head. Eventually she'll succumb to the wide open space in front of her and begin her exercise. She is a lumbering filly though not the largest on this particular block and she needs a while to get rolling. She'll lag at the back, gradually picking up speed as she pleases. She'll always be four-five lengths behind the second to last horse. Always. It doesn't matter if that horse is a length behind the leader or twenty and she always comes with her run. Maggie and Para are a very good team in the closing portions of the race. For such a stubborn filly, Para is quite eager to please in the closing rush. She is tactical enough that she can run up the inside, the middle or swing up on the outside of the field. She runs low to the ground, spreading her thick body out over the grass like a hawk and runs down her competition with a fierce kick not seen in recent times at Witch Creek. Being the minx that she is, however, Para is a bit of a problem in the Winner's Circle. She doesn't stand still, the photographer's nightmare, and will buck and buck every time someone attempts to sponge her off. No matter the situation, even a positive one, Para loves to express her in-charge nature.
workoutsYear Twelve
guard yourself written November Week Four Year Thirteen paranormal experience written January Week One mind your manners written April Week Two gorgon ladies written June Week Three get a clue written August Week Three hawk eyed written September Week Four bullet train written October Week Three three pronged attack written December Week Three Year Fourteen hunter or prey written January Week Two crown the hunter written February Week One fast forward written March Week One triple dare written April Week One devilish beauty written April Week Three secret hunter written May Week One mind, body, soul written June Week One walk the walk written June Week Three paranoid heart written July Week Two among mere mortals written August Week Two paranoid miss written November Week Three the witch's hunter written December Week Three Year Fifteen
redemption written January Week One achievements
Raced Green Horse Fields and The Wire
Retired Grade One Major Races Won: Y13 Hawk Cup Y13 Champagne Stakes Y14 Unicorn Horn Turf Sprint Y14 Goldikova Stakes Y14 Miesque Stakes Y14 Debutante Stakes Y14 Monrovia Stakes Y14 Lure Green Mile Y14 Rose Mile Cup Y14 The Wire Green Mile Y14 Breeders' Cup Mile Y15 Dubai World Mile Awards: Y14 Green Mile Champion Y14 Overall Mile Series Champion Y14 Best Three Year Old Filly Y15 Inducted into the Hall of Fame Unanimously |
racing results
Year Thirteen
1st in Champagne Stakes* - Nov. Week 3 [O] 1st in Hawk Cup* - Sept. Week 4 [O] 1st in TW Oak Leaf Stakes* - Aug. Week 2 [O] 1st in TW Demoiselle Stakes* - June Week 3 [O] 1st in TW Stride of Perfection Handicap* - Apr. Week 4 [O] 1st in February Juvenile Turf Face Off - Feb. Week 2 [O] 1st in TW Against The Odds - Jan. Week 3 [M] 2nd in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint* - Dec. Week 4 [G4+] 2nd in TW Didactic Stakes - Sept. Week 2 [O] 2nd in TW Sorrento Stakes* - July Week 2 [O] 2nd in TW Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes* - May Week 4 [O] 2nd in Magic Millions Fillies Turf Sprint* - Apr. Week 1 [O] 2nd in January Maiden Turf - Jan. Week 2 [M] 3rd in Follow The Hoofprints Turf Sprint* - May Week 2 [O] Year Fourteen 1st in Breeders' Cup Mile* - Dec. Week 4 [8F/T/G4+] 1st in TW Green Mile* - Dec. Week 1 [8F/T/G5+] 1st in TW La Costa Stakes* - Nov. Week 4 [9F/T/G5+] 1st in Rose Mile Cup* - August Week 1 [8F/T/G5+] 1st in TW Lure Green Mile* - July Week 2 [8F/T/G5+] 1st in TW Monrovia Stakes* - June Week 4 [7F/T/G5+] 1st in Debutante Stakes* - Apr. Week 4 [8F/T/G5+] 1st in TW Miesque Stakes* - Apr. Week 2 [7F/T/O] 1st in TW Goldikova Stakes* - Mar. Week 1 [7.5F/T/O] 1st in Unicorn Horn Turf Sprint* - Jan Week 4 [6F/T/G5+] 1st in TW Brilliant Finish Stakes - Jan Week 3 [8F/T/G3] 2nd in TW Royal Heroine Green Mile* - Sept Week 3 [8F/T/O] 2nd in TW Frankel Green Mile* - August Week 3 [8F/T/O] 2nd in TW The Diana* - July Week 4 [9F/T/O] 2nd in Duchess Stakes* - June Week 1 [10F/T/G4+] 2nd in TW All Along Stakes* - Feb. Week 2 [9.5F/T/O] 3rd in Cotillion Stakes* - May Week 2 [9F/T/O] Year Fifteen 1st in TW Dubai World Mile* - Jan Week 2 [8F/S] |
progeny
Never Surrender
Y16 Mare, by G3 Canjun Moon Grade One Winner Major Wins: Y18 Magic Millions Fillies Turf Sprint Y18 Azalea Cup Fillies Y20 Cross My Heart Memorial Stakes Y20 Pretty In Pink Stakes |
Epiphany
Y17 Mare, by G1 Divided Notion Grade Two Winner Major Wins Y19 Stride Of Perfection Handicap Y19 Riley Allison Futurity Y19 Best Pal Stakes Y20 Miesque Stakes |