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Pleasantly Perfect Injured and Retired
Date Posted: 11/3/2004 11:24:42 AM
Last Updated: 11/5/2004 8:54:04 PM
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The Pacific Classic was among the wins this year for Pleasantly Perfect.
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Benoit
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Pleasantly Perfect, who finished third in defense of his title in the Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I), has been retired from racing after suffering an injury to the left hind ankle. The 6-year-old son of Pleasant Colony is scheduled to arrive at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., in a week or 10 days. Lane's End bought an interest in Pleasantly Perfect's breeding rights in late September from Gerald Ford's Diamond A Racing Corp. and later announced a $40,000 stud fee."Trainer Richard Mandella thought Pleasantly Perfect kicked the starting gate," Farish said. "There's nothing seriously wrong with the horse, but he would miss a week or 10 days in preparation for the Japan Cup (Jpn-I)."Pleasantly Perfect retired as racing's fourth-leading money winner, with earnings of $7,789,880. He won nine of 18 races, including this year's Pacific Classic Stakes (gr. I), Emirates Airlines Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), and San Antonio Handicap (gr. II). His victory in last year's Classic was one of four Breeders' Cup wins on the card for Mandella.Bred by Robin Scully's Clovelly Farms and a $725,000 Keeneland September yearling, Pleasant Perfect is out of the group I stakes-winning Affirmed mare Regal State.
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