Oscar Nominated to Stand at BG Thoroughbred Farm
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Oscar Nominated wins the 2018 W. L. McKnight Handicap at Gulfstream Park
Multiple graded stakes winner Oscar Nominated has been officially retired and will stand the 2021 breeding season at BG Thoroughbred Farm in Hemet, Calif., for a fee of $2,500.
The 8-year-old son of Kitten's Joy was bred in Kentucky by Mrs. Jerry Amerman out of the stakes-winning Theatrical mare Devine Actress , making him a full brother to Oscar Performance , whose four grade 1 wins include the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
Multiple grade 3 winner Oscar Nominated will be the only son of Kitten's Joy standing in California.
Oscar Nominated raced from ages 2-5 and was trained by Mike Maker for Ken and Sarah Ramsey for the majority of his career. The chestnut ridgling earned $1,502,639 from a 6-8-2 record in 30 starts and won or placed in 13 black-type events. At 3 he took the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park, added the Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup (G3T) at Kentucky Downs to his win column at 4, and at 5 captured the W. L. McKnight Handicap (G3T) at Gulfstream Park. During his 4-year-old campaign he also placed in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (G1T) at Churchill Downs and Pattison Canadian International Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine.
Oscar Nominated is also a half brother to graded stakes-placed Award Winner (by Ghostzapper ) and is from the same female family as multi-millionaire and grade 1 winner Dramatic Gold.