Go For Wand Tribute

A short tribute to one of the greatest fillies ever: Go For Wand

Go For Wand (April 6, 1987 - October 27, 1990) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse.
As a two-year-old, she had a record of three-for-four before winning the 1989 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Her performances earned her the 1989 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly.

In a highly anticipated match against the Argentinian mare Bayakoa in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Distaff, Go For Wand was leading by a head at the sixteenth pole when she suffered an open fracture to her right cannon bone. She fell to the track and threw jockey Randy Romero to the ground before rising to limp on three legs across the finish line and into the winner's circle. Track personnel got her to lie down, and she was immediately euthanized on the track. The next day, she was buried in the infield at Saratoga.

She is listed as #72 by Blood Horse on their list of top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century and in 1996 was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Intro Song#
Artist: Steve Jablonsky
Song: The Fight Will Be your Own

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Artist: Steve Jablonsky
Song: No Sacrifice, No Victory

Enjoy^^

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[CandyAndy3467]

@tipsyannawty I agree with you^^ She will be never forgotten ♥

Thanks for watching and the nice comment :D

[tipsyannawty]

quite spooky that she died in the race dedicated to Ruffian in a similar way. :-o but still a super a horse she was too young its not fair how all the good horses have to die in such a horrible way. in the footage she falls and with her leg half hanging off, tries to finish the race. what a special girl it would have been so nice if they could have saved her and just let her be in a big field as a broodmare. RIP Go for wand

[CandyAndy3467]

@Raphaelledu76 You're so right! She was really a great filly.

Thank you for your nice comment :-)

[Raphaelledu76]

She was a great filly... A beauty, a great courage lived in her Heart, and it is so sad she has left the Earth of this way... Only 3 years old, this is too young... I love this filly, and they thought she was the new Ruffian...

It's a very good tribute, thank you for her my dear :)