Wonder Wheel (horse)

Wonder Wheel is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2022 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was named the 2022 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.

Background

Wonder Wheel is a dark bay or brown filly who was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm and Clearsky Farms and was a $275,000 purchase at the 2021 September Keeneland sale by D. J. Stables. Her dam Wonder Gal was GI placed several times and a winner of $904,800 who died earlier in 2022. Her other foal, Road Bible, a 4-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile is a three-time winner with earnings of $70,480.
Wonder Wheel is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Mark E. Casse.

Retirement

After a string of poor performances as a three-year-old D. J. Stables announced the retirement of Wonder Wheel and that she would be offered in the Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton's November Sale.

Statistics

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An asterisk after the odds means Wonder Wheel was the post-time favourite.