Daisy Devine

Prep Race History

Date	Race	Grade	Distance	Finish	Chart	Video
Mar 25 2011	Fair Grounds Oaks Fair Grounds	II	1 Mile 1/16	1	Fair Grounds Oaks.pdf

Connections

Andrew McKeever

Trainer

McKeever, a native of Ireland, was born in a thoroughbred family with his father being a former head of the famed Curragh Bloodstock. McKeever began his career working as an assistant under top trainers Neil Drysdale, Bill Shoemaker, and Paco Gonzalez. He captured the Fair Grounds Handicap with Diamond Tycoon, and Daisy Devine will be his first starter in the Kentucky Oaks.

James Miller

Owner

James Miller began racing thoroughbred horses in 1983 and has maintained a small stable ever since. He and his wife, Debbie, have a great love for horses and they currently live on their horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina. The Miller’s describe Daisy Devine as, “A horse of a lifetime.”

Pedigree

Daisy Devine is a daughter of dual Grade 2 winner and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) runner-up Kafwain

Kafwain ranked 10th on the 2007 Leading First-Crop Sires list

The stallion’s top-rated progeny include Grade 3 winners The Pamplemousse, Don’t Forget Gil and Massive Drama

Daisy Devine was produced by Devil’s Dispute (Devil’s Bag)

Devil’s Dispute is herself out of Grade 2 victress Impetuous Gal (Briartic), making her a half-sister to three-time Grade 1 queen Banker’s Lady (Nijinsky II)

Banker’s Lady would go on in the breeding shed to foal dual Grade 2 hero Banker’s Gold (Forty Niner), runner-up in the 1998 runnings of the Met Mile (G1) and Carter H. (G1)

Impetuous Gal also produced the dam of 1999 Super Derby (G1) star Ecton Park (Forty Niner)

Daisy Devine’s dam sire is Devil’s Bag (Halo), the 1983 champion two-year-old colt and winner of that year’s Champagne S. (G1) and Laurel Futurity (G1)

Other daughters of Devil’s Bag have produced the likes of Grade 1 king Balto Star (Glitterman), who captured the 2001 Arkansas Derby (G2) and Sprial S. (G2), as well as this year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender Kathmanblu (Bluegrass Cat)

His progeny includes successful sire and five-time Grade 1 winner Devil His Due