Silk

Hit Show

CANDY RIDE (ARG) - ACTRESS, BY TAPIT

$10,000 LFSN

Earnings

$9,566,058

Grade 1 Winner

G1 Dubai World Cup

Bred By:

Gary & Mary West Stables Inc.

Raced By:

Wathnan Racing

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Best known for a scintillating run from the back of the field to win the $12 million Grade 1 Dubai World Cup, where he defeated a talented field of international runners, including nine graded stakes winners, five of which won at the Grade 1 level - Forever Young, Mixto, Walk of Stars, Ushba Tesoro, and Rattle N Roll.  That victory marked the twentieth Grade 1 winner for progeny of Candy Ride, who continues to prove himself a sire of sires, including Gun Runner, Vekoma, and Twirling Candy.

Bred and originally campaigned by Gary and Mary West, Hit Show debuted at two winning a Keeneland maiden special weight by over five lengths.

Hit Show started his 3-year-old season with an impressive win in the Grade 3 Withers S., again winning by over five lengths. He followed that up with a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial S., missing by just a nose for the victory, earning himself a berth in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby.

At four, Hit Show strung together a series of graded stakes victories at three different tracks, beginning with a win the Grade 3 West Virginia Governor’s S. He was acquired by Wathnan Racing prior to his next start in the Grade 2 Lukas Classic S. at Churchill Downs, which he won, earning a 100 Beyer.  Hit Show’s third consecutive graded stakes victory of 2024 came in the Grade 2 Fayette S. at Keeneland.

In addition to the Grade 1 Dubai World Cup, Hit Show’s 5-year-old campaign featured a repeat victory in the Grade 3 Fayette S. in 2025. His resume also includes victories in the Grade 3 Louisiana S. and the Grade 3 Mineshaft S.

Hit Show retires with twelve wins, eight of them in graded stakes, four triple-digit Beyers -104, 100,100, and 100, and lifetime earnings of $9,566,058 from twenty-nine starts.

Hit Show is out of Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan S. and Grade 3 Comely S. winner and multiple graded stakes placed Actress, by Tapit.  Actress is a daughter of the 2009 Sovereign Award-winning 3-year-old filly Milwaukee Appeal, that year's Woodbine Oaks winner who also placed in the Grade 1 Alabama S. and Grade 1 Spinster S.

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Hit Show
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Hit Show RACE RECORD
Hit Show Race Record
AT 2
WON Maiden Special Weight at Keeneland (7f), Allowance Optional at Oaklawn (8f)
AT 3
WON Withers S. [G3] at Aqueduct (9f), 2nd Wood Memorial S. [G2] at Aqueduct (9f)
AT 4
WON Lukas Classic S. [G2] at Churchill Downs (9f), Fayette S. [G2] at Keeneland (9f), West Virginia Governor's S. [G3] at Mountaineer (8.5f)
AT 5
WON Dubai World Cup [G1] at Meydan (10f, defeating Forever Young(JPN), Walk of Stars(GB), Ushba Tesoro(JPN), Rattle N Roll, etc.), Fayette S. [G3] at Keeneland (9f), Louisiana S. [G3] at Fair Grounds ( 8.5f), West Virginia Governor's S. at Mountaineer (8.5f), 2nd Clark S. [G2] at Churchill Downs (9f), 3rd Santa Anita H. [G1] at Santa Anita Park (10f)
AT 6
WON Mineshaft S. [G3] at Fair Grounds (8.5f), 2nd Suburban S. [G2] at Saratoga (10f), 3rd Blame S. [G3] at Churchill Downs (9f)