Say the Word
Dark Bay or Brown Gelding / February 7th, 2015 in ON / by More Than Ready out of Danceforthecause
$353,500
2021 earnings
117
speed figure
29%
2021 wins
racing Record
2021 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
7
2
Seconds
4
0
Thirds
5
3
Unplaced
17
7
Starts
33
$353,500
Earnings
$822,792
$50,500
Earnings / Start
$24,933
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Bio
Say the Word, a More Than Ready gelding, earned his first stakes win in his 25th start and at the highest level, tallying a one-length victory in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Stakes Presented by Pattison at Woodbine on Oct. 18, 2020.
He began his racing career in fall 2017 under Graham Motion’s care and finished second in the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Stakes, in August 2018. He also finished third in a Grade 3 stakes in 2019 but by that fall was in trainer Gail Cox’s barn and was in poor form.
Say the Word, a More Than Ready gelding, earned his first stakes win in his 25th start and at the highest level, tallying a one-length victory in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Stakes Presented by Pattison at Woodbine on Oct. 18, 2020.
He began his racing career in fall 2017 under Graham Motion’s care and finished second in the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Stakes, in August 2018. He also finished third in a Grade 3 stakes in 2019 but by that fall was in trainer Gail Cox’s barn and was in poor form.
Say the Word was unplaced in his first three starts in 2020, but won an allowance optional claiming race at Saratoga during the summer at big odds and then ran a good third in the Grade 3 Singspiel Stakes at Woodbine prior to his breakthrough in the Northern Dancer.
Say the Word finished second in his first start of 2021, the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Mar. 20. He won the Grade 2 Elkhorn Stakes at Keeneland on Apr. 17, covering the 1 1/2-mile distance in 2:28.26.
A few months later, Say the Word won the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup at Del Mar on Nov. 25. After sitting in last most of the way, he gobbled up ground in the stretch to get up in the last few strides.
A Sam-Son Farm homebred, Say the Word is out of the unraced Giant’s Causeway mare Danceforthecause. He is a half-brother to Grade 2 winner Rideforthecause and from the elite Sam-Son bloodline that includes champions Dancethruthedawn and Dance Smartly and elite sire Smart Strike.
