# Calipha

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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Calipha
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = [Two Punch](/source/Two_Punch)
| grandsire = [Mr. Prospector](/source/Mr._Prospector)
| dam = Rajputana 
| damsire = [Raja Baba](/source/Raja_Baba)
| sex = [Mare](/source/Mare_(horse))
| foaled = 1991
| country = [United States](/source/United_States)
| colour = [Gray](/source/Gray_(horse))
| breeder = Nancy Bayard 
| owner = Nancy Bayard
| trainer = [Bud Delp](/source/Bud_Delp)
| record = 19: 8-0-2
| earnings =  $378,739
| race =  [Black-Eyed Susan Stakes](/source/Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes) (1994) <br> [Geisha Handicap](/source/Geisha_Handicap) (1995) <br> Caesar's Wish Stakes (1994) <br> Reeve Schley, Jr. Stakes  (1994) 
| updated= July 3, 2011
}}
'''Calipha''' (foaled in 1991 in [Maryland](/source/Maryland)) is an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing). The daughter of [Two Punch](/source/Two_Punch) is best remembered for posting a two-length score over the favorite, Bunting, in the mile and an eighth [Grade II](/source/graded_stakes_race) $200,000 [Black-Eyed Susan Stakes](/source/Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes) at [Pimlico Race Course](/source/Pimlico_Race_Course) on May 20, 1994.<ref>[http://www.pedigreequery.com/calipha Pedigree On-line Thoroughbred Database]</ref>

== Black-Eyed Susan Stakes ==

Mid-May was a successful time of year for Calipha's owner, Nancy Bayard, and eventual Hall of Fame trainer, [Bud Delp](/source/Bud_Delp), who ran the filly in the de facto second jewel of the filly Triple Crown in the [Grade II](/source/graded_stakes_race) $200,000 [Black-Eyed Susan Stakes](/source/Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes). In that race, the [Maryland](/source/Maryland)-bred Calipha beat a near-capacity field of 13 stakes winners. The gray filly did this in wire-to-wire fashion as she broke well and established the lead running into the clubhouse turn. She won over favorite [Bunting](/source/Bunting_(horse)) and Golden Braids, who finished second and third respectively. Her final time for the mile and one eighth race on dirt was 1:51.12 under Maryland jockey Rick Wilson.

== Racing career ==

Calipha also won the inaugural running of the Caesar's Wish Stakes at [Pimlico Race Course](/source/Pimlico_Race_Course) in April 1994, beating Dance a Go Go and Simoom over the mile and a sixteenth. Later in the summer of 1994, Calipha won the [Reeve Schley, Jr. Stakes](/source/Reeve_Schley%2C_Jr._Stakes) at [Monmouth Park](/source/Monmouth_Park), New Jersey beating her Black-Eyed Susan rival Golden Braids. In 1995, she won the $100,000 [Geisha Handicap](/source/Geisha_Handicap) under jockey [Kent Desormeaux](/source/Kent_Desormeaux). She won the 1-1/16 mile feature race at [Laurel Park Racecourse](/source/Laurel_Park_Racecourse) in 1:50.00 flat. In May 1995, Calipha raced on the [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes) undercard and came in second in the grade two [Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes](/source/Allaire_duPont_Distaff_Stakes).

== References ==

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Category:1991 racehorse births
Category:Thoroughbred family 16
Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Category:Racehorses trained in the United States

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