{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Lemons Forever | image = | caption = | sire = Lemon Drop Kid | grandsire = Kingmambo | dam = Critikola | damsire = Tough Critic | sex = Filly | foaled = 2003 | country = United States | color = Chestnut | breeder = Farfellow Farms Ltd. | owner = Leon Willis, Terry Horton, Dallas Stewart | trainer = Dallas Stewart | record = 16: 4-1-2 | earnings = US$648,940 | race = Kentucky Oaks (2006) | awards = Kentucky Broodmare of the Year (2017) | honors = | updated= }}
'''Lemons Forever''' (foaled May 24, 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Grade 1 132nd Kentucky Oaks horse race on May 5, 2006. Her win was the biggest upset in the history of the Oaks.<ref>[http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=33429 "Lemons Forever Pulls Huge Upset in Kentucky Oaks - bloodhorse.com" by Dan Liebman, ''bloodhorse.com'', May 5, 2006, retrieved May 6, 2006]</ref>
The Kentucky Oaks had a full field of fourteen fillies, with Lemons Forever posting the highest odds, at 47–1. She trailed throughout the race, only to rally late and win by 1½ lengths.
A $2 bet on Lemons Forever paid $96.20, and a $2 trifecta paid $12,186.60.<ref>[http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/SPORTS0801/60505027&SearchID=73243666090006 "Oaks Day Results", ''The Courier Journal'', May 5, 2006, retrieved May 6, 2006]</ref>
Lemons Forever did not make a run for the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the filly equivalent of the Triple Crown, as she did not compete in the second leg of the competition, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, on May 19.
After winning the Oaks, Lemons Forever raced ten more times (eight in Grade 1 and Grade 2 races), only winning once in an optional claimer and running 3rd in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga. She was retired in 2007.
== Retirement == Lemons Forever sold for $2.5 million at the 2007 Keeneland broodmare sale to geologist Charles Fipke.<ref>[http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/sales-news/2007/november/06/fipke-goes-to-2.5-million-for-lemons-forever.aspx Thoroughbred Times - November 06, 2007]</ref> {{As of|2017}}, she has produced five named foals, four of them winners:<ref>{{cite web|title=Lemons Forever Offspring|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=progeny&search_bar=progeny&h=LEMONS+FOREVER&sort=Year&done=y&filter=All%20Horses&cf=|website=www.pedigreequery.com|accessdate=27 August 2017}}</ref>
Lemons Forever was named 2017 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year for her foals Forever Unbridled and Unbridled Forever.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/226927/lemons-forever-named-2017-ky-broodmare-of-the-year|title=Lemons Forever Named 2017 KY Broodmare of the Year|work=BloodHorse.com|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en}}</ref>
* Forever Unbridled: Bay filly by Unbridled's Song foaled in 2012, by Unbridled's Song, multiple graded stakes winner including Grade I wins in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Distaff, Apple Blossom Handicap, Beldame Stakes and Personal Ensign Stakes - earnings of over $2 million. 2017 American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse. * Unbridled Forever: Bay filly foaled in 2011 by sire Unbridled's Song, ran 3rd in the 2014 Kentucky Oaks and as a 4-year-old won the Gr.1 Ballerina Stakes, earning over $800,000 in her career. * Perfect Forever: Chestnut filly foaled in 2009 by sire Perfect Soul, winless in twelve starts * Forever Perfect: Chestnut colt foaled in 2009 by sire Perfect Soul, two wins in eighteen starts. Stallion in Houston, Ohio. * Forever d'Oro: Bay colt foaled in 2013 by top sire Medaglia d'Oro, one win from six starts (as of November 2017). Stakes placed. Competed in 2016 Belmont Stakes. * Lemons Medaglia: Bay filly foaled in 2016 by Medaglia d'Oro.
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:2003 racehorse births Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky Category:Racehorses trained in the United States Category:Kentucky Oaks winners Category:Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Category:Thoroughbred family 4-m