# Lemons Forever

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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Lemons Forever 
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = [Lemon Drop Kid](/source/Lemon_Drop_Kid)
| grandsire = [Kingmambo](/source/Kingmambo)
| dam = Critikola
| damsire = Tough Critic
| sex = [Filly](/source/Filly)
| foaled = 2003
| country =  [United States](/source/United_States)
| color = [Chestnut](/source/Chestnut_(coat))
| breeder = Farfellow Farms Ltd.
| owner = Leon Willis, Terry Horton, Dallas Stewart
| trainer = [Dallas Stewart](/source/Dallas_Stewart)
| record = 16: 4-1-2
| earnings = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar)648,940
| race = [Kentucky Oaks](/source/Kentucky_Oaks) (2006)
| awards = [Kentucky Broodmare of the Year](/source/Kentucky_Broodmare_of_the_Year) (2017)
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}}

'''Lemons Forever''' (foaled May 24, 2003 in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)) is an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse best known for winning the [Grade 1](/source/Graded_stakes_race) [132nd Kentucky Oaks](/source/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](/source/Kentucky_Oaks) had a full field of fourteen [fillies](/source/filly), 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](/source/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](/source/Triple_Tiara_of_Thoroughbred_Racing), the filly equivalent of the [Triple Crown](/source/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing), as she did not compete in the second leg of the competition, the [Black-Eyed Susan Stakes](/source/Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes), on May 19.

After winning the Oaks, Lemons Forever raced ten more times (eight in [Grade 1](/source/Graded_stakes_race) and [Grade 2](/source/Graded_stakes_race) races), only winning once in an optional claimer and running 3rd in the [Grade 1](/source/Graded_stakes_race) [Alabama Stakes](/source/Alabama_Stakes) at [Saratoga](/source/Saratoga_Race_Course). She was retired in 2007.

== Retirement ==
Lemons Forever sold for $2.5 million at the 2007 [Keeneland broodmare sale](/source/Keeneland_Sales) to [geologist](/source/geologist) [Charles Fipke](/source/Charles_Edgar_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](/source/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](/source/Forever_Unbridled): Bay filly by [Unbridled's Song](/source/Unbridled's_Song) foaled in 2012, by Unbridled's Song, multiple graded stakes winner including Grade I wins in the [2017 Breeders' Cup Distaff](/source/Breeders'_Cup_Distaff), [Apple Blossom Handicap](/source/Apple_Blossom_Handicap), [Beldame Stakes](/source/Beldame_Stakes) and [Personal Ensign Stakes](/source/Personal_Ensign_Stakes) - earnings of over $2 million.  [2017 American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse](/source/American_Champion_Older_Dirt_Female_Horse). 
* Unbridled Forever: Bay filly foaled in 2011 by sire [Unbridled's Song](/source/Unbridled's_Song), ran 3rd in the 2014 [Kentucky Oaks](/source/Kentucky_Oaks) and as a 4-year-old won the Gr.1 [Ballerina Stakes](/source/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](/source/Medaglia_d'Oro_(horse)), one win from six starts (as of November 2017). Stakes placed. Competed in [2016 Belmont Stakes](/source/2016_Belmont_Stakes).
* Lemons Medaglia: Bay filly foaled in 2016 by Medaglia d'Oro.

== References ==
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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

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