# Menifee

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American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

This article is about a racehorse. For other uses, see [Menifee (disambiguation)](/source/Menifee_(disambiguation)).

Menifee Sire Harlan Grandsire Storm Cat Dam Anne Campbell Damsire Never Bend Sex Stallion Foaled (1996-05-04)May 4, 1996 Died June 13, 2019(2019-06-13) (aged 23) Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Arthur B. Hancock III Owner Arthur B. Hancock III & James Stone Trainer W. Elliott Walden Record 11: 5-4-1 Earnings $1,732,000 Major wins Blue Grass Stakes (1999) Haskell Invitational Handicap (1999) American Classic Race placing: Kentucky Derby 2nd (1999) Preakness Stakes 2nd (1999) Last updated on June 13, 2019

**Menifee** (May 4, 1996 – June 13, 2019) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing) that competed in the [Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing](/source/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing) in 1999. His rivalry with Triple Crown contender [Charismatic](/source/Charismatic_(horse)) was compared at times with the rivalry between 1978 contenders [Affirmed](/source/Affirmed) and [Alydar](/source/Alydar), who won and placed respectively in all three races that year. He was trained by [W. Elliott Walden](/source/W._Elliott_Walden) and ridden in all three races by [Pat Day](/source/Pat_Day).

## Triple Crown run

Menifee won a come-from-behind victory in the [Blue Grass Stakes](/source/Blue_Grass_Stakes) at Keeneland in his last Triple Crown prep over the highly regarded [Cat Thief](/source/Cat_Thief), Vicar, Kimberlite Pipe and Wondertross. With [Pat Day](/source/Pat_Day) riding and coming from far behind, he then placed second with a big late run just coming up a neck short in the [Kentucky Derby](/source/Kentucky_Derby) behind eventual Horse of the Year [Charismatic](/source/Charismatic_(horse)). Two weeks later, in the [1999](/source/1999_Preakness_Stakes) [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes), he garnered a great deal of support, being sent off as the morning line favorite at 2–1 in a full field of 13 colts and 1 filly ([Silverbulletday](/source/Silverbulletday)). In the race, [Cat Thief](/source/Cat_Thief) and [Vicar](/source/Vicar) took the lead early while Menifee settled into mid-pack at eighth and Charismatic lagged behind in tenth. Around the second turn, Charismatic made a move on the outside and won by 1+1⁄2 lengths. Menifee passed [Cat Thief](/source/Cat_Thief) and Badge to claim the runner-up share of $200,000 in the Preakness Stakes.

Menifee failed to place in the top three in the [Belmont Stakes](/source/Belmont_Stakes). It was the only time he finished out of the money at age three.

## Late three-year-old season

Following the Triple Crown series in the summer of 1999, Menifee won the [Grade I](/source/Graded_stakes_race) [Haskell Invitational Handicap](/source/Haskell_Invitational_Stakes) at [Monmouth Park Racetrack](/source/Monmouth_Park_Racetrack), finished second in the [Super Derby](/source/Super_Derby), and ran third in the [Travers Stakes](/source/Travers_Stakes). He was retired from racing with 5 wins, 4 places and one show in 11 starts; two of those wins were as a two-year-old in 1998.

## Retirement

Menifee started his stallion career at Stone Farm, where he commanded US$15,000 for a [live cover](/source/Horse_breeding#Live_cover) breeding. In October 2006, it was announced that he had been sold to the Korean Racing Association to continue his stallion career at Jeju Stud Farm. He was the leading sire in South Korea from 2012 to 2019 and became a favorite of Korean racing fans. The horse reportedly quickly learned to respond to Korean phrases, which led Jeju staff to frequently remark that "Menifee speaks Korean."

Menifee died of a heart attack on June 13, 2019, at the age of 23.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Menifee Dies of Heart Attack at 23 in Korea"](https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/234220/menifee-dies-of-heart-attack-at-23-in-korea). *BloodHorse.com*. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

## External links

- [Menifee's pedigree and photo](http://www.pedigreequery.com/menifee2)

- [Menifee Profile on the Stallion Register](http://www.stallionregister.com/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=4069958&origin=singlesearch)

- [Menifee Profile at Stone Farm](https://web.archive.org/web/20060527225329/http://www.stonefarm.com/menifee.html)

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