{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse|horsename=Scatter the Gold|image=|caption=Scatter the Gold|sire=Mr. Prospector|grandsire=Raise a Native|dam=Dance Smartly|damsire=Danzig|sex=Stallion|foaled=1997|country=Canada|colour=Dark Bay|breeder=Sam-Son Farm|owner=Sam-Son Farm|trainer=Mark Frostad|record=7: 2-1-2|earnings=$845,854|race=Queen's Plate (2000)<br />Prince of Wales Stakes (2000)|awards=|honours=|updated=July 2, 2017}}'''Scatter the Gold''' (foaled 26 February 1997) is a Canadian racehorse noted for winning two of the three races of the Canadian Triple Crown. He won the 2000 Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes, both with jockey Todd Kabel.<ref name="2nd">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/558/scatter-the-gold-wins-second-jewel|title=Scatter the Gold wins second jewel|date=23 July 2000|work=Blood-Horse}}</ref> He then finished third in the final leg, the Breeders' Stakes.<ref name="can">{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/SlamHorseracingArchive/aug12_lod.html|publisher=Canoe|title=Lodge Hill thwarts Scatter the Gold's Triple Crown bid|author=Ralph, Dan|date=12 August 2000}}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
== Background and family == Scatter the Gold was bred in Canada by Sam-Son Farm. He was sired by the great Mr. Prospector, and out of the 1991 Canadian Triple Crown winning filly Dance Smartly. Alongside Scatter the Gold, Dance Smartly also produced 2001 Queen's Plate winner, filly Dancethruthedawn.<ref name="2nd" />
An article in ''The Globe and Mail'' on Dance Smartly's death described Scatter the Gold as "a big handsome colt with his mother's peel-me-a-grape attitude".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/beloved-dance-smartly-put-to-rest/article692159/|title=Beloved Dance Smartly put to rest|date=22 August 2007|work=The Globe and Mail|author=Smith, Beverley}}</ref>
== Racing career == The Queen's Plate was Scatter the Gold's first win and fifth start.<ref name=can/> Because of his winless record and his lack of recent racing experience, the colt was not expected to be a serious contender. However, he won by 4-1/4 lengths after passing the frontrunners near the eighth post.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/scatter-the-gold-takes-queen-s-plate-1.208730|date=25 June 2000|title=Scatter the Gold takes Queen's Plate|publisher=CBC}}</ref> In the Prince of Wales Stakes, he had such a poor start that his jockey feared he may have grabbed a quarter, and he was fourth of seven horses at the top of the final stretch. Nevertheless, he overtook all three leaders to win the race by a neck. Kabel later remarked, "He had me pretty worried. I didn't think we were going to get any part of it until down the backside he started to run hard".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/scatter-the-gold-captures-prince-of-wales-stakes-1.247945|publisher=CBC|date=24 July 2000|title=Scatter the Gold captures Princes of Wales Stakes}}</ref>
Coming into the Breeders' Stake, Scatter the Gold was a favourite to win the Triple Crown. He did not exhibit his usual late burst of speed, and lost by three lengths to Lodge Hill and a neck behind Master Stuart.<ref name=can/> Lodge Hill had earlier finished sixth in the Queen's Plate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/703/scatter-the-gold-denied-in-breeders-stakes|work=Blood-Horse|title=Scatter the Gold denied in Breeders' Stakes|date=12 August 2000}}</ref>
== Retirement == After the Breeders' Stake, with total winnings of $845,854,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/scatter+the+gold|title=Scatter The Gold Horse Pedigree|last=Michelson|first=Miles|website=www.pedigreequery.com|access-date=2017-07-03}}</ref> Scatter the Gold was retired and sold to a Japanese breeder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/2179/scatter-the-gold-to-japan|work=Blood-Horse|date=12 December 2000|title=Scatter the Gold to Japan}}</ref> Standing at Shizunai Stallion Station, he has since sired a number of racehorses.<ref>See list at [http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000626597/sire/progeny/0000/?belong=&sort=name&order=A&page=1 JBIS]</ref>
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Category:1997 racehorse births Category:Racehorses bred in Canada Category:Racehorses trained in Canada Category:Thoroughbred family 23-b