# Southern Image > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Southern_Image > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Southern_Image.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Image > Source revision: 1319302127 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Southern Image** (foaled April 7, 2000) is a millionaire American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse and successful sire. He was bred in [Florida](/source/Florida) by [Arthur I. Appleton](/source/Arthur_I._Appleton) He finished racing with a record of 6-1-1 in 8 starts and earnings of [$](/source/United_States_dollar)1,843,750. Southern Image was best known for his 2004 wins in the grade one [Pimlico Special](/source/Pimlico_Special) and the grade one [Santa Anita Handicap](/source/Santa_Anita_Handicap) which made him the third ever to win both prestigious races on separate coasts of the United States. The others were [Farma Way](/source/Farma_Way) and [Seabiscuit](/source/Seabiscuit).[2] He also won the Florida/California Sunshine Millions Classic and the grade 1 Malibu Stakes. ## Two-year-old season Southern Image was sold as a two-year-old for $300,000, the second-highest-priced horse at the Ocala Breeders' Sale in March 2003 two-year-old in training sale. He raced only once late in his two-year-old season and won a maiden special weight race at 6 1⁄2 furlongs at [Santa Anita Park](/source/Santa_Anita_Park) by three lengths. He earned $28,800. ## Three-year-old season At age three, Southern Image started the season with a third-place finish in a [Triple Crown](/source/United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing) prep race to [Breeders' Cup Juvenile](/source/Breeders'_Cup_Juvenile) runner-up Kafwain in the $150,000 grade two [San Vicente Stakes](/source/San_Vicente_Stakes) at Santa Anita. During that race, he sustained a slight injury and had to be rested over the next five months. He came back to the track and won an allowance race in August 2003 at 8 1⁄2 furlongs at [Del Mar Racetrack](/source/Del_Mar_Racetrack). In December, Southern Image scored his biggest victory of the year in the $250,000 grade two [Malibu Stakes](/source/Malibu_Stakes) at seven furlongs at Santa Anita over Midas Eyes. He finished the year with a record of (3): 2-0-1 and earnings of $202,800.[3] ## Four-year-old season In January 2004, Southern Image won the $1,000,000 stakes called the [Sunshine Millions Classic](/source/Sunshine_Millions_Classic) at nine furlongs at Santa Anita by three lengths over Excess Summer and The Judge Sez Who. In March, he won the $1,000,000 grade one [Santa Anita Handicap](/source/Santa_Anita_Handicap) at ten furlongs at Santa Anita Park in a time of 2:01.64 over Island Fashion and Saint Buddy. In May, Southern Image was shipped 3,000 miles east to run in the $600,000 grade one [Pimlico Special](/source/Pimlico_Special) at "Old Hilltop" in [Baltimore, Maryland](/source/Baltimore,_Maryland). He came into the Special off four straight victories at Santa Anita. The field was depleted on race day by the scratch of dual classic winner [Funny Cide](/source/Funny_Cide). The race also included the [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes) runner-up [Midway Road](/source/Midway_Road), grade one winner [Evening Attire](/source/Evening_Attire_(horse)), graded stakes winner Bowman's Band, and Dynever, who finished third in the prior year's [Breeders' Cup Classic](/source/Breeders'_Cup_Classic). Southern Image went off as the favorite at 9-5 because of his "Big Cap" score. He broke well and assumed the lead passing the stands for the first time. Going around the famous club house turn at [Pimlico Race Course](/source/Pimlico_Race_Course), jockey [Victor Espinoza](/source/Victor_Espinoza) took hold. Throughout the backstretch and around the far turn in a 1/2 mile of :47, Southern Image sat back in second just off the right rear flank of leader Midway Road. At the top of the lane, he fought back a challenge from Bowman's Band and wore down the leader. He recorded a Beyer speed figure of 119 and a #1 on the Ragozian sheets and finished the mile and 3/16 race on dirt in 1:55.4, defeating runner-up Midway Road by 1-1/2 lengths, with third-place finisher Bowman's Band another 2 1/2 lengths behind them. One month later, Southern Image finished second in the $800,000 grade one [Stephen Foster Handicap](/source/Stephen_Foster_Handicap) at [Churchill Downs](/source/Churchill_Downs). He lost to Colonial Colony by a nose and defeated multiple graded stakes winner [Perfect Drift](/source/Perfect_Drift). He concluded his four-year-old season in 2004 with a record of (4): 3-1-0 and earnings of $1,612,150. ## Retirement Southern Image stands at Taylor Made Farm in [Nicholasville, Kentucky](/source/Nicholasville,_Kentucky). He is also standing during the [Southern Hemisphere](/source/Southern_Hemisphere) season at Widden Stud, Australia, beginning in 2006. ## References 1. ["Southern Image pedigree"](https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=5465164®istry=T&horse_name=Southern%20Image&dam_name=Pleasant%20Dixie&foaling_year=2000&nicking_stats_indicator=Y). equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-12-20. 1. Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database;[\[1\]](http://www.pedigreequery.com/southern+image). 1. 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