A Bit O'Gold

A Bit O'Gold (foaled 2001 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.

A Bit O'Gold
Sire	Gold Fever
Grandsire	Forty Niner
Dam	Annasan
Damsire	Corporate Report
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	2001
Country	Canada
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Beclawat Stable
Owner	The Two Bit Racing Stable
Trainer	Catherine Day Phillips
Record	18: 10-3-2
Earnings	$1,888,155
Major wins
Coronation Futurity (2003) Plate Trial Stakes (2004) Ontario Derby (2004) Dominion Day Handicap (2005) Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes (2005) Sky Classic Handicap (2005) Canadian Classic Race wins: Prince of Wales Stakes (2004) Breeders' Stakes (2004)
Awards
Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (2004) Canadian Champion Older Male Horse (2005) Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse (2005) Canadian Horse of the Year (2005)

Background edit

A Bit O'Gold was sired by Grade I winner Gold Fever, a son of the 1987 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Forty Niner, out of the mare, Annasan,

Equally effective racing on both dirt and grass, A Bit O'Gold began racing at age two in 2003 for owner/trainer Catherine Day Phillips. He won his first three starts, including the important Coronation Futurity Stakes in early November. At age three, the gelding won two of the three races comprising the Canadian Triple Crown series. After winning the Plate Trial, A Bit O'Gold finished second in the Queen's Plate, then won the Prince of Wales Stakes and on turf, the third leg of the Triple Crown, the Breeders' Stakes. A Bit O'Gold's 2004 performances earned him the Sovereign Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse.

At age four, A Bit O'Gold won important Canadian races on dirt and on grass that resulted in three Sovereign Awards, including for Canadian Horse of the Year.

In May 2006, A Bit O'Gold was retired to Kingfield Farms in Maple, Ontario.