AWESOME GEM
- Sire: Awesome Again
- Dam: Piano
- Sex: Gelding
- Year of Birth: 2003
- Trainer: Craig Dollase
- Location: Hollywood
GRADE 1 WINNER / MULTIPLE GRADED STAKES WINNER
Awesome Gem is West Point Thoroughbreds' all time leading money earner. His recent victory in the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) pushed his career earnings to $2,274,682.
This chestnut son of Awesome Again has competed in the Breeders' Cup races three consecutive years, and is one of the top older horses in the country.
In 2009, Awesome Gem won the Hawthorne Gold Cup (G2). Also in 2009, he won a tough Del Mar allowance, was second in both the Eddie Read Handicap (G1) and the Longacres Mile (G3), and was third in the Berkley Stakes (G3).
This seven-year-old gelding has hit the board in fifteen-graded stakes races, including five Grade I's, and won the Grade II San Fernando Stakes in 2007. He also finished second in both the Pacific Classic (G1) and the Goodwood (G1) in 2007. He culminated that year with a third place finish behind Curlin in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
