Pender Harbour (horse)

Pender Harbour (foaled 2008 in Ontario) was a Canadian National Champion Thoroughbred racehorse that, under jockey Luis Contreras, won two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown series in 2011 and was voted Canadian Three-Year-Old Champion Colt.^[1][2]

Pender Harbour
Sire	Philanthropist
Grandsire	Kris S.
Dam	Uproar
Damsire	Hail the Ruckus
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	2008
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Gardiner Farms
Owner	Dennis Andrews, Sandra Lazaruk, Robert & Roberta Giffin
Trainer	Michael P. De Paulo
Record	41: 12–10–8
Earnings	$$1,860,283
Major wins
Kingarvie Stakes (2010) Bunty Lawless Stakes (2011, 2012) Elgin Stakes (2012, 2014) Steady Growth Stakes (2012, 2014, 2015) Canadian Triple Crown: wins: Prince of Wales Stakes (2011) Breeders Stakes (2011)
Awards
Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (2011)

Racing career

Named for Pender Harbour, British Columbia, an unincorporated community within the Sunshine Coast Regional District, he raced for six years for his owners, winning eight other stakes races. The durable Pender Harbour competed for the last time on November 29, 2015, finishing second to Melmich in the mile and three-quarter Valedictory Stakes run in track record time. A gelding, after retirement he became a riding horse in Western Canada for his Alberta owners.^[3]