Well Armed is a retired (as of Feb 2011) American Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 racehorse

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 sired by Tiznow

Tiznow

Tiznow is an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse owned by Michael L. Cooper and Cee's Stable.-Pedigree:...

 out of the stakes winning mare

Mare (horse)

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. However, in Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old; in harness racing a mare is a...

 Well-Dressed which places Seattle Slew

Seattle Slew

Seattle Slew was an American Thoroughbred race horse who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, the tenth of eleven horses to accomplish the feat. He remains the only horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S...

 on the top and bottom of his pedigree. Bred and owned by WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm

WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky. Formerly known as Prestonwood Farm, it was owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R...

, he is trained by Eoin Harty

Eoin G. Harty

Eoin G. Harty is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer in the United States. From a family of horsemen, Eoin Harty is the fourth generation to be involved in racing...

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Well Armed raced in England

England

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 but was laid up with a fractured pelvis after finishing eleventh in the 2006 UAE Derby

UAE Derby

The UAE Derby is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,800 metres on the Tapeta at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. It takes place annually during the Dubai World Cup Night in late March.It was first run in 2000 and attained...

 in Dubai

Dubai

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. He did not race again until the fall of 2007 when he finished fourth in his American debut in an Allowance race at California's

California

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 Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park

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His most important win to date came on March 28, 2009 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse is a former Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates opened in 1986. It has a 2,200 metre left-handed dirt race track and a left-handed turf course of the same distance...

 when he won the Grade 1

Graded stakes race

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 $6 Million Dollar Dubai World Cup

Dubai World Cup

The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and from 2010 at the Meydan Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates...

 by a record 14-lengths over Gloria De Campeao. Well Armed has been ridden in all of his starts in the United States

United States

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 by Aaron Gryder

Aaron Gryder

Aaron Tod Gryder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Growing up fifteen minutes away from the Santa Anita racetrack, as a boy Gryder had no contact with horses other than his father and his grandparents' interest in attending the nearby races...

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Well Armed is behind current earnings of John Henry and Lava Man and may be the second gelding to surpass the $6 million dollar zone.

In the annual San Diego Handicap on August 2nd 2009, Well Armed made his first debut there since the Dubai World Cup in March. Unfortunately the winner turned out to be Informed. As mentioned on NTRA, Informed ran down a loose on lead to Mast Track in the final strides to win by a nose ahead on Sunday at Del Mar in the Grade 2, $250,000 San Diego Handicap.

Soon after the last place disappointment, Well Armed was found to have a small chip in his left front ankle and has had surgery on it. Well Armed was sent to the Alamo Pintado Clinic near Solvang, Calif., where the chip was discovered.