Chestnut filly by Dixieland Band-Winter’s Gone by Dynaformer
Owner:J. Paul Reddam, Pablo Suarez, and Mark Schlessinger.
Trainer: Doug O’Neill

Last Race: Las Virgenes (G1), February 12, 2005
Next Race: TBA
Horsehats.com FastFact: Sharp Lisa is the 100th stakes winner sired by the great stallion Dixieland Band.

At 2
2nd Hollywood Futurity G1
2nd Alcibiades G2

At 3
WON Las Virgenes G1
WON Santa Ynez G2

Even after only one race, Sharp Lisa looked like a special filly. Her win in a maiden race at Calder last September attracted attention from many of the top outfits in the country. Luckily for J. Paul Reddam, his partners and his trainer Doug O’Neill, he was the highest bidder.

“My brother found her and then we had to have her after we found out she was for sale,” said trainer Doug O’Neill. “I saw the video of her maiden win at Calder and she was just so impressive. It’s so rare a first time starter wins with the ease that she did. From that we could tell she was special.”

In her second lifetime start and first start for her new connections she was narrowly beaten in the G2 Alcibiades. She would close out her juvenile campaign by running second to the talented Splendid Blended in the G1 Hollywood Starlet.

In 2005 Sharp Lisa has really shone. She took the G2 Santa Ynez by and easy length and half for her first stakes win. Then she stepped back onto the grade one stage and won the Las Virgenes after a stretch-long duel with Memorette.

Sharp Lisa was bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm and was initially purchased for a bargain price of $50,000 at the 2003 Keeneland September Sale.