Court Vision (foaled March 27, 2005 in Kentucky) is a retired racehorse who was a five-time Grade I winner including the Breeders' Cup Mile.
Court Vision is a dark bay racehorse bred by William S. Farish of Lane's End Farm and Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership.
[1] Weekend Storm was a full sister to 1990 Preakness Stakes winner Summer Squall and a half-sister to 1992 Horse of the Year A.P.
WinStar president Doug Cauthen explained, "The point guard on a basketball team has to have court vision, to be athletic and intelligent, which we think he is.
At odds of 8–1, he trailed the early leaders while saving ground, then swung wide in the stretch and powered his way to win by half a length.
"[7] Court Vision's final start of the year was the Grade II Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack on November 24.
"[8] The two stakes wins made Court Vision one of the early favorites in the future wagering for the Kentucky Derby, along with the champion two-year-old colt War Pass and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Pyro.
[9] Court Vision made the first start of his three-year-old campaign in the Fountain of Youth Stakes on February 24, closing from far back to finish third.
[10] In the Derby however, Court Vision was bumped and carried wide into the first turn, then failed to mount his usual closing drive, finishing thirteenth.
On July 19 when racing on a firm turf course, he improved to finish second in the Grade II Virginia Derby, losing by a nose to Gio Ponti.
[12] Mott decided to switch the colt back to dirt for the Travers Stakes, but Court Vision finished sixth after a wide trip.
[13] On October 4, Mott switched Court Vision back to turf in the Jamaica Handicap at Aqueduct, where he beat Gio Ponti by 3⁄4 of a length after an eventful trip.
Sure enough, Gio Ponti was second around the turn and had to check again... (Court Vision) drew off pretty nicely on the last part and we certainly had a great trip as well.
He returned to the track in October, now trained by Richard Dutrow, and won the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes by a nose over Karelian.
"[3] In 2010, Court Vision raced seven times and earned two Grade I wins in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap and the Woodbine Mile.
Court Vision and Turallure were in tenth and thirteenth position at the quarter-pole but accelerated rapidly while racing wide, catching Goldikova in deep stretch.
Tillson said Court Vision should fit well with the speed-oriented mares that dominate the breeding programs in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.
[19] In November 2016, his son King and His Court won the prestigious Coronation Futurity for Canadian-bred two-year-olds to become his leading earner.
[21] In 2020, Court Vision's son Art Collector won the Ellis Park Derby and Blue Grass Stakes.