Team Valor Stable LLC is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Thoroughbred horse racing stable

Stable

A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals...

 based in Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,511 people, 3,160 households, and 2,110 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,330 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.18% White, 8.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.35%...

. It was founded by Barry Irwin

Barry Irwin

Barry Howard Irwin is the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing stable of Team Valor International in Versailles, Kentucky...

 and Jeff Siegel who create partnerships (syndicates) with racing enthusiasts to race 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...

 horses at major racing venues, primarily in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

.

In early July 2007, Barry Irwin acquired the equity position held by Jeff Siegel and changed the name of the operation to Team Valor International.

In keeping with the new name, Team Valor became more internationally focused as Irwin proposed to seek out more excellent stock abroad, having proven earlier that it could be just as lucrative and exciting as finding runners in North America.

In 2011, Team Valor's colt Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom (horse)

Animal Kingdom by the Brazilian-bred Leroidesanimaux out of the German mare Dalicia is a Thoroughbred race horse, notable for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 7, 2011 before a record crowd of 164,858...

 won the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

.

International champions

Under the guidance of stable manager Barry Irwin, Team Valor has campaigned 14 International Champions and Highweightsg:

• Ipi Tombe
  Ipi Tombe
  Ipi Tombe is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was bred by Peter J. Moor, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association of Zimbabwe...
  
  (Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
  
  ) -- Horse of the Year in Dubai
  Dubai
  Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
  
  
• Sweet Stream (Italy
  Italy
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  ) -- Top-weighted Staying Mare at age 5 in England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
  
• Free At Last (USA) -- Champion Colt at age 2 in Canada
  Canada
  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
  
• Added Edge (USA) -- Champion Colt at 2 in Canada
• Becrux (Italy) -- Champion Colt at 2 in Italy
• Carnadore (South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  ) -- Champion Colt at 2 in South Africa
• Russian Sage (S. Africa) -- Champion Colt at 3 in South Africa
• Captain's Lover (S. Africa) -- Champion Filly at 3 in South Africa
• Irridescence (S. Africa) -- Champion Filly at 3 in South Africa
• Torgau (Ireland
  Ireland
  Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
  
  ) -- Cartier Racing Award in England, top-weighted 2yo filly in Ireland
• Star of Cozzene
  Star of Cozzene
  Star of Cozzene is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won on both dirt and turf.A descendant of Nearco through both his sire and his dam, he won the 1991 Kelso Handicap at New York's Belmont Park. In 1992 his owners, Clover Racing Stables, sent him to trainer Francois Boutin to race in...
  
  (USA) -- Top-weighted 3yo colt on turf in USA
• Political Ambition (USA) -- Top-weighted 3yo colt on turf in USA
• Prized
  Prized
  Prized is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf in his first start on grass. His other most notable victory was a win over Sunday Silence in the 1989 Grade II Swaps Stakes. Prized also lost to by Hall of Fame Champion Easy Goer by over 20 lengths in the 1989 Jockey...
  
  (USA) -- Top-weighted 3yo colt on turf in USA

Regional champions to race for Team Valor include:

• Prized
  Prized
  Prized is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf in his first start on grass. His other most notable victory was a win over Sunday Silence in the 1989 Grade II Swaps Stakes. Prized also lost to by Hall of Fame Champion Easy Goer by over 20 lengths in the 1989 Jockey...
  
  (USA) -- Horse of the Year and Champion 3yo Colt in Florida
• Cashier's Dream (USA) -- Horse of the Year in Michigan
• Thomas Jo (USA) -- Horse of the Year and Champion 3yo in Texas
• King of the Roxy (USA) -- Horse of the Year and Outstanding 3yo Colt in Ohio
• Golden Ballet (USA) -- Champion Filly at 3 in California
• Le Grande Danseur (USA) -- Champion Colt at 2 in New York
• Sally Bowles (South Africa) -- Champion Filly at 2 in Kwa-Zulu-Natal region SAF
• Stratos (South Africa) -- Champion Older Mare in Highveld region SAF

Team Valor has campaigned 23 individual Grade 1 winners around the globe:

• Animal Kingdom
  Animal Kingdom (horse)
  Animal Kingdom by the Brazilian-bred Leroidesanimaux out of the German mare Dalicia is a Thoroughbred race horse, notable for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 7, 2011 before a record crowd of 164,858...
  
   (USA)
• Becrux (Italy)
• Captain Bodgit (USA)
• Captain's Lover (South Africa)
• Carnadore (South Africa)
• Cashier’s Dream (USA)
• Gitano Hernando (USA)
• Golden Ballet (USA)
• Gypsy's Warning (USA)
• Ipi Tombe
  Ipi Tombe
  Ipi Tombe is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was bred by Peter J. Moor, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association of Zimbabwe...
  
   (Zim)
• Irridescence (South Africa)
• Little Miss Magic (South Africa)
• Martial Law (Great Briatin)
• On Her Toes (South Africa)
• Political Ambition (USA)
• Prized
  Prized
  Prized is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf in his first start on grass. His other most notable victory was a win over Sunday Silence in the 1989 Grade II Swaps Stakes. Prized also lost to by Hall of Fame Champion Easy Goer by over 20 lengths in the 1989 Jockey...
  
   (USA)
• Russian Sage (South Africa)
• Star of Cozzene (USA)
• Stratos (South Africa)
• Sweet Stream (Italy)
• The Deputy (Ireland)
• Unbridled Belle (USA)
• Visionaire (USA)

Graded races

International Grade 1 victories earned by Team Valor runners include:

• Allan Robertson Stakes (South Africa)
• Arlington Million
  Arlington Million
  The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flathorse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward. It is raced over a distance of 1¼ miles on the turf at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois in August each year...
  
   (USA)
• Beldame Stakes (USA)
• The Breeders Cup Turf (USA)
• The Cape Fillies Guineas (South Africa)
• Daily News 2000 Stakes (South Africa)
• Dubai Duty Free Stakes (United Arab Emirates)
• Audemars Piquet Queen Elizabeth II Cup
  Queen Elizabeth II Cup
  The Queen Elizabeth II Cup is a Group One Thoroughbred horse race at Sha Tin Racecourse in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1975 by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, it is run annually in April at a distance of 2,000 metres on turf. Prior to 1997 it was run at 2,200 metres...
  
   (Hong Kong)
• Empress Club Stakes (South Africa) (twice)
• Florida Derby
  Florida Derby
  The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt...
  
   (USA)
• Golden Medallion (South Africa)
• Goodwood Handicap (USA)
• Hollywood Derby
  Hollywood Derby
  The Hollywood Derby is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November/early December at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The race is open to horses, age three willing to race a mile and a quarter on turf. It currently offers a purse of ...
  
   (USA)
• Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap (USA)
• Kentucky Derby
  Kentucky Derby
  The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
  
   (USA)
• King's Bishop Stakes (USA)
• Las Virgenes Stakes
  Las Virgenes Stakes
  The Las Virgenes Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade I event run at a distance of one mile on dirt, it is open to three-year-old fillies and currently offers a purse of $250,000.-Records:Speed record:*...
  
   (USA)
• Man o’War Stakes (USA)
• Molson Export Million (Canada)
• Prix Vermeille
  Prix Vermeille
  The Prix Vermeille is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.-History:The event was established in 1897, and it...
  
   (France)
• SA Fillies Classic (South Africa)
• San Luis Rey Stakes (USA)
• Santa Anita Derby
  Santa Anita Derby
  The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $1 million. Inaugurated in 1935, it is considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby...
  
   (USA)
• Santa Anita Handicap
  Santa Anita Handicap
  The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up , and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season...
  
   (USA)
• Santa Anita Oaks
  Santa Anita Oaks
  Santa Anita Oaks is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to three-year-old fillies willing to race 8.5 furlongs on the dirt, it currently offers a purse of $300,000.Inaugurated in 1935 as a race for two-year-olds,...
  
   (USA)
• Spinaway Stakes
  Spinaway Stakes
  The Spinaway Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to two-year-old fillies, it is a Grade I event contested at a distance of seven furlongs on dirt...
  
   (USA)
• Woodbine Mile
  Woodbine Mile
  The Woodbine Mile is a Grade I stakes race on turf for Thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up held annually in mid September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada...
  
   (Canada)
• Woolavington Stakes (South Africa)

Team Valor horses have also placed (second or third) in these races:

• Kentucky Derby
  Kentucky Derby
  The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
  
   (USA)
• Preakness Stakes
  Preakness Stakes
  The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...
  
   (USA)
• Belmont Stakes
  Belmont Stakes
  The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile horse race, open to three year old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ; fillies carry 121 pounds...
  
   (USA) (twice)
• Kentucky Oaks
  Kentucky Oaks
  The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers 1⅛ miles at Churchill Downs; the horses carry 121 pounds . The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby each year...
  
   (USA)
• Breeders Cup Mile (USA)
• Santa Anita Derby
  Santa Anita Derby
  The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $1 million. Inaugurated in 1935, it is considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby...
  
   (USA)
• Ashland Stakes
  Ashland Stakes
  The Ashland Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It and the Ashland Oaks, the Kentucky Association racetrack's predecessor race, were named for Ashland, the homestead and breeding farm of statesman...
  
   (USA)
• Beldame Stakes (USA)
• Beverly D. Stakes
  Beverly D. Stakes
  The Beverly D. Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upward.The Beverly D. Stakes is the fillies' counterpart of the Arlington Million and is raced on the same day and on the same turf course at Arlington Park, Arlington...
  
   (USA)
• Carter Handicap
  Carter Handicap
  The Carter Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack. Open to horses three-years-old and up, it is raced over a distance of seven furlongs....
  
   (USA)
• Del Mar Oaks
  Del Mar Oaks
  The Del Mar Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf...
  
   (USA)
• Eddie Read Handicap
  Eddie Read Handicap
  The Eddie Read Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second half of July at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Open to horses age three and older, it is raced at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on turf...
  
   (USA)
• Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes
  Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes
  The Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes is an American Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares run in early October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York...
  
   (USA)
• Frizette Stakes
  Frizette Stakes
  The Frizette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced annually at Belmont Park in the late fall. It is currently a Grade I stakes race at as distance of one mile. The Frizette is the female counterpart of the Champagne Stakes.The race is currently part of the...
  
   (USA)
• Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes
  Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes
  The Hollywood Turf Cup is an American stakes race for thoroughbred horses at Hollywood Park Racetrack. A Grade I event, it is open to horses, age three and up, and run at a distance of one and one-half miles. The Hollywood Turf Cup offers a purse of $250,000....
  
   (USA)
• Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap (USA)
• Jerome Handicap
  Jerome Handicap
  The Jerome Stakes is a Grade II race for thoroughbred horses run each fall at one mile on the dirt at Belmont Park. It is open to three-year-olds and carries a purse of $150,000. The race is a prep race to several races of the Breeders' Cup....
  
   (USA)
• John A. Morris Handicap (USA)
• King's Bishop Stakes (USA)
• Las Virgenes Stakes
  Las Virgenes Stakes
  The Las Virgenes Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade I event run at a distance of one mile on dirt, it is open to three-year-old fillies and currently offers a purse of $250,000.-Records:Speed record:*...
  
   (USA)
• Maskette Stakes (USA)
• Personal Ensign Handicap
  Personal Ensign Handicap
  The Personal Ensign Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to fillies and Mares age three and older, it is contested at a distance of one and one-quarter miles on dirt .Since...
  
   (USA) (twice)
• Q Elizabeth II Challenge S. (USA)
• Santa Ana Handicap
  Santa Ana Handicap
  The Santa Ana Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race run at annually Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the third week of March. The race is open to fillies and mares, age four and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the turf....
  
   (USA)
• Spinaway Stakes
  Spinaway Stakes
  The Spinaway Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to two-year-old fillies, it is a Grade I event contested at a distance of seven furlongs on dirt...
  
   (USA)
• Suburban Handicap
  Suburban Handicap
  The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on dirt for a $400,000 purse....
  
   (USA)
• Turf Classic Stakes (USA)
• Vanity Handicap
  Vanity Handicap
  The Vanity Invitational Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California....
  
   (USA)
• Vosburgh Stakes
  Vosburgh Stakes
  The Vosburgh Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Run at the end of September/early October, it is open to horses three-years-old and up of either gender...
  
   (USA) (twice)
• German Oaks (Germany)
• Moyglare Stud Stakes
  Moyglare Stud Stakes
  The Moyglare Stud Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 7 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September.The event is named after its long-term sponsor,...
  
   (Ireland)
• Champions Cup (South Africa)
• Cheveley Park Stakes
  Cheveley Park Stakes
  The Cheveley Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October.The event was...
  
  (England)
• Gran Premio Jockey Club (Italy)
• SAF Fillies Guineas (South Africa)
• Golden Horseshoe (South Africa)
• Allan Robertson Championship (South Africa)
• Fancourt Majorca S. (South Africa)
• Paddock S. (South Africa) (twice)
• Triple Tiara S. (South Africa)
• Gomma Gomma Challenge (South Africa)