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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{No footnotes|date=April 2009}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Escena
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Strawberry Road]]
| grandsire = Whiskey Road
| dam = Claxton's Slew
| damsire = [[Seattle Slew]]
| sex = [[Filly]]
| foaled = 1993
| country = United States
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = [[Allen E. Paulson]]
| owner = Guy and Diane Snowden
| trainer = [[William I. Mott]]
| record = 29: 11-9-3
| earnings = [[United States dollar|US$]]2,962,639
| race = [[Fantasy Stakes]] (1996) [[John C. Mabee Handicap|Ramona Handicap]] (1997) [[Apple Blossom Handicap]] (1998) [[Vanity Invitational Handicap]] (1998) [[Louisville Stakes|Louisville Breeders' Cup Handicap]] (1998) [[Fleur de Lis Handicap]] (1998)

'''[[Breeders' Cup]] wins:''' [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] (1998)
| awards = [[American Champion Older Female Horse]] (1998)
| honours =
| updated=
}}
'''Escena''' (foaled 1993 in [[Kentucky]], died 2015) is an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. She had her best season as a five-year-old in 1998 when her wins included the [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]]. In that season she was voted [[American Champion Older Female Horse]] at the [[Eclipse Awards]].

==Background==
Bred and raced by [[Allen E. Paulson|Allen Paulson]], she was out of the mare Claxton's Slew, a daughter of 1977 [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] champion [[Seattle Slew]]. Her sire was the great international runner [[Strawberry Road]], who was the 1983 [[Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year]] and the 1984 [[German Champion Older Male Horse]]. Strawberry Road also sired Allen Paulson's Champion filly and 1997 [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] winner [[Ajina]]. Escena was trained by [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|U.S. Racing Hall of Fame]] inductee [[William I. Mott]].

==Racing career==
Escena raced from age two through age five. She won two of her three starts in her debut season at age two, then at age three earned her first [[Graded stakes race]] at [[Oaklawn Park]] in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]], in the 1996 [[Fantasy Stakes]]. After finishing second in three Grade I races in 1996, the following year she got her first Grade I win in the [[John C. Mabee Handicap|Ramona Handicap]] at [[Del Mar Racetrack]] in [[Del Mar, California]]. She went on to finish third in the 1997 [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] behind winner and stablemate [[Ajina]].

At age five, Escena blossomed into a racing star under [[jockey]] [[Jerry D. Bailey|Jerry Bailey]]. She won the Grades 1 [[Vanity Invitational Handicap|Vanity Invitational]] and [[Apple Blossom Handicap]]s plus at [[Churchill Downs]], and the Grades II [[Louisville Stakes|Louisville Breeders' Cup]] and [[Fleur de Lis Handicap]]s. She capped off her 1998 campaign with a win in the [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] and was voted [[American Champion Older Female Horse]] honors.

==Retirement==
Escena was retired at the end of her 1998 racing campaign and sold to Guy Snowden for $3.25 million at the January 1999 Horses of All Ages Sale at [[Keeneland Sales|Keeneland]]. It was the highest price ever paid for a broodmare or broodmare prospect in Keeneland's history. She remained in service at Allen Paulson's Brookside Farm (now Diamond A Farm) near [[Versailles, Kentucky]], where she was born and died of old age in 2015.

==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/escena Escena's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2000/February/07/Champion-Escena-delivers-first-foal.aspx February 07, 2000 ''Thoroughbred Times'' article titled ''Champion Escena delivers first foal'']

[[Category:1993 racehorse births]]
[[Category:2015 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 13-c]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
[[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
[[Category:Breeders' Cup Distaff winners]]

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