in the $55,000 Lincoln Handicap at Ruidoso Downs, thereby beating the modern standing record. The Lincoln Handicap was a restricted six furlong race which the mare won in 2007 by one and three-quarters lengths. Peppers Pride would have been the 127-pound top weight, carrying at least 11 pounds more than any other horse entered. July 27 was her owner's 62nd birthday. But the track was inundated with rain from Hurricane Dolly just before the day of the race, and Peppers Pride did not run. In a six-furlong allowance race at Zia Park on October 4, 2008, she succeeded in her attempt to set the record for consecutive wins. Bringing out a capacity crowd, her record over the Hobbs oval at Zia was then seven-for-seven. After this, Peppers Pride was pointed again to the New Mexico Cup Championship for Fillies and Mares. On the November 9, 2008, New Mexico Cup Day (with its $2 million in purses making that program the richest day for any state-bred racing program), she exceeded by 2 races the highest number of consecutive wins by any American Thoroughbred. Racing four wide, she made her move under Madeira in the final turn of the one-mile event, then was pressed by the pacesetter, La Sorpressa, but held her off by one length in a time of 1:38.20. On December 14, 2008, Peppers Pride gave 7 to 12 pounds against a field in the $125,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap. By winning, she extended her record to 19 straight victories. Allen announced he had retired his mare on January 16, 2009. "She’s smart, and you can rate her; you can really do anything with her,” Allen said. “She just seems like she wants to win. She’s a wonderful mare. We would love to retire her undefeated, but more than anything else, we want to retire her sound; she’s been so good to us. We’ve had a little criticism for not running her in open company and not running her in this or that and all this other stuff. But Joel Marr said it best, ‘If it’s so easy, I’m surprised there haven’t been 100 of them like her.’” Peppers Pride won the horseraceinsider.com award for Overachiever of the Year 2008 Insider Award: "To the history making little New Mexico-bred filly that could, Peppers Pride." Breeding record Peppers Pride was bred to Tiznow in 2009 but lost the foal.