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White Abarrio (born 18 March 2019) is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2022 he won the Florida Derby and competed against the best three-year-olds in the US. In 2023, as a four-year old, he won the Grade I Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park .
Only three horses in the Derby had previously raced on an "off" track, and such precipitation had the chance to alter the race dynamics. [36] However, the rain held off. By the time horses reached the post, the weather at Churchill Downs was 62 °F (17 °C) with cloudy skies and 10 mph (16 km/h) winds. The track condition was listed as fast. [37]
The first running was won in track record time of 1:55 4 ⁄ 5 by Iceberg II, who was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Horatio Luro and ridden by Jorge Contreras. [3] Later Iceberg II would be enthroned as US Champion Male Turf Horse for 1953. [4] Within the first few years the event with its impressive stakes gave turf ...
In 1940 the distance was extended to 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles for two runnings in which Joe DeSoto's Steel Heels won both events including setting a new track record in 1941. [4] In October 1942, Keeneland held its last meeting due to the track being closed during World War II , the event was run as the Lexington Purse over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 ...
Rich Strike ran in the Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs on Friday, November 22, 2022, on his reported favorite track for the 1 1/8 mile G1 race. The day before the race he was the favorite at 2:1 odds. It was his first 3-week turnaround. Sonny Leon rode. The horse did not do well, finished at the back of the pack.
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From post six in a field of ten, he was sent to the lead in the first quarter-mile. On the sealed, muddy track, he shook off his competition, extending his lead before being geared down by jockey Jose Ortiz to win by 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 lengths in a time 1:09.56. [6] His connections then entered Fierceness in the Grade I Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct ...