Trafalgar - Global, by Atlas
16.3hh Gray Colt
This guy has been an incredibly pleasant surprise from day one. His dam was definitely not the greatest race mare, and as a broodmare she had only produced one winner in three foals before Gibraltar. He's bred on the same cross as my graded stakes winner Sing Me Back Home.
Gibraltar initially galloped "wow", which is much more than I had hoped for, and once his equipment was figured out, he was a lightning fast worker. He's clocked two works in 59.00 at the five furlong distance and three in 1:10.56 going six panels.
G-man broke his maiden at first asking with a crazy fast time, and then I got a little ambitious. That's never worked out for me before. I have a young horse win big, enter it at a higher level, and it flops. But not him. Then, he took the Throwing Punches Stakes at Adolescent Acres by two lengths over Brandon McClellan's very nice colt Shoddy and Dave Mackay's Steward-bred Worlds Colliding. Color me giddy, and now I don't feel like I have to worry about putting him on the "favorite horses" list prematurely.
We didn't win the Hail the Queen, but came very close. And Gibraltar ran a 90. He is officially the fastest horse I've ever owned.
Closing his three-year-old year, Gibraltar was undefeated on the Asian circuit, but lost out to a very nice colt named Demand An Encore for Asian Champion Three-Year-Old. He won his first start at four, then was second behind the monster named Pingu two weeks later. He is going for the Desert Turf Classic.
13 Starts: 9 Wins, 2 Place, 1 Show $880,500
WON AT 2
Throwing Punches Stakes (1 1/16 miles, defeating Shoddy, Worlds Colliding, etc.) - 77 SF
Maiden Special Weight (1 1/16 miles, defeating Steel Toed, Snitcher, etc.) - 80 SF
2ND AT 2
Hail the Queen Stakes - G2 (1 1/4 miles, to Monster, defeating Rob Roy, etc.) - 90 SF
WON AT 3
Japanese St. Leger - G1 (1 7/8 miles, defeating Smoke Red Sun, Porthcuno, etc.) - 79 SF
Japanese Derby - G1 (1 1/2 miles, defeating Smoke Red Sun, Unfeated, etc.) - 75 SF
Tokyo Trial Stakes - G3 (1 3/8 miles, defeating Porthcuno, Hatchet Bearer, etc.) - 78 SF
Nakayama Turf Stakes (1 1/4 miles, defeating Down in the Sand, Whistle Pig, etc.) - 75 SF
3RD AT 3
Brisbane Derby - G1 (1 1/4 miles, to Monster, Pride of Atlantis) - 89 SF
WON AT 4
Hong Kong Champions Route - G1 (1 1/2 miles, defeating Stones in the Sand, Rob Roy, etc.) - 83 SF
Queen's Memorial Stakes - G3 (1 1/2 miles, defeating Rob Roy, Stones in the Sand, etc.) - 79 SF
Troubadour Stakes (1 7/8 miles, defeating Notable Act, Maltese Crichton, etc.) - 75 SF
2ND AT 4
Magic Carpet Stakes (2 miles, to Pingu, defeating Quite the Feat, etc.) - 81 SF
Next Race: Arc de Triomphe (G1)
Come on, he's 2x3 Banner awesomeness through Trafalgar and Atlas!
G says he is too!
Look for this amazingly handsome dude to hit the track again in the Brisbane Derby next week!