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Lion Heart

America

Lion Heart

Chesnut 2001 15.3 hh
Tale of The Cat - Satin Sunrise

Distance won over: 6f. to 9f.

One of the best 2-y-o’s in U.S.A. - unbeaten winner of the G1 Hollywood Futurity & the G3 Hollywood Prevue in record time. One of the best 3-y-o’s in U.S.A. - won the G1 Haskell, the G3 Long Branch and second in the G1 Kentucky Derby. By Tale of the Cat, a Champion sire & one of the best sires by Storm Cat. 1/2-brother to G3 winner French Satin. His dam is a SW & won 23 races. He is off to a fantastic start with his first crop 2yo's in 2008, with 26 individual winners and 3 stakes winners including Gr.2 winner Azul Leon.

Fee for 2009: $20,000

UNBEATEN GRADE 1 WINNER AT 2
 
1st        Hollywood Futurity – Gr.1, 8 1/2f., Hollywood Park by 3 1/2 lengths from St Averil and That’s An Outrage.
 
1st        Hollywood Prevue Stakes – Gr.3, 7f., Hollywood Park by 6 lengths in record time from Cooperation and Voladero.
 
1st        Maiden, 6f., Santa Anita by 1 length from Boomzeeboom and Preachinatthebar.
 
Rated 123 on Experimental Free Handicap
 
 
GRADE 1 WINNER & CLASSIC PLACED AT 3
 
1st        Haskell Invitational – Gr.1, 9f., Monmouth Park by a length from My Snookie’s Boy and Pies Prospect.
 
1st        Long Branch Breeders’ Cup Stakes – Gr.3, 8 1/2f., Monmouth Park from My Snookie’s Boy and Royal     
            Assault.
 
2nd       Kentucky Derby – Gr.1, 10f., Churchill Downs beaten 2 3/4 lengths by Smarty Jones with Imperialism third.
 
2nd       Toyota Blue Grass Stakes – Gr.1, 9f., Keeneland beaten 1/2 length by The Cliff’s Edge with Limehouse third.
 
2nd       San Rafael Stakes – Gr.2, 8f., Santa Anita beaten a neck by Imperialism with Consecrate third.
 
4th        Preakness Stakes – Gr.1, 9 1/2f., Pimlico to Smarty Jones, Rock Hard Ten and Eddington.