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Lion Heart

Australia

Lion Heart

Chestnut 2001 15.3 hh
Tale of The Cat - Satin Sunrise

Distance won over: 1200m to 1800m.

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. His first crop are 2yos of 2008 - 2009.

Fee for 2008: $16,500

UNBEATEN GRADE 1 WINNER AT 2

1stHollywood Futurity - Gr.1, 8½f., Hollywood Park by 3½ lengths from St Averil and That’s An Outrage.
1stHollywood Prevue Stakes - Gr.3, 7f., Hollywood Park by 6 lengths in record time from Cooperation and Voladero.
1stMaiden, 6f., Santa Anita by 1 length from Boomzeeboom and Preachinatthebar.

Rated 123 on Experimental Free Handicap

GRADE 1 WINNER & CLASSIC PLACED AT 3

1stHaskell Invitational H. - Gr.1, 9f., Monmouth Park by a length from My Snookie’s Boy and Pies Prospect.
1stLong Branch Breeders’ Cup Stakes - Gr.3, 8½f., Monmouth Park by a head from My Snookie’s Boy and Royal Assault.
2ndKentucky Derby - Gr.1, 10f., Churchill Downs beaten 2¾ lengths by Smarty Jones with Imperialism third.
2ndToyota Blue Grass Stakes - Gr.1, 9f., Keeneland beaten ½ length by The Cliff’s Edge with Limehouse third.
2ndSan Rafael Stakes - Gr.2, 8f., Santa Anita beaten a neck by Imperialism with Consecrate third.
4thPreakness Stakes - Gr.1, 9½f., Pimlico to Smarty Jones, Rock Hard Ten and Eddington.