Saturday, May 5, 2012

Successful Dan breaks track record in Alysheba


LOUISVILLE, KY (Friday, May 4, 2012) – Morton Fink’s Successful Dan wore down Fort Larned in deep stretch to win the ninth running of the $337,800 Alysheba Presented by Besilu Stables (Grade II) by a length in track record time Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs.

        Successful Dan ran the 1 1/16 miles on a fast main track in 1:41.04 to break the track record of 1:41.27 established by Brass Hat on July 8, 2007 and shattered the stakes record of 1:42.32 established by Limehouse in 2005.

        Ridden by Julien Leparoux and trained by Charles Lopresti, Successful Dan won for the second time in two 2012 starts following a layoff of 17 months because of injury.

        A 6-year-old gelded son of Successful Appeal out of the Wolf Power mare Lisa Danielle, Successful Dan was making his first appearance at Churchill Downs since being disqualified from victory in the 2010 Clark Handicap (GI).

        Longshot Plutonium set the pace, but was collared leaving the backstretch by Fort Larned under Javier Castellano. At the head of the lane, Fort Larned turned back a bid from Mucho Macho Man, the third-place finisher in last year’s Kentucky Derby, but could not fend off Successful Dan 
       
        The victory was worth $203,153 and increased Successful Dan’s career earnings to $596,608 with a record of 10-7-1-1.

        Successful Dan returned $10.20, $5 and $3.20. Fort Larned returned $6.20 and $3.60 with Mucho Macho Man, finishing six lengths back under Ramon Dominguez, returning $2.80 to show.

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