Strong Contender
Days Ride rallied from last place to break his maiden racing a flat mile over a 'good' track at Turfway Park on Jan. 27. The 4-year-old gelding by Strong Contender went off at odds of 7/10 in...
Batalha, a half-sister to Strong Contender, became stakes-placed at Santa Anita in just her third career start on Dec. 30. The 2-year-old filly by Smart Strike finished second in the $81,000 Blue...
National Contender has won three of his last six starts after capturing a mile and 70-yard route test over the main track on Dec. 3. The 3-year-old Strong Contender gelding, a Kentucky-bred, scored...
Making her first appearance in a stakes race, Awesome Fire came from well back in the pack and finished a fast-closing third in the $150,000, 1 1/16-mile Ontario Lassie over the...
Himler, a 3-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding by Strong Contender, battled up front for the entire 1 1/16 miles over the main track, and held the field safe to win by half a length on Nov. 2. The...
Latika Love won a three-way heated battle to the wire in a mile and one-sixteenth test at Parx Racing on Nov. 7, charging to the finish half a length in front. With veteran Jose Ferrer in the...
National Contender, a 3-year-old by Strong Contender, came from dead last in a field of eight racing a mile and 70 yards, made a powerful run into the stretch and won going away on Nov. 5....
Monyona, a New York-bred daughter of Strong Contender, stalked the early pace racing a mile and 70 yards on the main track on Oct. 31, made a quick move to take over the lead approaching the...
Emma Jayne Wilson was content to sit ninth and last for half a mile with Awesome Fire in a mile and 70-yard allowance race at Woodbine on Oct. 28, then let the filly loose while going six...
Cochinita, a 2-year-old Strong Contender filly bred in Kentucky by Debby Oxley, picked up her first victory on Oct. 21 in a maiden special at Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City....
Awesome Fire broke her maiden in her second start at Woodbine under Emma-Jayne Wilson on Sept. 15, coming from next-to-last to win by two widening lengths. The 2-year-old filly...
An eye-catching weanling filly from the second crop of Strong Contender caught attention on Day 3 of the annual Keeneland November Sale...
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