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April 26 worked four furlongs in :47.60, breezing over a fast track at Churchill Downs
April 21 worked five furlongs in :59.60, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
April 15 worked one mile in 1:40.00, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
April 7 worked one mile in 1:39.80, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
April 2 worked six furlongs in 1:14.60, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
March 26 worked four furlongs in :48.60, breezing over a fast track at Palm Meadows
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Graded Earnings: $346,860 (as of 5.01.04)
Race Record: 8-5-0-0
Read the Footnotes Barn Notes: Mandella Feels Front-Running Style Will Help Horse On Muddy Track
Read the Footnotes Barn Notes: Read the Footnotes Has "Effortless Breeze" At Churchill
Read the Footnotes Barn Notes: Violette Defends Decision To Train Read the Footnotes Up To Derby
Read the Footnotes Barn Notes: Read the Footnotes Breezes At Churchill Downs
Read the Footnotes Update: Read the Footnotes Works "Spectacular"
Read the Footnotes Update: Albarado Named To Ride Read the Footnotes
Read the Footnotes Update: Read the Footnotes Works At Palm Meadows
Read the Footnotes Update: Read The Footnotes Prevails In Fountain Of Youth
Read the Footnotes News: Read the Footnotes Victorious In Thrilling Fountain Of Youth |
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Completed a sweep to the 2YO fall stakes at Aqueduct, winning the 1 1/8 miles Remsen by 3 3/4 lengths November 29
Won the one mile Nashua Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct November 2
Finished sixth, beaten 15 lengths, in the Champagne (GI) at Belmont October 4
Won a seven furlong entry level allowance race by 2 1/2 lengths at Belmont September 7
Broke his maiden by 9 1/2 lengths at first asking against state breds at Saratoga August 17 |
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Finished seventh in Kentucky Derby 130 on May 1
Ran fourth in the 1 1/8 miles Florida Derby (GI) at Gulfstream Park March 13
Won the 1 1/16 miles Fountain Of Youth (GII), by a neck over Second of June, at Gulfstream Park February 14 |
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READ THE FOOTNOTES chose the same route as Friends Lake and decided to train up to the Derby after a clunker in the Florida Derby. Plenty to like about him despite that poor race last out. He's faster by the numbers than most of his classmates and he has the kind of running style that will keep him near the front and out of trouble. Trainer Rick Violette is a good one and he usually has them ready to go after a layoff. New rider Robby Albarado calls this track home for roughly half the year and the better local riders probably have a slight advantage over the guys who don't ride Churchill a lot. Main question for the son of Smoke Glacken is 'Can he go this far?'. If he can, he's faster than most here and will be a solid price because of the layoff. Not the craziest of longshots. |
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Read The Footnotes is by the Gainesway stallion Smoke Glacken, the Eclipse Award winner for champion sprinter in 1997. He had a lifetime race record of 14-10-2-1, with wins in Defrancis Memorial Dash (GII), the Sapling (GII), and Hopeful (GI). From four crops of racing age, Smoke Glacken has sired 12 stakes winners, including Smok'n Frolic, winner of the Cotillion Handicap (GII) and Demoiselle (GII), and current three-year-old Bachelor Blues, who took the Summer Stakes (GII-C) at Woodbine. Overall, his progeny have earned over $9.6 million. Read The Footnotes is out of the dam Baydon Belle, who was winless in eight starts in England. She has had five foals, all to race, with the subject horse being the only winner. Baydon Belle's family does have a good deal of stamina, through the Lyphard, the sire of the dams of 178 stakes winners, on her sire's side, and Vaguely Noble, winner of the Arc de Triomphe (GI) on her dam's side. Read The Footnotes fourth dam was Native Street, winner of the 1966 Kentucky Oaks.
Dosage Index: 2.00
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