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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