Pyro (horse)
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| Pyro | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Pulpit |
| Grandsire | A.P. Indy |
| Dam | Wild Vision |
| Damsire | Wild Again |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 2005 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay |
| Breeder | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC |
| Owner | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC |
| Trainer | Steve Asmussen |
| Record | 7: 3-2-1 |
| Earnings | $1,020,000 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Risen Star Stakes (2008) Louisiana Derby (2008) |
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| Infobox last updated on: 10:37, Monday June 9, 2008 (UTC). | |
Pyro (foaled on February 19, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred Stallion Racehorse. His sire is Pulpit, a son of the 1992 Eclipse Award Winner for American Horse of the Year, A.P. Indy. His dam is the mare Wild Vision, sired by the 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic winner, Wild Again.
[edit] Racing Career (2007)
At age two Pyro won an allowance race by a nose and notably ran second to War Pass in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York and in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.
[edit] Racing Career (2008)
At age three, he made a very impressive debut in the Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a ten-horse race marked by a very slow pace, Pyro was last at the top of the stretch but moved between three horses and, as the track announcer said, he was "coming like a rocket" when he passed the rest of the field and won the 1 1/16 miles Risen Star Stakes by two lengths. The Daily Racing Form said: "His rally to win the Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds in February was so phenomenal that he evoked comparisons to the legendary Silky Sullivan."
On March 8, Pyro won the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds.
On April 12, Pyro finished a distant 10th, beaten by 39 lengths in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Pyro might have disliked the Polytrack at Keeneland, as opposed to conventional dirt tracks where he had never finished worst than third.
On May 3, he finished 8th in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.
