Red Giant (horse)

Red Giant (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Red Giant


caption =
sire = Giant's Causeway
grandsire = Storm Cat
dam = Beyond The Sun
damsire = Kingmambo
sex = Stallion
foaled = 2004
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Edward & Marilyn Seltzer
owner = Peachtree Stable
trainer = Todd A. Pletcher
record = 12: 6-3-1
earnings = $1,092,410
race = Virginia Derby (2007)
Fourstardave Handicap (2008)
Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes (2008)
awards =
honours =
updated= September 28, 2008

Red Giant (foaled February 28, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in September of 2008 set a world record for 1¼ miles on Turf.

Trained by Todd Pletcher, in 2007 Red Giant notably won the July 21st Virginia Derby but suffered an ankle injury in early October that kept him out of racing until August of 2008. He returned to win the Fourstardave Handicap on Turf at Saratoga Race Course under jockey John Velazquez. He was then sent to Santa Anita Park in California where Velazquez rode him to victory in the Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes in a world record time of 1:57.16 for 1¼ miles on Turf.

Peachtree Stable owner John Fort said that Red Giant will be considered for October's Breeders' Cup Turf or the Breeders' Cup Classic on dirt.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/red+giant3 Red Giant's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/breederscup08/news/story?id=3613144 ESPN story on Red Giant's win in the 2008 Clement Hirsch Turf Championship]


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