- Captain Steve
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Captain Steve
caption =
sire =Fly So Free
grandsire = Time For A Change
dam = Sparkling Delite
damsire = Vice Regent
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1997
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Roger Laubach
owner =Michael E. Pegram
trainer =Bob Baffert
record = 25: 9-3-7
earnings = $6,828,356
race =Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1999)Hollywood Futurity (1999)Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1999)Swaps Stakes (2000)Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (2000)Iowa Derby (2000)Donn Handicap (2001)International race wins:
Dubai World Cup (2001)
awards=
honours =
updated= August 4, 2007Captain Steve (foaled 1997 in
Kentucky ) is an AmericanThoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by Roger Laubach, owned byMichael E. Pegram , and trained byBob Baffert . A bay foal byFly So Free out of Sparkling Delite (by Vice Regent), he started 25 times, and earned $6,828,356.Racing history
At age 2, Captain Steve won the 1999 Grade II
Breeders' Futurity Stakes , the Grade IHollywood Futurity , and the Grade IIKentucky Jockey Club Stakes . He came in third in the Grade IIDel Mar Futurity and the Grade IIIBest Pal Stakes .At age 3, he won the 2000 Grade I
Swaps Stakes , the Grade IIKentucky Cup Classic Handicap , and theIowa Derby . He placed in the Grade IHaskell Invitational Handicap and the Grade II Goodwood Handicap, and came in third in the Grade IBreeders' Cup Classic , the Grade ISanta Anita Derby , the Grade IILouisiana Derby , and the Grade IISanta Catalina Stakes . Captain Steve finished eighth behind winnerFusaichi Pegasus in the 2000Kentucky Derby .At age 4, he won the Grade I
Donn Handicap and the Group IDubai World Cup . (UAE) He placed in the then-Grade IIStephen Foster Handicap , and showed in the Grade IIISan Diego Handicap .From his 25 starts, he won 9, placed three times, and showed seven times.
tud period
In 2001, he was sold to the
Japan Racing Association for $5,000,000 to stand at Shizunai Stud for 1,800,000 Yen. [http://web.archive.org/web/20040905204959/http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tc/contenders/person.asp?PersonID=1000] [http://www.pedigreepost.com/archives/CaptainStevePeterHohlweg.html]Origin of name
Captain Steve is named after Captain Steve Thompson, the head of the Louisville Police Department's criminal investigation division in 1997. After attending the 1997
Kentucky Derby , ownerMichael E. Pegram received a birthday present from his girlfriend. He didn't unwrap the present, which contained a gun, prior to attempting to clear security at theLouisville International Airport the day after the Derby and police arrested Pegram for possession of a.357 Magnum . Pegram's best friend, trainerBob Baffert , winner of the Kentucky Derby the previous day withSilver Charm , called the Louisville Police Department and spoke with Captain Thompson. After listening to Baffert's story, Captain Thompson intervened with the presiding judge, drove to the police station and picked up Pegram. When the 1997 bay son ofFly So Free came along, Pegram is reported as saying, "I want to name him Captain Steve, after my savior."Notes
References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/captain+steve Captain Steve's pedigree and photo]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/horseracing/2000/triplecrown/kentucky/news/2000/05/05/nack_horsesense/ Racing writer Bill Nack on Captain Steve's name]
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