(Smart Strike - Private Feeling (Belong To Me))
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- 2007 foal, 16.15hh. Not Sold as a yearling for $35,000 and cost $475,000 as a 2yo. Trained by Bob Baffert for owners Watson, Pegram & Weltman. Successful in five of his six outings as a juvenile beginning with victory in a 6f maiden. Later won a Grade 2 over 6.5f and a Grade 1 over 7f. Followed that with a pair of 8.5f Grade successes and then second in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile over the same distance (behind Vale Of York).
- Won four of his seven runs as a 3yo including two wins at Grade 1 level in the 9f Haskell Stakes and the 9.5f Preakness Stakes.
- Retired to Ashford Stud in Kentucky in 2011 and there in 2014 at a fee of $15,000. 58 yearlings sold in 2013 for an average of $83,252 and a Median at $67,500. First Season Sire in 2014.