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Fraise
Sire
Pan American Handicap (1993, 1994)
Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes
(1993) Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Turf (1992)

Fraise (1988–2005) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf.

Background

Fraise was a bay horse bred by

Oak Tree Invitational Stakes.[3]

Fraise, which is French for

strawberry, was raced by Madeleine Paulson, who won the colt on a wager with her husband by beating him in a golf game.[4]

Racing career

Trained for racing on

turf by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bill Mott, Fraise did not race at age two but made ten starts in 1991 at age three, notably winning the Round Table Handicap at Chicago's Arlington Park.[1]

Age four was Fraise's best year in racing when he won five of his ten starts.

Quest for Fame (1991). Fraise was in the last place for most of the race, then started his move on the far turn with jockey Patrick Valenzuela guiding him through traffic. As they entered the stretch, Valenzuela spotted a small hole on the rail and Fraise responded with a strong drive to win by a nose over Sky Classic (ridden by Pat Day).[6] He finished the year in the Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes, in which he was disqualified to second for interference. In the Eclipse Award voting for champion turf male, Fraise finished second to Sky Classic.[7]

Fraise returned to racing at age five, starting with a win in the Grade II

Pan American Handicap at Gulfstream Park in Florida. He then suffered a splint injury while finishing third in the San Juan Capistrano at Santa Anita and missed several months. In October, he finished fifth in the Turf Classic at Belmont, then finished fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf despite a rough trip. He ended the year in the Grade I Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack in California, winning by a stakes record six lengths.[7]

At age six, Fraise raced seven times with one win in the Pan American Handicap before his breeding rights were sold to Japanese interests. Fraise finished his career with a tenth-place finish in the 1994 Japan Cup.[1]

Retirement

In Japan, Fraise entered

Chiba, Japan. In the summer of 2005, original owner Madeleine Paulson provided the Old Friends Equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky with a substantial gift to enable them to acquire the horse, bring him home from Japan, and look after him during his retirement years.[9]

On November 7, 2005, the seventeen-year-old Fraise died suddenly from a ruptured

cremated and his remains were interred in the Old Friends Dream Chase Farm cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Fraise - Statistics". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Strawberry Road Champion Racehorse". www.australianfreebets.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Zalataia Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b "FRAISE 1988-2005". oldfriendsequine.org. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. ^ Durso, Joseph (9 August 1992). "Fraise Scores Upset As Saratoga Holds First Big Turf Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Breeders' Cup - Fraise Profile". www.breederscup.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ a b Christine, Bill (13 December 1993). "Fraise Easily Wins the Turf Cup". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. ^ Association, Japan Bloodhorse Breeders'. "Stallion Reports - Fraise(USA)". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Fraise, Ogygian Arrive at Old Friends". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

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