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April 24 worked five furlongs in 1:00.40, breezing over a good track at Churchill Downs
April 18 worked five furlongs in 1:01.00, breezing over a fast track at Churchill Downs
April 2 worked five furlongs in :59.80, handily over a fast track at Santa Anita
March 27 worked five furlongs in :59.40, handily over a fast track at Santa Anita
March 20 worked four furlongs in :48.40, handily over a fast track at Santa Anita
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Graded Earnings: $475,970 (as of 4.09.2004)
Race Record: 8-3-2-2
Victory U.S.A. Barn Notes: Victory U.S.A. Works 5 Furlongs In 1:00.40 At Churchill Downs
Victory U.S.A. Update: Class Above, Last Song, Victory U.S.A. Breeze at Churchill
Victory U.S.A. Update: Victory U.S.A. Upsets Halfbridled
Victory U.S.A. Update: Ashado Is Queen Of Fair Grounds Oaks; Victory U.S.A. Second
Victory U.S.A. Update: Victory U.S.A. Heads Fair Grounds Oaks
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Finished fourth, beaten 11 lengths as the favorite, in the 1 1/16 mile Hollywood Starlet (G1) on December 21
Won the seven furlong Moccasin Stakes at Hollywood on November 16 by a facile seven lengths
Finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), beaten 2 ½ lengths by Halfbridled, at Santa Anita
Ran second at Belmont Park in the Frizette (G1) on October 4, beaten 1 ¼ lengths by Society Selection
Ran third in the Del Mar Debutante (G1) on August 30, finishing behind winner Halfbridled and Hollywood Story
Broke her maiden in her first race, taking the six furlong contest by 6 ½ lengths at Del Mar on August 3
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April 8, won the Stonerside Beaumont (GII) at Keeneland, upsetting Halfbridled by six lengths in the seven furlong event
Finished second to Ashado, beaten 2 1/2 lengths, in the $300,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) and Fair Grounds Race Course March 6 |
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VICTORY U.S.A. - Thomas A. Van Meter II's daughter of 1998 Belmont Stakes winner and '99 champion older horse Victory Gallop had run well against some of the top members of her generation, but earned her spot in the Kentucky Oaks starting gate with a romp in the Stonerside Beaumont (GII) at Keeneland on April 8. She roared to an 8 ½-length victory over reigning 2-year-old filly champion Halfbridled in the most impressive performance of her career. Victory U.S.A. is trained by Bob Baffert, a three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby who took the Kentucky Oaks in 1999 with Mike Pegram's two-time champion Silverbulletday. Van Meter won a pair of stakes races at Churchill Downs in 2003 with the retired Be Gentle, while jockey Pat Day will be seeking his third success in the Kentucky Oaks. Day, Churchill Downs' all-time leading rider and a member of racing's Hall of Fame, piloted Secret Status (2000) and Goodbye Halo (1988) to wins in the Derby for Fillies. |
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Victory U.S.A. is by Victory Gallop, who was champion older male in the United States in 1999. He was a very consistent racehorse, finishing with a record of 9-5-1 from 17 lifetime starts, 13 of them in stakes, while earning over $3.5 million. His wins included the Belmont Stakes (G1), where he denied Real Quiet the Triple Crown, the Whitney Handicap (G1), and the Stephen Foster (G2), when he set a new track record of 1:47.28 for the 1 1/8 miles. Victory U.S.A. is from Victory Gallop’s first crop of racing age, so it is too early to tell how his offspring will perform as they stretch out in distance. However, being by Cryptoclearance, who was a distance-loving runner himself, there should be plenty of stamina in his offspring. Victory U.S.A. is the first of two foals out of her dam Fordyce, and is the only one to race. Fordyce won only one sprint race, but she placed in nine others. She is out of the outstanding race mare Foresta, who set two track records, won eleven races and over $600,000; with wins in the All Along Stakes (G2), the New York Handicap (G2), the Diana Handicap (G2), and the Capital Holding Mile Stakes (at Churchill Downs).
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