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Thoroughbred Racing:
Rock Hard Ten

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Shin spints prevented Rock Hard Ten from running as a two year old and as a result he began his career by winning a Maiden Special Weight race at Santa Anita in February 2004. He followed this with an allowance victory in March. His stakes career began with a third to Castledale in the Santa Anita Derby. Rock Hard Ten did not have enough graded stakes race earnings to qualify for the Kentucky Derby so he waited for the Preakness. A second in the Preakness was encouraging but he would not return to the winners circle until the Swaps Breeders' Cup Stakes at Hollywood Park in July. His Fourth victory of his 3 year old season came in the Malibu Stakes on December 26, opening day of the Santa Anita Meet. An extremely large horse at over 17 hands, Rock Hard Ten was never comfortable in the starting gate but in spite of this he won all three of his 4 year old starts. He won the grade two Charles H. Strub Stakes, the grade one Santa Anita Handicap and the grade two Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap to finish his career with an 82% in-the-money percentage.

Stakes Record

Year 2004 - Starts 8 - 1st 4 - 2nd 1 - 3rd 1 Earnings $790,380.00 - Win % 50% In-The-Money % 75%

Year 2005 - Starts 3 - 1st 3 - 2nd 0 - 3rd 0 Stakes Earnings 1,080,000.00 - Win % 100% In-The-Money % 100%

Racing Summary: Starts 11, Firsts 7, Seconds 1, Thirds 1, Earnings $1,870,380

Stakes wins: Malibu Stakes (2004), Swaps Breeders' Cup Stakes (2004), Santa Anita Handicap (2005), Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap (2005), Strub Stakes (2005) Second: Preakness S Third: Santa Anita Derby

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Date 2/7/04 - Race Name Maiden Special Weight - Track Santa Anita - Grade - Finish 1st
Date 4/3/04 - Race Name Santa Anita Derby - Track Santa Anita - Grade 1 - Finish 3rd
Date 2/5/05 - Race Name Strub Stakes - Track Santa Anita - Grade - 2 - Finish 1st

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