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Fabulous Strike

7 year old Gelding | Active
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Trainer:
Todd M. Beattie
Bred:
Pennsylvania (USA) by [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Smart Strike  -  Fabulous Find  by  Lost Code
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Though not nearly as contentious or as fascinating as the battle for Horse of the Year, the race for the sprint title is another that has voters divided and which features a leading contender who emerged thanks to some late-season heroics. After Kodiak Kowboy won the Cigar Mile Saturday at Aqueduct,...Read More
There’s no way to say this without sounding like a disparagement of Summer Bird, who owes me absolutely nothing. He saved me in the Belmont Stakes and made me a Travers celebrity for 15 minutes. I owe him. Read More
  • medlocke · Summer Bird, too, saved me in the Belmont. I had him $10.00 ATB, and he was 11-1, which netted me almost $200. That said, his performance was excellent today. I thought Quality Road would win this race, and still have to wonder if on a dry track if Quality Road may still be able to beat Summer Bird. Because Q.R. ran at him very gamely,even after seeming to not like the mud at Saratoga in the Travers and still came close to winning. But I take nothing away from S.B. He ran like a true champion today, and I wish him all the best. I do look forward to the day that Quality Road gets to race Summer Bird and other top competitors on a dry track. That's when his speed will really show itself and on that day he may turn the tables and get at least a small measure of revenge. · 166 days ago
The connections of Kodiak Kowboy didn't come into Saturday's Grade 1 Vosburgh thinking of using it as a prep for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. But their horse gave them a few reasons to reconsider by running down Fabulous Strike in the final 70 yards to win the $400,000 Vosburgh by a half-length at rain...Read More
The decision as to whether or not Fabulous Strike will be sent to California for the Breeders' Cup has not yet been made. For now, the focus is squarely on the $400,000 Vosburgh, where the 6-year-old son of Smart Strike will have to face a short but stellar field of sprinters Oct. 3 at Belmont Park.Read More
Trainer Todd Beattie isn't sure if 6-year-old Fabulous Strike will go back to the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint after competing Saturday in Belmont Park's $400,000 Vosburgh Stakes for the third straight year.Read More
It’s been far too long since I updated this little spot but the racing season goes through a bit of a lull between the start of the Belmont meet and the beginning of the final Breeders’ Cup prep season.  Read More
As many of you know, there aren't many horses in training that I like more than Fabulous Strike. The gutsy 6-year-old will try for his second Vosburgh win next week and then a decision will be made whether to send him back to California for the Breeders' Cup Sprint, where he finished fifth a year ag...Read More
The sun shone proudly every day at old Saratoga during Week 2 and not one turf race was transferred to the main track and if you know anything about the Spa and the shaky weather, that is an accomplishment. Read More
In a battle of all-star sprinters at showery Saratoga Aug. 9, even-money choice Fabulous Strike edged past stubborn pacesetter Go Go Shoot in deep stretch to win the $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II).Read More
The Eclipse Award voting is still more than five months away, but the star-studded $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II) Aug. 9 at Saratoga may go a long way in deciding the nation's top sprinter.Read More
  • cigar · This race shows everything that's right with Saratoga... BC Quality field. · 224 days ago
Total purses of almost $1 million will be offered at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course for what the track is calling the "Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Racing Festival" July 31-Aug. 1.The stakes highlight is the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup for 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs o...Read More
Tea Party Stable's Fabulous Strike, one of the top sprinters in the country, is one of 58 horses nominated for the 37th running of the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup on Aug. 1 at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.Read More
Steve Haskin writes an interesting blog piece detailing how many of the best horses in racing today could very well skip the Breeders' Cup. Macho Again, shown winning the Stephen Foster, is one example of a horse who is targeting other races besides the Cup.Read More
  • cigar · More facts than doomsday... something to think about with synthetic BC's. · 249 days ago
  • ruby · Yes, but Macho Again stinks and would not win the BC Classic. Haskin has painted a worst-case scenario to fit his story based on this earth-shattering analysis: Any horse that ran on polytrack one time and ran poorly might not come to the BC. · 249 days ago
In the first installment of the 2008 Sprint Diary, published right around this time a year ago, we wrote the following: Whether they like it or not, horsemen and fans alike will have to get used to the idea that in order for their charges or favorites to win divisional honors in the sprinting catego...Read More
The field for Sunday's 35th running of the grade II, $200,000 Tom Fool at Belmont Park was reduced to four the morning of hte race after trainer Todd Beattie scratched morning-line favorite and high weight Fabulous Strike.Read More
In 34 previous editions of the Tom Fool Handicap, three-year-olds have been victorious only three times, most recently in 2000 when Todd Pletcher saddled Trippi to a 4½-length victory in the seven-furlong race.Read More
After Fabulous Strike turned in a dazzling performance in the June 6 True North (gr. III), trainer Todd Beattie said he was leaning toward giving the 6-year-old gelding some well-deserved time off. But as they say, the horse will tell you what it wants, and the son of Smart Strike has spoken loud an...Read More
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On Tuesday at Philadelphia Park, race 9—an 8.5f Alw 42000n2x—was off the turf, and it worked out extremely well for the winner Summer of Summers ($8.00 win). This former $32k claimer, picked up by the notorious Michael Gill during one of his buying sprees last October at Delaware, has now posted thr...Read More
Belmont day has come and gone and we were treated to a number of awesome performances with the day capped by Summer Bird’s victory.  Here are some idle thoughts:Is there a horse in the country that’s more fun to watch than Fabulous Strike when he’s on his game?  After a heart-breaking defe...Read More

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View DetailsView Video10/03/092ndBelR Dominguez76 fDVosburgh-G103+ MKodiak KowboyFabulous StrikeMunnings1:10.08
View Details08/09/091stSarR Dominguez106 fDA G Vanderbilt-G203+ MFabulous StrikeGo Go ShootKodiak Kowboy1:08.69
View DetailsView Video06/06/091stBelR Dominguez66 fDTrue North Hcp-G203+ MFabulous StrikeBenny The BullSilver Edition1:07.85
View DetailsView Video04/04/092ndAQUR Dominguez107 fDCarter Hcp-G103+ MKodiak KowboyFabulous StrikeDriven By Success1:22.47
View Details02/16/092ndLRLE Prado87 fDGeneral George-G203+ MTrue QualityFabulous StrikeMalibu Kid1:22.31
View DetailsView Video10/25/085thSAR Dominguez76 fSBreeders' Cup Sprint-G103 MMidnight LuteFatal BulletStreet Boss1:07.08
View DetailsView Video09/27/082ndBelR Dominguez86 fDVosburgh-G103+ MBlack SeventeenFabulous StrikeKodiak Kowboy1:09.77

 

 

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