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Hard Spun

8 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Fox Hill Farms, Inc.
Trainer:
J. Larry Jones
Bred:
Pennsylvania (USA) by Michael Moran  -  Brushwood Stable
Pedigree:
Danzig  -  Turkish Tryst  by  Turkoman
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Hard Spun...

Is the 2012 crop of three-year-olds the best in several years? Laura Pugh thinks so...Read More
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  • johnsnare · I think he nailed it spot on. Should be a great betting race. · 30 days ago ·
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  • Mike in SB · Did you see the interview with Andy Beyers in the Paulick Report? Because of the low Beyers speed figures for the prep races this year, he said this crop could be even worst than last year which he said was the weakest crop of 3 year olds in his lifetime. · 23 days ago ·
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Everyone remembers Animal Kingdom’s rise to fame last spring when he parlayed an impressive win in Turfway Park’s Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes with a glorious run for the roses on the first Saturday in May, but he was not the only superstar to make Turfway’s premier Kentucky Derby prep their very own...Read More
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  • bellesforever1 · LOVED Hard Spun..was my guy then and now..all heart all the time.To Vic..HS ran his heart out in The Classic and the Derby and in any other year would have had a great chance to win them both so saying he couldn't run past 9 panels isn't really fair because he did.He was at his best under that but he has nothing to hang his head about.He always showed up and ran his race and ducked no one.Thank you Brian for the walk down memory lane.Hard Sun Baby!! · 63 days ago ·
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  • RickPorter · Hard Spun's don't come around very often. I also predict he will be the number one sire in America in less that 3 years. · 63 days ago ·
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With another showdown against Blind Luck just a few days away, Matt Shifman explores Havre De Grace's place ...Read More
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  • crazymomof4 · Proud Spell - Hard Spun - Grace - Eight Belles - Jenda · 113 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · Hey, it is fun to look back at this question seven months later. Clearly now the answer is YES, HDG is the best horse Larry Jones has ever trained. · 113 days ago ·
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Midnight Transfer made the successful leap from maiden breaker to stakes winner in the earlier $82,500 San Pedro Stakes for 3-year-olds with a strong finish to edge Got Even by a head at the wire in 1:14.25 for 6 ½ furlongs.  A late-developing son of Hard Spun, Midnight Transfer had taken four ...Read More
Ten years ago, trainer Wilson Brown brought Darwin Olson’s appropriately named It’sallinthechase to the Lecomte to finish third beaten less than a length for the win, and then brought that horse back to finish third in that year’s Grade II Louisiana Derby before disap...Read More
Laura Pugh previews the action in this Saturday's Sham Stakes.Read More
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  • icyhotboo · Horse racing is the most luck dependant gambling I have ever participated in, either as an owner or bettor. As far as betting it runs in streaks as you know. That was a nice pick on the #2 Out of Bounds as I wouldn't have reversed it as I thought the #4 was by far the best.After seeing your remarks I looked a lot closer and loved the bloodlines.I also handicap a lot of races that are interesting with but no intention of betting, it's fun. GL to you. · 140 days ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · GL to you too. · 140 days ago ·
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For more on the controversial sire lists published annually in US publications, see below. In yesterday’s issue of Thoroughbred Times TODAY, I wrote the following column calling for “official” sire lists from The Jockey Club. Click here to read it. The Blood-Horse editor, Eric Mitchell, addressed th...Read More
Scat Daddy, behind the strength of turf and synthetic runners, ended 2011 as the top freshman sire in America. The son of Johannesburg captured the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes in 2006 before annexing the Florida Derby in the following year. His racing career abruptly ended after a tendon injury that tr...Read More
Dead Heat Debater, Laura Pugh, previews the Road to the Roses through New Orleans...Read More
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  • 12thCrown · I think FG spacing the race as is hurts their chances for top contenders. Very few will wheel back for another race like Nehro did last year. But it's shocking they don't draw better candidates with the $1 million purse! I love visiting that track... can't believe Asmussen is heading west this winter. · 149 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · 12thCrown I believe he did last year too, with Tapizar. That one got injured though, and was his top horse before Nehro was really ever thought about. · 149 days ago ·
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Looking for a new horse to start following on the 2012 Kentucky Derby Trail? Try these four recent maiden winning colts on for size…Read More
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  • atamulonis · Loved Ever So Lucky and Empire Way. I think next year will be the year of the letter 'E,' as I mentioned in a blog I wrote. That could be overly sentimental, but there are some good 2-year olds whose names start with 'E' (Eblouissante and Exfactor being two of the other ones). · 194 days ago ·
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  • RyanBrady · Impressive 2yo Winners here, but still haven't seen anybody better or impressive as Hansen yet. Next Please... · 181 days ago ·
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“In the race of the year, for Horse of the Year it's Curlin ... in an absolutely stylish performance!” Read More
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  • travel_vic · Some testing is so senstive that background contaminatioin registers almost as much as real drugs in the system. The Enzyme Linked Immunoassay is like that. · 208 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · And many of you need one in reality. What i said is completely true. If you want to be technical, over 90 of horses in this sport are not clean, but are because of what is made legal. Winstrol was at the time, so even it showed up in Curlin's blood, it would have been fine. I also provided you with facts above that say that that particular drug does not produce much weight gain or muscle gain, unlike typical steroids. That particular drug is actually used to treat conditions that cause swelling, and it reduces it. Swelling typically comes from when blood flows highly to one area of the body causing it to swell and become stiff and painful. If it reduces swelling then this drug would be an equivalent to aprin or motrin to humans. · 208 days ago ·
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AI could open new doors in the Thoroughbred industry, why is there a fear so strong that the Jockey Club prohibits it?Read More
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  • Protagonist · Thank You , Brooklyn Steve, You've summed it up well. · 241 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Wow, off of the reaction i got to tester on FB last night, I thought I would run into a lot more objection. · 241 days ago ·
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Back in July, before the Delaware Handicap, we had a lively discussion: “Is Havre De Grace the Best Larry Jones Trained Horse Ever?” I think it is time to revisit that question.Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · I think we all agree that a rematch between HDG and BL would be the best way to end this year! · 253 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · NYC, There is no place like it in the world. If you can't get it there it doesn't exist. The rest of the East Coast might be pleasantly surprising to you, it has a lot. Then again so does the West Coast. I joke around a lot but America is a great country to live in and I have traveled and lived in other countries. Our medicine, hospitals, universities are the best I've seen. · 253 days ago ·
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i wish he would have won the derby or any other triple crown race
It happens every single year, people see a hot new closer running on late to just barely miss, and then they go hog wild over him. For this year’s Derby, that horse’s name would be Nehro.Read More
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  • ldeckergreenvalleytrainingcenter · Nehro did really well in the Kentucky Derby...so congrats to his connections! Looking forward to seeing him in The Belmont · 374 days ago ·
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  • blooy · psh nehor was a tough bastard, this was the extra room he needed, and the jockey really blew it, bad timing. you know he comes from out of the clouds not on turn, not sure what happend there. we saw it all the time down the strech near miss by nehro, then he makes the move on the turn, wait man, you fly on the strech. had they went on the strech, like animal kindom , could have been closer. but thats horse racing, guess a spoiler for the belmont? those closers all on timing, still congrats to him . · 374 days ago ·
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George Bolton, who bought the sale topper out of the 2010 Barretts May sale to come up with The Factor, paid $220,000 for this year’s sale topper, a son of Hard Spun  . The colt was one of seven to bring six figures at the May 16 sale in Pomona, Calif.A total of 72 2-year-olds and one horse of ...Read More
This news brings a big smile to my face..he was and is my favorite..he was so tough and I am hoping his get will bring some of that to us..Broke my heart when he lost the derby but he kept me in mesmerized with his heart!
Grade I winner Hard Spun, a leading 3-year-old of 2007, sired his first winner when his son Mabroor won at Haydock Park in England May 7. Campaigned by Sheikh Hamdan, Mabroor captured the six-furlong race in his initial start.Bred in Kentucky by Falcon Wood Partners, Mabroor is the third winner from...Read More
The 2011 Stallion Poll has been closed and the winners are: Hard Spun, Street Sense, Invasor, Corinthian, and English Channel. Thanks to everyone for voting. I should have the pages with their current named 2-year-olds updated by next week. For those new to the blog, this means that these stallions ...Read More
The 2011 freshman sires promise to be an exciting group. Here are the ten that excite me the most, as I await seeing their sons and daughters hit the track next year… 1) Corinthian (Pulpit - Multiply by Easy Goer) $25,000 Pulpit has quickly become one of my favorite sire of sires with young sons at ...Read More
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  • humphrey · Theoretical sire greatness Citation? produced hardly a thing · 521 days ago ·
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  • humphrey · Who would have pegged Fappiano as a very good sire before he was? · 521 days ago ·
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Hard Spun - Pedigree

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DanzigNorthern DancerNearctic
Natalma
Pas De NomAdmirals Voyage
Petitioner
Turkish TrystTurkomanAlydar
Taba
DarbyvailRoberto
Luiana

Hard Spun - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/27/072ndM PinoMth111 1/4 mDBreeders' Cup Classic-G103 MCurlinHard SpunAwesome Gem2:00.59
View DetailsView Video09/29/071stM PinoTP101 1/8 mSKentucky Cup Classic-G203+ MHard SpunStreet SenseStream Cat1:48.48
View DetailsView Video08/25/071stM PinoSar87 fDKing's Bishop-G103 MHard SpunFirst DefenceE Z Warrior1:22.34
View DetailsView Video08/05/072ndM PinoMth131 1/8 mDHaskell-G103 MAny Given SaturdayHard SpunCurlin1:48.35
View DetailsView Video06/09/074thG GomezBel111 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MRags To RichesCurlinTiago2:28.74
View DetailsView Video05/19/073rdM PinoPim121 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MCurlinStreet SenseHard Spun1:53.46
View DetailsView Video05/05/072ndM PinoCD101 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MStreet SenseHard SpunCurlin2:02.17
View Details01/13/071stM PinoFG91 mileDLecomte-G303 MHard SpunIzzie's HaloTeuflesberg1:37.87
View DetailsView Video10/22/061stM PinoDel75 1/2 fDMSW02 MHard SpunMunson Roy E. Dixie Surprise1:04.00

 

 

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