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Successful Dan

6 year old Gelding | Active
Owner(s):
Morton Fink  - 
Trainer:
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Morton Fink  -  [Add Data]
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What the Nation is saying about Successful Dan...

Wow - what a pedigree! Rare Godolphin lines on top, non-Phalaris Darley damsire! Too bad he's a gelding. :-(
Race by race handicapping of the KY Oaks card, observations on race results and live chatting from the Churchill Downs press box.Read More
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  • Capper · Believe You Can busted me out of my pick-4, but still up for the day. Let's end with a some momentum & get #9 Stellabymoonlight home in the nightcap! · 23 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · @yukichan, last year I used to have access to a lot of free sites I used for boxing, soccer, and other sports. My PC crashed and my favorites along with it. I'll see if any of my friendshave those addresses as you need more than one most times because if you get to many using it will freeze. can't promise anything but even though I retired from poker playing I still used to like to kill time on line playing small stakes until OUR government decided we weren't mature enough to decide for orselves. Oh well gotta take what comes. · 23 days ago ·
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Morton Fink’s Successful Dan wore down Fort Larned in deep stretch to win the ninth running of the $337,800 Alysheba Presented by Besilu Stables (Grade II) by a length in track record time Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs.Read More
new track record in the Alysheba!! WOW!! Super horse!
Dream Team Racing Stable's Kostas Hatzikoutelis sat down with me to discuss Saint of Saints, Mucho Macho Man, their respective races, and future plans for both colts.Read More
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  • cpsoren121 · I can't wait! MMM in the race named after one of my all time faves Alysheba! Will be great to see him at CD again! · 26 days ago ·
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  • Floridaf · Chris, you *might* be as excited as I am about this race. And that's saying a lot. No doubt about it, though, MMM is going to have a HUGE cheering section, both at the track and in front of tvs, computers, etc. · 25 days ago ·
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Mucho Macho Man seeks his fourth straight win when he takes on nine others in Friday's Grade 2 Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs. Read More
Stretch run of the Grade 3 Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland: Wise Dan first, the rest nowhere. Lisa Danielle gave no indication during her racing career that she was a star broodmare in the making. Cecil Seaman, as agent for Morton Fink, bought the daughter of Wolf Power and the… Read More
Man those Dan boys can run!
In the Clark Handicap 2011, I didn't see the race in slow motion, but it looked to me like Giant Oak bumped into Successful Dan...
Any word on what's up with this gelding? His brother just followed his footsteps in winning the Presque Isle Mile, making i two in a row for the family.
The Virginia H. Tarra Trust’s Giant Oak was elevated to first place on the disqualification of Successful Dan in a roughly run stretch battle to win the 136th running of the $564,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (GI) for 3-year-olds and up on Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs. &n...Read More
A year ago, a lightly raced 3-year-old named Blame used a victory in the Fayette Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland as a springboard to victory in his subsequent start in the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. II) at Churchill Downs. As most everyone knows, Blame returned to Churchill thi...Read More
Adele Dilschneider’s Apart, Blame’s stablemate who won the $100,000-added Ack Ack Handicap (gr. III) at Churchill Downs, may return in a grade I race at the track later this month. Trainer Al Stall, Jr. said the Apart has been shipped to Keeneland but could race at Churchill in the Clark Handicap Pr...Read More
Successful Dan capped a sensational fall meet for trainer Charlie Lopresti and jockey Julien Leparoux when rallying to victory Saturday in the 52nd running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Fayette Stakes on Saturday, closing day of the Keeneland fall meet.Always striding smoothly while in mid-pack of a six-...Read More
As Keeneland concludes its fifth fall meet with Polytrack as the main racing surface, the general consensus is that horses with established synthetic form tend to have an edge, although grass horses also fare well on Poly. These handicapping tenets will be mixed and matched to their limits Saturday ...Read More
With Phoenix (G3) winner Wise Dan headed to the Breeders' Cup Sprint, and Here Comes Ben headed to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Charles Lopresti has a 1-2 punch for Breeders Cup weekend. Read More
Passing the five-furlong pole, with heavily favored Warrior's Reward already pulling even, Successful Dan appeared headed for defeat. But the gritty Successful Dan refused to lose when emerging best by a head after a virtual race-long duel Saturday in the Grade 3, $108,900 Northern Dancer Stakes on ...Read More

Successful Dan - Race Results & Past Performances

Date(Descending)
Fin
Jockey
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Race
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Cnd
1st
2nd
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View Details05/04/121stJ LeparouxCD91 1/16 mDAlysheba-G204+ MSuccessful DanFort LarnedMucho Macho Man1:41.04
View Details04/06/121stJ LeparouxKee87 fSAlwOC04+ MSuccessful DanGolden YankNoble's Promise1:27.90
View DetailsView Video11/26/103rdJ LeparouxCD111 1/8 mDClark Handicap-G103+ MGiant OakRedding CollierySuccessful Dan1:50.82
View DetailsView Video10/30/101stJ LeparouxKee91 1/8 mSFayette-G203+ MSuccessful DanExhiStately Victor1:47.09
View Details10/09/101stJ LeparouxKee51 1/16 mDAlwOC03+ MSuccessful DanGran EstrenoOpen Outcry1:42.49
View DetailsView Video10/09/101stJ LeparouxKee51 1/16 mSAlwOC03+ MSuccessful DanGran EstrenoOpen Outcry1:42.49
View Details09/10/102ndJ LeparouxPID71 mileSPresque Isle Mile03+ MGayegoSuccessful DanStunning Stag1:34.90
View Details08/06/105thJ GrahamArl96 fSAlwOC03+ MMambo GallianoMighty RuleMam Bird1:10.53
View DetailsView Video06/13/091stJ LeparouxCD81 1/16 mDNorthern Dancer-G303 MSuccessful DanWarrior's RewardOmniscient1:43.30
View DetailsView Video05/10/091stJ LeparouxCD67 fDAllow03+ MSuccessful DanTar BeachMarilyn's Guy1:22.64
View Details04/10/091stK DesormeauxKee106 1/2 fSMSW03 MSuccessful DanNo DetourSouthdale1:16.40