3/6/2010 Azeri S.(G3) Freedom Star, Just Jenda(4th)

9th race - Oaklawn Park - March 06, 2010
Race Name: Azeri S. -Grade: 3
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Sex Restriction: Fillies and Mares
Value of Race: $149,750
Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Dirt
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:44.09

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
1	Freedom Star	Calvin H. Borel	7.60	4.80	3.80
9	Euphony	M. Clifton Berry		5.20	4.00
7	Afleet Deceit	Christopher A. Emigh			9.00
Also ran: 6 - Just Jenda , 4 - War Echo , 2 - French Kiss , 5 - Superior Storm , 3 - Spirit Seeker , 8 - Taptam
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$2 Exacta		1-9		49.60
$1 Superfecta		1-9-7-6		2,359.90
$1 Trifecta		1-9-7		380.70
Winning Breeder: Y. Kolybabiuk
Winning Owner: George Krikorian
Winning Trainer: Bob Baffert

2010 Azeri S.(G3) Freedom Star.pdf

FREEDOM STAR 암 2006 USA 갈색 전적:9(4/0/1)  G3	Street Cry 스트리트크라이 흑 1998 IRE  G1 12전(5,6,1) 5,150,837 USD 279 f, 15sw 3.64	Machiavellian 매키어벨리언 흑 1987 USA {1292} G1 655 f, 56sw 2.21	Mr. Prospector 갈 1970 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Coup De Folie 갈 1982 USA {*} G3
		Helen Street 헬렌스트리트 갈 1982 GB  G1 13 f, 9 w, 2 sw	Troy 갈 1976 IRE  G1
			Waterway 밤 1976 FR  G3
	Willie's Luv 갈 1999 USA  SW 18전(5,3,4) 218,287 USD 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Williamstown 흑 1990 USA  G2 236 f, 13sw 1.18	Seattle Slew 흑 1974 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Winter Sparkle 갈 1983 USA  w
		Dixie Fever 흑 1992 USA  SP 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Dixieland Brass 밤 1986 USA {1400} G1
			Got A Cold 회 1980 USA  w

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Front-Running Freedom Star Dominates Azeri
By Jack Shinar
Updated: Sunday, March 7, 2010 2:31 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 6, 2010 6:57 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55740/front-running-freedom-star-dominates-azeri?source=rss

In a race likely to produce a couple of contestants for the much-anticipated Apple Blossom Invitational (gr. I) April 9, front-running Freedom Star dominated the $149,750 Azeri Stakes (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park March 6 (VIDEO) .

George Krikorian's Freedom Star, a 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry shipping in from Southern California for trainer Bob Baffert, registered her first stakes win.

Calvin Borel, riding Freedom Star for the first time, hustled her out of the gate from the rail post and Freedom Star never looked back while winning by 3 3/4 lengths in a time of 1:44.09 for the 1 1/16-mile distance on a fast track. Quarter-mile fractions for the first six furlongs were :23.83, :48.11, and 1:12.93.

Freedom Star ran the legs off her pace rivals Just Jenda, Afleet Deceit, and Spirit Seeker to open up a clear lead in the lane. Euphony, putting in a sweeping six-wide rally around the final bend, appeared to have a chance to run down Freedom Star, but the pacesetter had something left for the final furlong and put away the challenger.

Euphony, ridden by Cliff Berry, finished second by 1 1/2 lengths over Afleet Deceit and Chris Emigh. Just Jenda checked in fourth, a head behind Afleet Deceit.

War Echo, the 2-1 favorite in the field of nine, finished fifth as the 119-pound high weight. French Kiss, Superior Storm, Spirit Seeker, and Taptam completed the order.

Freedom Star won for the fourth time in nine starts while boosting her bankroll to $197,160 with the $90,000 winning share. Bred in Kentucky by Y. Kolybabiuk, the bay filly is out of the Williamstown mare Willie's Luv and sold for $220,000 as a yearling at Keeneland in September 2007.

Freedom Star was coming off a fifth-place finish in the La Canada Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 14 at Santa Anita Park. She ran third in the El Encino (gr. II) before that.

Sent off as the close second choice, Freedom Star carried 115 pounds and paid $7.60, $4.80, and $3.80 and topped a $49.60 exacta. Grade III winner Euphony, who prepped for the Azeri with a second-place finish in Oaklawn's Pippin Stakes on a sloppy track Jan. 23, returned $5.20 and $4. Afleet Deceit, who ran fifth in the Pippin, paid $9 to show.