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Pyro (USA)

Foal date
19/02/2005
Gender
Horse
Colour
Bay/Brown
Sire
Pulpit (USA)
Dam
Wild Vision (USA)
Breeder
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
Official rating
Career earnings
$1,673,671.68
Starts4Wins1Placed1
DateResultRacecourseRace details
28/11/20095thAqueduct (USA)Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile (Grade 1) (Handicap) (Dirt) 3yo+
07/11/200910thSanta Anita (USA)Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (Grade 1) (Pro-Ride) 3yo+
05/09/20091stSaratoga (USA)Forego Stakes (Grade 1) (Dirt) 3yo+
29/07/20092ndSaratoga (USA)James Marvin Stakes (Listed Race) (Dirt) 3yo+
Pyro (USA) Pulpit (USA) A.P. Indy (USA) Seattle Slew (USA)
1974
1989 Weekend Surprise (USA)
1980
1994 Preach (USA) Mr Prospector (USA)
1970
1989 Narrate (USA)
1980
2005 Wild Vision (USA) Wild Again (USA) Icecapade (USA)
1969
1980 Bushel-N-Peck (GB)
1958
1998 Carol's Wonder (USA) Pass The Tab (USA)
1978
1984 Carols Christmas (USA)
1977
Trained by Steve Asmussen, Pyro was second in both the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes and Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile in the autumn of 2007; remained with Asmussen for three-year-old campaign and continued to impress, winning the Grade 3 Risen Star Stakes and the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds; disappointing in the Kentucky Derby, but returned to winning ways when dropped in grade in the Grade 3 Northern Dancer Stakes at Churchill Downs; the son of Pulpit, who had looked to be crying out for middle-distances for much of his career, was dropped back to 7f on his first start for Godolphin and he shaped with considerable promise to finish second; showed that run was no fluke and gained what had been a previously elusive victory at the highest level when coming home like an express train to win the Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga in September 2009; retired to stud at the end of that year