Corfu
Trainer:Todd A. PletcherOwner: Tabor, Michael, Magnier, John and Smith, Derrick
Foaling Date: 2011-04-21
Pedigree: Malibu Moon and Fashion Cat of Forest Wildcat
Dosage: 7-6-9-0-0 (22)
Dosage Index / CD: 3.89 / 0.91
Notes:
With a
morning
line of
3/5 and
post time
odds of
1/2, many
were
expecting
the kind
of runaway
debut
performanc
e so often
seen from
Todd
Pletcher-t
rained
juveniles
when Corfu
began his
career in
a 5f
Saratoga
maiden
race on
7/25.
Breaking
from the
disadvanta
geous
rail, the
son of
Malibu
Moon was
sent to
the
immediate
lead under
pilot John
Velazquez
and
withstood
early
pressure
from a
pair of
rivals. He
kicked
clear past
the half
mile pole
then dug
in and
prevailed
by half a
length
after
fellow
first-time
starter
Pure
Sensation
cut into
his lead
late. The
teletimer
caught
Corfu in
58.27,
which
earned him
a solid 89
BRIS Speed
Rating.
Bred in
Kentucky
By AGS
Thoroughbr
eds Ltd.,
the
chestnut
is out of
the
winning
mare
Fashion
Cat and
was foaled
on April
21, 2011.
Corfu was
originally
sold for
$185,000
at the
2012
Fasig-Tipt
on
Kentucky
Select
Yearling
Sale and
then for
$675,000
at the
Barretts
Equine
Limited
2013 March
Sale of
Selected
Two-Year-O
lds in
Training.
His
victorious
debut
earned
$48,000
for owners
Michael
Tabor,
John
Magnier
and
Derrick
Smith.
Should his
connection
s opt to
step right
into
stakes
company, a
return in
Saratoga's
closing
day G2
Hopeful S.
would be
logical.
| Year | Races Run | Wins | Place | Show | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | - | - | $48,000 |