
Ginger Punch
Trainer:Robert J. FrankelOwner: Stronach Stables
Foaling Date: 2003-04-23
Pedigree: Awesome Again and Nappelon of Bold Revenue
Dosage: 4-0-6-0-0 (10)
Dosage Index / CD: 2.33 / 0.8
Notes:
Ginger
Punch is a
thoroughbr
ed filly
of the
North
America
origin
— she
is owned
and bred
by Frank
Stronach
and is out
of the
mare
Nappelon
and sired
by the
Canadian-b
red
Awesome
Again. As
a sire,
she has
produced
four
Breedersâ
€™ Cup
winners
including
the 2004
World
Champion,
Ghostzappe
r. She got
initial
training
from the
renowned
trainer
Bobby
Frankel
and
participat
ed in
Kentucky
in May
2006 at
Churchill
Downs.
This is
the race,
where she
posted her
first
racing
win. In
the 2007
racing
season,
Ginger
Punch
started
with a
big-bang
performanc
e; she
raced in
the Grade
II Madison
Stakes on
the
Polytrack
surface at
Keeneland
Race
Course and
completed
second in
the
seven-furl
ong race
with
jockey
Rafael
Bejarano.
Ginger
Punch
earned the
first
stakes win
of her
career
when she
snatched a
victory in
the seven
furlong
First
Flight
Handicap
at Belmont
Park. In
the
Beldame
Stakes,
Ginger
Punch was
the
betting
favorite
and very
expectedly
finished
third.
Ginger
Punch
earned the
title of
Champion
Older
Female in
the 2007
Eclipse
Award. She
has her
winning
streak in
seventeen
of her
twenty
starts. In
the Grade
I Apple
Blossom
Handicap
on April
5th, she
completed
third to
the Grade
I winner,
Zenyatta.
She won
the Grade
I Ogden
Phipps
Handicap
on June
14th,
2008. She
fought
Lemon Drop
Mom to win
the Grade
I Personal
Ensign
Handicap.
She is
heading
towards
the 2008
Breedersâ
€™ Cup
ladies
Classic to
lead the
female
purse
winner in
North
America.
Year | Races Run | Wins | Place | Show | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | $1,163,924 |
2007 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | $606,660 |
Important Racing Wins: — · First Flight Handicap (2007) · Go For Wand Handicap (2007, 2008) · Ruffian Handicap (2007) · Sunshine Millions Distaff (2008) · Louisville Stakes (2008) · Ogden Phipps Handicap (2008) · Personal Ensign Handicap (2008) |
Breeders' Cup wins: — · Breeders' Cup Distaff (2007) |
Racing Awards: — · American Champion Older Female Horse (2007) |
Video
2008 Go For Wand Handicap