
Orb
Trainer:Claude R. McGaughey IIIOwner: Janney, III, Stuart S. and Phipps Stable
Foaling Date: 2010-02-24
Pedigree: Malibu Moon and Lady Liberty of Unbridled
Dosage: 11-12-15-0-2 (40)
Dosage Index / CD: 3.21 / 0.75
Notes:
After
beginning
his career
with three
losses
over New
York
tracks,
trainer
Shug
McGaughey'
s Orb has
now racked
up three
straight
victories
capped by
his
come-from-
behind
score in
Gulfstream
Park's
$400,000
G2 Besilu
Stables
Fountain
of Youth
S. on
2/23. With
John
Velazquez
in the
irons for
the first
time, Orb
settled
well off
the pace
in seventh
as
Majestic
Hussar
showed the
way and
odds-on
favorite
Violence
remained
in close
contact
with the
pacesetter
. As
Violence
took
command
leaving
the far
turn, Orb
circled
four wide
and took
dead aim
on the new
leader.
Orb put
his head
in front
past the
eighth
pole and
outkicked
his rival
to win by
half a
length in
a final
time of
1:42.24
for the 1
1/16m
contest.
The two
were well
clear of
show
finisher
Speak
Logistics,
who
crossed
the wire 6
3/4
lengths
behind
Violence.
The 97
Beyer
Speed
Figure Orb
posted was
14 points
higher
than his
previous
best. By
earning 50
points in
his stakes
debut
under the
new
Kentucky
Derby
qualifying
points
system,
Orb is
virtually
assured a
spot in
the
starting
gate on
the first
Saturday
in May and
could give
his Hall
of Famer
conditione
r his best
chance to
win the
roses
since Easy
Goer in
1989.
Orb's
winning
streak
began with
a maiden
victory at
Aqueduct
last
November
over a
field that
included
subsequent
G3 Withers
S. champ
Revolution
ary. In
his first
appearance
of 2013,
the bay
colt took
a 1 1/8m
allowance
optional
$75,000
claiming
event at
Gulfstream
over six
other
Triple
Crown
nominees.
With the
$240,000
Fountain
of Youth
check, his
career
earnings
now stand
at
$321,050.
A Kentucky
home bred
for Stuart
Janney III
and Phipps
Stable,
Orb is out
of the
Unbridled
mare Lady
Liberty
and was
foaled on
February
24, 2010.
Orb
further
built his
reputation
for going
after the
best
during the
2013 Road
to the
Kentucky
Derby
season by
winning at
the
Florida
Derby at
Gulfstream
Park.
There he
beat out
fellow
Derby
contenders
Shanghai
Bobby,
Frac Daddy
and
Itsmylucky
day in a
very
impressive
race by
horse and
jockey.
Could
there be
some
chemistry
building
between
Orb and
Jockey
John R.
Velazquez?
Year | Races Run | Wins | Place | Show | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | 4 | 4 | - | - | $2,280,900 |
2012 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | $54,950 |