Square Eddie

2009 Prep Recap

Date	Trk	Race	Chart	Distance	Time	BSF	Video
1/17	SA	San Rafael (G3)	Chart	1 m	1:35	91
4/18	KEE	Lexington (G2)	Chart	1 1/16 m	1:43	91

Dosage Profile:  10-2-10-0-0
Dosage Index:  3.40
Center of Distribution:  1.00
Auction:  $200,000 yearling

Sire - Smart Strike has emerged as one of the most talented stallions in the world.  His son, Curlin, took the Preakness Stakes at 1 3/16 miles, the Breeders' Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles, and the Dubai World Cup at 1 ¼ miles en route to breaking the lifetime North American earnings record.  In addition to Curlin, Smart Strike's progeny includes English Channel, the hero of the Breeders' Cup Turf at 1 1/2 miles. Communique is a multiple graded winner on grass between 1 3/16 miles and 1 1/2 miles. Portcullis won the Breeders' Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on grass.  Fleetstreet Dancer took home the Japan Cup Dirt at About 1 5/16 miles. Shadow Cast nabbed the Grade 1 Personal Ensign at 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga. Tenpins won the Washington Park Handicap at 1 3/16 miles. Shoal Water, based in Canada, was a multiple graded winner on turf between 1 3/16 miles at 1 3/8 miles.
Smart Strike's sire, Mr. Prospector, produced Fusaichi Pegasus, the Kentucky Derby winner of 2000.

Dam - Forty Gran, an $80,000 yearling purchase, was multiple stakes-placed at one mile on the turf, but her career-best Beyer Speed Figure topped out at 85.  Forty Gran has already foaled Reverently, a stakes-placed performer at 1 1/16 miles over Woodbine's Polytrack surface. 
The second dam, Forty Weight, was a multiple stakes-winner that took the Furl Sail Handicap at nine furlongs on the dirt by ten lengths.
Other members of this female family include Illiterate, the Grade 3 winner of the Affectionately Handicap and dam of Breeders' Cup Classic champion Alphabet Soup.

Outlook:  Square Eddie's pedigree is more than adequate for this distance, but he has only raced once since suffering a serious cannon bone injury.  The switch to dirt is an obvious question mark, but the Smart Strikes seem to handle anything.