Dynaformer
Dynaformer (April 1, 1985 – April 29, 2012) was a Thoroughbred race horse and breeding stallion most notable as the sire of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro (horse), Barbaro.
Background
Dynaformer was an unusually large horse, standing hig ...
, grandsire =
Roberto
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, dam = Ioya
, damsire = Naskra
, sex =
Gelding
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, foaled = 1998
, country = United States
, colour =
Bay
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, breeder = Patricia & David Block
, owner = Team Block
, trainer = Richard R. Scherer
, record = 43: 13-8-3
, earnings =
US$
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Fair Grounds Handicap
The Fair Grounds Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older run over a distance of about miles (9 furlongs) on the turf annually in mid-February at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
(2002, 2003, 2004)
Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap
The Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run from 1983 through 2013 at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois. A former Grade 3 event, it was open to horses age three and older and contested on tu ...
(2003) Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap (2004)
, awards = Illinois Horse of the Year (2002)
, honours =
, updated=
Mystery Giver (foaled April 29, 1998 in
Illinois
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) is a retired
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
Thoroughbred
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racehorse
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best known for winning three consecutive editions of the
Fair Grounds Handicap
The Fair Grounds Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older run over a distance of about miles (9 furlongs) on the turf annually in mid-February at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
at the
Fair Grounds Race Course
Fair Grounds Race Course, often known as New Orleans Fair Grounds, is a thoroughbred racetrack and racino in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, LLC.
As early as 1838 Bernard de Marigny, Ju ...
in
New Orleans
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,
Louisiana
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. Trained by longtime trainer Richard Scherer, Mystery Giver set the track record at the Fair Grounds in the Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap. Scherer continues to race horses at the Fair Grounds during the winter, while spending the rest of the year in Chicago at Arlington Park and Hawthorne Race Course.