Recapturetheglory (foaled February 11, 2005) is an American

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. Recapturetheglory is a bay horse bred by Charles Jacobi. He was sired by the

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winner

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is out of the mare Cold Awakening, by

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. Recapturetheglory is owned by

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ns Louie Roussel III and Ronald Lamarque, who also owned

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, winner of the 1988

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and

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. Conditioned for racing by Roussel, at age two the colt won for the first time in his third start in a September 29, 2007 maiden special weight race on at

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. In his second start of 2008, Recapturetheglory was sent off as a 15-1 longshot in the 2008

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at Hawthorne Race Course. Under jockey E. T. Baird, the colt scored a convincing four-length victory and his winning purse means he qualified for the

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, the first leg of U.S. Triple Crown series. He finished 5th in the 2008

. In 2011, at the age of 6, Recapturetheglory took the $100,000

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References

Recapturetheglory's pedigree and partial racing stats

Video at YouTube of Recapturetheglory winning the 2008 Illinois Derby
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