This day in Florida full blood history captain Bodgit is the 12th Florida breath winner of the Florida Derby

By Brock Sheridan

March 15, 1997 –The captain of Team Valor International, Bodgit and Jockey Alex Solis came back from far and circled the field in a wide revolution and now went past the sixteenth Pole in the 12th from the Florida glasses to become the 12 to become the 12TH The Florida burning winner of the Florida Derby of Class 1 in Gulfstream Park.

Captain Bodgit was trained by Gary Capuano and had eight lengths behind the front list Wrightwood, which came from the distant turn in the Florida Derby as Frisk Me Now and Michelles Sallhands from Florida fire in the second and third race. After six Furlongs in 1: 12.03, Frisk Me now took over from Wrightwood, while 2-5 favorite pulpit took third place when Captain Bodgit went to fifth place, but still had five and a half lengths to invent.

Frisk Me now turned two lengths in front, but Captain Bodgit was a second second on the way outside with pulpit on the rail. Captain Bodgit took over in the route with authority to win two and a half lengths in front of the pulpit in second place with Frisk Me Now third. The last time for the mile and a eighth on the fast route was 1: 50.74.

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Captain Bodgit was a choice of 7-2 seconds and paid $ 9.80 to win.

After Captain Bodgit won five times in November, including the Laurel Futurity of the 3rd grade in November, he returned to his home in Florida to follow a place in this year's Kentucky Derby (G1).

After a mild rally in Arthur LS Holy Bull (G3) on January 13th and February 22nd on February 22nd on February 22, he was again in the youth fountain of 2 grade 2 before winning the Florida Derby. Then he won the Wood Memorial Grade 2 in Aqueduct on April 12th and went to the Kentucky Derby as a 3-1 favorite.

The ninth place in the clubhouse curve in Churchill Downs made Captain Bodgit a big run in the route, but only missed the silver charm with Florida glasses and took second place with one head.

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Two weeks later he went to Pimlico for the Preakness (G1) and was the 2-1 favorite in the postal period, despite a racing area that preferred the speed. Very few, if at all, had a reason in the route in previous races that day, but that did not switch off to one of the brave losses in the history of the history.

Gary Stevens over silver charm and Kent Desormeaux The strong speed was recognized on Free House and both kept their horses near 50-1 Longshot Cryp, which led through the hot factions of 22.87 and: 46.86. In the meantime, Solis was unable to change Captain Bodgit's running style, and they were nine out of 10 runners. Still five lengths in the seventh turn home, Captain Bodgit started an unlikely rally and flew down on the route to follow in second place with silver charm. These three crossed under the wire in a ceiling with a silver charm, a head in front of Free House in the second page with Captain Bodgit only another head that is further in third place.

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After the prevention, it was found that captain Bodgit had injured a tendon in one front leg and that he was retired. He ended his career with seven wins in 12 starts with a second and four thirds, while earning $ 1,014,849.

The Valor team sold in Midway, Ky., Half of him for $ 12.5 million to Margaux Stud, where he started his stallion career in 1998 -with a fee of $ 10,000. In 2003 he moved to Questroyal Stud in New York and then to the Highfield Farm in Okotoks, Alberta, Can. He finally moved to the CR full blood farm in North Dakota in 2010 and died in autumn 2021. He produced 11 winners with descendants with almost 11 million US dollars.

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