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RACING NEWS
Debbie Schauf Invitational Championship-G1
DANJER
by Michael Compton
World Champion Danjer was in championship form on June 3 when he racked up yet another Grade 1 win in the $274,630 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Invitational Championship Stakes-G1, becoming just the second horse in history to register three consecutive wins in the lucrative race. With his 2-length triumph, Danjer joins Tailor Fit, who turned the hat trick in winning the race from 1999-2001.
Ridden by Francisco Calderon, Danjer assumed command at the break of the 440-yard test, dueling through the early stages with Nothin Like You. Danjer asserted his supremacy through the lane, however, drawing away to score a 2-length victory at the finish. Danjer stopped the timer in :21.157, earning a 108 speed index.
Calderon noted after the facile victory that his mount had to overcome the loss of a shoe during the running of the race.
“He lost a shoe halfway through the race, I saw it fly up,” Calderon shared. “I still never had to ask him. He just kept on. He’s an incredible horse.”
Danjer wins the $274,630 Debbie Schauf Remington Park Invitational Championship-G1 under jockey Francisco Calderon on June 3.
148 SPEEDHORSE July 2023
Remington Park
$274,630 • 440 yards :21.157 • SI 108
DANJER, ‘16-g.
Bred by: Dean Frey
Raced to 7 $2,499,432
35-22 (17)-7(6)-3(2)
FDD DYNASTY
SI 102
Bred by: Vessels Sf/Fakri Fm L Partner
Raced to 3 • $1,173,001 11-8(3)-1(1)-2(2)
1,339 f., 94 SW • $32,359,530
FIRST DOWN DASH SI 105 Bred by: A F Stanley Jr/B F Phillips Jr
Raced to 3 • $857.256 15-13(8)-1(1)-0
2,540 f., 259 SW • $90,150,835
DINASTIA TOLL BRZ SI 97 Bred by: Haras Rancho Das Americas
Raced to 6 • $191,896 17-7(4)-2(1)-1(1)
52 f., 6 SW • $2,187,012
SHEZ JESS TOXIC
SI 108
Bred by: Dean R. Frey Raced to 5 • $235,296 23-5(3)-8(5)-6(6)
11 f., 1 SW • $2,586,715
TAKE OFF JESS SI 101 Bred by: Henry E. Brown Raced to 2 • $380,087 7-2-3(2)-1
134 f., 9 SW • $1,785,412
DASHING FLY LADY SI 104 Bred by: Rip Allen
Raced to 3 • $12,533 15-6-5-1
12 f., 3 SW • $421,139
Linda Earley, Speedhorse