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RACING NEWS
AQHA Challenge Championship Weekend
Bank of America Challenge Championship-G1
DANJER
by Tracy Gantz
World Champion Danjer just keeps add- ing accomplishments to his already incredible career. When he won the Bank
of America Challenge Championship-G1
at Horseshoe Indianapolis on Oct. 22, he became the first horse ever to win three con- secutive runnings of the race.
Despite the presence of stakes winners from around the country in the Challenge Championship, Danjer, the oldest horse in the field, went off as the 1-9 favorite. Cody Smith, who piloted Danjer in both of his previous Challenge Championship victories, was again aboard the gelding.
Though Smith later said that Danjer slipped slightly leaving the gate, the race almost couldn’t have been easier for the World Champion. He rocketed to the lead, with Smith simply urging him forward and then coasting home. Danjer won by 1 3/4-lengths, and his time of :21.646 was
Horseshoe Indianapolis
$269,627 • 440 yards :21.646 • si 108
164 SPEEDHORSE November 2022
Bred by: Dean Frey
Raced to 6 $1,967,068 31-19(14)-6(5)-3(2)
Danjer winning the $269,627 Bank of America Challenge Championship-G1.
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)
1,263 f., 89 SW • $30,184,927
FIRST DOWN DASH si 105 Bred by: AF Stan;ey Jr/B F Phillips Jr
Raced to 3 • $857,256 15-13(8)-1(1)-0
2,531 f., 259 SW • $90,021,746
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 • $2,169,174
SHEZ JESS TOXIC
si 108
Bred by: Dean R. Frey Raced to 5 • $235,296 23-5(3)-8(5)-6(6)
8 f., 1 SW • $2,036,300
TAKE OFF JESS si 101 Bred by: Henry E. Brown Raced to 2 • $380,087 7-2(2)-3-1
133 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
Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
DANJER, ‘16-g.