Giant Ryan - 2011 Vosburgh (G1)
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Channel: The New York Racing Association · 2011 · Sports
Giant Ryan had won five straight races -- including the Grade 2 Smile Sprint Handicap, a "Win and You're In" race for the Breeders' Cup Sprint -- but that didn't command him much respect heading into the Grade 1, $350,000 Vosburgh Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park. Sent off at odds of 12-1 in the field of eight, Giant Ryan shot straight to the front when the gate opened, set a pressured pace through a blazing half-mile in 44.36 seconds, and held off the persistent Force Freeze in the lane to win by a half-length. Owned by Shivananda Parbhoo and trained by his father, Bisnath Parboo, Giant Ryan ran the six-furlong race -- also a "Win and You're In" race on "Super Saturday" at Belmont -- in 1:09.10 on a track labeled muddy. The 5-year-old New York-bred son of Freud paid $26.40 for a $2 win bet.
