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Girolamo (USA)
©Adam Coglianese
GIROLAMO (USA)
- Age: 4
- Colour: Dark Bay/Brown
- Gender: Colt
- Sire: A P Indy (USA)
- Dam: Get Lucky (USA)
- Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor
Brother to 3 winners in USA, including 1996 Grade 3 2-y-o 8.5f winner Accelerator and Grade 2 1m winner Daydreaming, and half-brother to winner there by Capote: dam, US Grade 3 8.5f winner, sister to Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Rhythm: smart form: won maiden at Saratoga in 2008: highly tried at Belmont later at 2 yrs, fourth to Charitable Man in Grade 2 Futurity Stakes and sixth behind Vineyard Haven in Champagne Stakes: improved in 2009, winning allowance races at Saratoga in August and Belmont (optional claimer, easily) in September, and Grade 2 Jerome Handicap at Belmont (beat Burley's Gold 1¼ lengths, leading over 1f out) in October: well-held last of 12 behind Zenyatta in Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita last time, beaten before home turn: stays 1m: acts on dirt, below form on pro-ride.