First Winners for Early Flyer, Proud Citizen
Date Posted: 5/6/2007 8:12:03 AM
Last Updated: 5/7/2007 12:17:16 PM

Grade II winners Early Flyer   and Proud Citizen   were represented by their first winners May 5. Proud Citizen's initial winner, Motovato, won by nine lengths at 4 1/2 furlongs in :52.62 at Delaware Park in his first start. Bred in Kentucky by Elizabeth L. Jones and Brownell Alexander, he is owned by Mary Ryan.

A Kentucky Derby (gr. I) runner-up, Proud Citizen (Gone West--Drums Of Freedom, by Green Forest) stands for $12,500 at Brereton C. Jones' Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.

Early Flyer's first winner, Five Alarm, won by five lengths at 4 1/2 furlongs in :51.74 at Lone Star Park in his second start. The Texas-bred races for breeder/owner Clarence Scharbauer Jr.

Early Flyer (Gilded Time--Bistra, by Classic Go Go) stands for $2,500 at Scharbauer's Valor Farm near Pilot Point, Texas.

 

 



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