Drefong

Bay Colt
Born 2013
KY-Bred

Susan and Charles Chu accept the Eclipse Award for Champion Male Sprinter, Drefong, at the 46th annual Eclipse Awards

Susan and Charles Chu along with their son and friends accept the Eclipse Award for Champion Male Sprinter, Drefong, at the 46th annual Eclipse Awards

The field leaving the starting gate in the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on 11/5/16.

Drefong, Martin Garcia up, wins the TwinSpires Sprint (gr. I) at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, 2016, in Arcadia, California.
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Drefong, with Martin Garcia aboard, wins the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, 2016, in Arcadia, California.
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The start of the Breeders' Cup Sprint (GI) at Santa Anita on November 5, 2016.
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Drefong wins the 2016 Breeders' Cup Sprint
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Drefong and Martin Garcia after winning the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on 11/5/16.

Drefong with Martin Garcia wins the Breeders' Cup Sprint (GI) at Santa Anita on November 5, 2016.
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Drefong with Martin Garica win the Breeders' Cup Sprint (GI) at Santa Anita on November 5, 2016. Photo
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Drefong, with Martin Garcia aboard, wins the Sprint (gr. I) at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, 2016, in Arcadia, California.
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Drefong, Martin Garcia up, wins the TwinSpires Sprint (gr. I) at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, 2016.
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Connections of Drefong celebrate winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, 2016, in Arcadia, California.
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Connections of Drefong celebrate winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, 2016, in Arcadia, California.
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Drefong with Martin Garcia after winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on November 5, 2016.
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Martin Garcia after winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint (GI) aboard Drefong at Santa Anita on November 5, 2016.
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Drefong (#2) with Martin Garcia win the Breeders' Cup Sprint (GI) over Masochistic (#7) with Mike Smith and Mind Your Biscuits (#1) with Joel Rosario at Santa Anita on November 5, 2016.
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Drefong on the track at Santa Anita on November 2, 2016.
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Drefong at Santa Anita Tuesday morning
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Drefong works at Santa Anita in preparation for 2016 Breeders' Cup on Oct. 30, 2016, in Arcadia, CA.
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Drefong wins the 2016 King's Bishop.
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Owner Charles Chu and family lead in Drefong after he won the 2016 King's Bishop.
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Chu family leads in Drefong after he won the 2016 King's Bishop
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Drefong with Mike Smith wins the 2016 King's Bishop
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Winning connections, Chu family. Drefong with Mike Smith wins the 2016 King's Bishop
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Drefong with Mike Smith wins the 2016 King's Bishop (gr. I).
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Stellar Wind Logs First Breeze of 2017 at Santa Anita

The three-furlong breeze in :36 4/5 was nothing groundbreaking--Stellar Wind happily went through the motions under exercise rider Jose Contreras--but it was simply a starting point

Big-Race Drefong Named Champion Male Sprinter

With his Eclipse Award for male sprinter awarded Jan. 21, Drefong joins Lost in the Fog (2005), Trinniberg (2012), and Runhappy (2015) as the only 3-year-olds who earned the honor this century.

Uncle Lino Back to Work at Santa Anita

Off for nearly eight months without any serious running, Uncle Lino's first work since his start in the 2016 Preakness Stakes (G1) went about as well as could be expected Jan. 18 at Santa Anita Park.

2016 Eclipse Awards Finalists

January 5, 2017
Thoroughbred Racing

2016 Eclipse Awards finalists in 17 Equine and Human categories announced on January 5, 2017. Winners will be announced at the 46th annual Eclipse Awards on January 21 at Gulfstream Park.

Mind Your Biscuits Heads Malibu Field

With rival and Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Drefong declared out of the Dec. 26 $300,000 Malibu Stakes (gr. I), the odds are greatly in Mind Your Biscuits' favor in the 10-horse field entered for the seven-furlong test at Santa Anita Park.

Breeders' Cup Sprint Winner Drefong to Miss Malibu

Baoma Corporation's Drefong, winner of the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 5, will miss the Malibu Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26 after spiking a temperature last week, trainer Bob Baffert confirmed.

Owners of Drefong Donate to Old Friends

By BloodHorse Staff
December 20, 2016
Industry Press Releases, Off Track Thoroughbreds

Charles Chu of Baoma Corporation, owner of TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) winner Drefong, has donated $20,000 to Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farms.

Arrogate Returns to Work Tab

By Claire Novak
December 1, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, Southeast Region, West Region

Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Arrogate got back to business Dec. 1 at Santa Anita Park, turning in his first work since that Nov. 5 victory over California Chrome.

Breeders' Cup Sprint Purse Withheld by CHRB

By Jeremy Balan
November 23, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, West Region

The purse for the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) is being withheld until at least mid-December, according to California Horse Racing Board spokesman Mike Marten.

Arrogate Doing Well After Classic Victory

By BloodHorse Staff
November 6, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, West Region

Breeder's Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Arrogate came out of the race in good condition, trainer Bob Baffert said Nov. 6, the morning after the climactic end to the World Championships.

Drefong Gives Baffert Fifth BC Sprint

By Claire Novak
November 5, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, West Region

Baoma Corporation's Drefong came in off the bench, racing for the first time since his Aug. 27 Ketel One King's Bishop (gr. I) score, and turned back 8-5 choice Masochistic to land his second consecutive grade I by 1 1/4 lengths.

Baffert Duo Awaits A. P. Indian in Sprint

By Evan Hammonds
October 31, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, West Region

Conventional wisdom suggests a West Coast-based horse might have the edge in the six-furlong Sprint, but historic results tell us otherwise.

An Early Look at the Breeders' Cup Sprint

By J. Keeler Johnson
October 13, 2016
Handicapping

J. Keeler Johnson takes an early look at the key contenders for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Drefong's Win a Boost for Machmer Hall

Though horses bred by Machmer Hall finished second in graded stakes over the weekend, it was Drefong's King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) victory that the farm's connections found most exciting.

Drefong Gallops Home to King's Bishop Score

By Claire Novak
August 27, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region

Charles Chu's Drefong broke alertly from the outside in a field of 12, took the lead, and never faltered en route to victory in the $500,000 Ketel One King's Bishop (gr. I) Aug. 27 at Saratoga Race Course.

Mohaymen Cuts Back to Sprint in King's Bishop

By Tom LaMarra
August 24, 2016
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region, Mid-Atlantic Region

Shadwell Stable's homebred Mohaymen, a four-time grade II winner, will cut back to one turn for the first time since last November in the $500,000 Ketel One King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) for 3-year-olds Aug. 27 at Saratoga Race Course.

10 Up-and-Coming Derby Contenders

December 3, 2015
Handicapping, Triple Crown

J. Keeler Johnson discusses ten up-and-coming contenders for the 2016 Kentucky Derby. read blog

Connections

Trainer	Bob Baffert
Jockey	Martin Garcia
Owner	Baoma Corporation
Breeder	Frederick M. Allor, Michael T. Barnett, Anthony M. Warrender

Pedigree

Drefong View Five-Cross Pedigree	Gio Ponti	Tale of the Cat
		Chipeta Springs
	Eltimaas	Ghostzapper
		Najecam

Auction History

Sale / Hip	Type	Buyer	Consignor	Price
KEENOV2013 Hip 137	Weanling	Woods Edge Farm	Blackburn Farm, agent	$200,000
KEESEP2014 Hip 611	Yearling	Tanma Corp.	Woods Edge Farm, agent	$450,000

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