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Pleuven in the Wise Dan Stakes Races at Churchill Downs on June 17, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Pleuven wins the 2017 Opening Verse
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Pleuven wins the 2017 Opening Verse
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Pleuven wins the 2017 Opening Verse
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Pleuven wins the 2017 Opening Verse
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Pleuven wins the 2017 Opening Verse
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Pleuven wins the 2017 Opening Verse
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Pleuven wins the 2016 Wise Dan.
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Pleuven wins the 2016 Wise Dan.
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Pleuven wins the 2016 Wise Dan.
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Pleuven wins the 2016 Wise Dan.
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Paid Up Subscriber wins the Fleur de Lis (gr. II), Wise Dan parading and Pleuven with Channing Hill wins the Wise Dan (gr. II) at Churchill Downs on June 18, 2016.
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Pleuven with Channing Hill wins the Wise Dan (gr. II) at Churchill Downs on June 18, 2016.
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Trainer Phil Sims would just as soon have the Turtle Bowl gelding keeps things simple on June 17 by duplicating the same effort in Saturday's $200,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2T) at Churchill Downs that earned him the victory in the test one year ago.
Thatcher Street capped a big day at Churchill Downs for Australian-born trainer Ian Wilkes when his 5-year-old gelding came back to beat chief rival Pleuven by a half-length to win the $100,000 River City Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 24.
Stalwarts The Pizza Man and Are You Kidding Me will face a competitive field in the River City Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs Nov. 24.
The Club Racing, Allen Rosenblum, and Sagamore Farm's Miss Temple City earned her second grade I victory against males Oct. 8 in the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. IT) at Keeneland.
An extremely deep roster will take a crack at the $1 million purse of the Shadwell Turf Mile. Last year's winner Grand Arch will tackle invaders from every direction as a half dozen grade I winners square off.
Nelson McMakin's Pleuven, a French-bred gelding who was a close second in the Opening Verse Stakes May 21 in his Churchill Downs debut, stepped up big time with a victory in the $200,000 Wise Dan Stakes (gr. IIT) at the Kentucky track June 18.
Three-time stakes winner Storming Inti and 2013 Generous (gr. IIIT) victor Global View are the most accomplished horses in a full field of 12 that were entered in the Transylvania Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 4.
Sophomore son of Stormy Atlantic has won four of five starts for trainer Chad Brown, including a wire-to-wire season debut by a head over grade I winner We Miss Artie in the Jan. 19 Kitten's Joy Stakes.
Phipps Stable's Mr Speaker found a rail seam and skimmed to a 10-1 surprise in the $100,000 Dania Beach Stakes (gr. IIIT) Dec. 21 at Gulfstream Park.
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Trainer Chad Brown will saddle two promising juveniles in Plueven, a two-time stakes winner in France making his U.S. debut, and impressive first-out winner Request in the Dania Beach Stakes (gr. III) Dec. 21 at Gulfstream.
| Trainer | Philip A. Sims |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Corey J. Lanerie |
| Owner | Nelson McMakin |
| Breeder | Jean De Cheffontaines |
| Pleuven (FR) View Five-Cross Pedigree | Turtle Bowl (IRE) | Dyhim Diamond (IRE) |
| Clara Bow (FR) | ||
| Under Estimated (FR) | Singspiel (IRE) | |
| Graceful Bering |
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| Arrogate |
| Songbird |
| Princess Victoria |
| Tapwrit |
| Irap |
| Always Dreaming |
| Accelerate |
| Fall At Last |
| Shaman Ghost |
| Abel Tasman |
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