Some fun stats from our friend Bob "Hollywood" Heyden
The RICHEST Pacer in History!
Foaled May 8, 2004
Started in a NW2 BEFORE a NW1-won his first try at Freehold October 12, 2006-the ONLY time Jim Marshall, III drove. Debut came two weeks before his followup start (2nd)
Sire Dragon Again also won his first start in 1997 at age 2. He did it in 2:01.3, Foiled Again in 2:01 at Freehold.
UNUSUAL FACT-The TWO Richest Pacers of all time-Foiled Again and Gallo Blue Chip-NEITHER ever competed in a Triple Crown race! $4.431 Million to $4.260 Million
The Two richest single seasons for an older pacer: Mister Big-age 5-$1,532,932 and Foiled Again last year at age 7 $1,405,747
Foiled Again had only ONE career placing-3rd to 5th July 26, 2009, ONE career 10 hole (4th) and went off at 100-1 or higher just ONCE. 108.40-1 April 21, 2007 (NOTE-Since that placing came in the $500,000 Ben Franklin-he got $25,000 for 5th instead of $60,000 for 3rd-his original finish)
Can You Top This? Foiled Again may be THE richest pacer ever-but you never would have guessed it after his 3 YO season-the HIGHEST PURSE he competed for at 2/3? $31,000-Freehold in the SRF Pace! He was 3rd to Big Business and Big Stack
When Foiled Again won the 2012 Canadian Pacing Derby, he surged past Gallo Blue Chip in career earnings. When Foiled Again won his NEXT start (At Pocono)-he broke a tie at 63 for wins with Gallo Blue Chip. So-in review-When Foiled Again broke the $$ record-he was TIED with Gallo Blue Chip in wins at 63 and was competing at the same age that Gallo made it to-Age 8
Foiled Agains 164 career starts is exactly HALF of what Rambling Willie had career wise ('73-83) "Willie' was the only horse to TWICE be the all-time earner among pacers. He was the horse Niatross surpassed when he became the first $2 Million winner, then he surpassed Niatross briefly in 1983 before being overtaken by Cam Fella at that years end for the top spot.
NUMBERS:
124-164 IN THE MONEY for Foiled Again
150-164 CHECKS
42/164 were for $100,000 and up-but NONE until Career start #50
26 Flat is his fastest final quarter-set in a qualifier 2/26/11
11 sub 1:50 wins-46 miles in under 1:50-including 8 of his most recent 11 starts.
He paid $2.10 to win FOUR times.
He was a horse for all seasons-winning in winter 6 times, spring 23 times, summer 14 times and 21 times in the fall.
Yannick Gingras is one of 18 drivers for Foliled Again-Yannick leads with 92 assignments.
4 lengths is his largest winning margin-achieved 3 times
$848,640 is the biggest purse he;'s gone for-2011 Canadian Pacing Derby. He was 3rd to We Will See and stablemate Won The West
In his last 11 starts as an 8 year old as of September 24, he raced at 8 DIFFERENT Tracks in those 11 tries
$500G and Up Race History (10 1-3-1)
2009 Ben Franklin $500,000 placed 5th
2010 William Haughton $702,500 7th
2010 Ben Franklin $500,000 6th
2010 Breeders Crown $500,000 2nd
2011 Ben Franklin $500,000 6th
2011 William Haughton $523,000 2nd
2011 Canadian Pacing Derby $848,640 3rd
2011 Breeders Crown $500,000 2nd
2012 Ben Franklin $500,000 6th
2012 Canadian Pacing Derby $794,870 FIRST
Different Tracks -18
Freehold (FIRST), Yonkers, Meadowlands, Mohawk, Woodbine, Chester, Pocono, Meadows, Harrington, Batavia, Plainridge, Northfield, London, Tioga, Lexington, Balmoral, Indy and Rideau Carleton
YONKERS ONLY RECORD 31 starts 23 wins 6 seconds and 2 thirds. NEVER off the board $1,081,650 in Yonkers earnings ALONE
LEVY RECORD ONLY:
2009 5 4-1-0 2010 6 4-2-0 2011 5 4-0-1 2012 5 3-2-0 TOTAL 21 starts TWO FINAL wins, 15 wins, 5 seconds 1 third. $963,150 in just Levy earnings.
"OH NOSE" Foiled Again has been in 8 nose photos winning 4 and losing 4.
6-7-8 COMBINED-AGELESS WONDER
Foiled Again has had the most productive 6-7-8 Year Old seasons ever! $3,340,846 on the strength of 71 30-20-10 His earnings at 6-7-8 eclipsed that of Nihilators at 2-3-and HE retired the richest pacer ever in 1985 at $3,225,653
Can You Believe? That Foiled Again lost his last 17 starts at 3-he didn't win a race after February 17 in 2007?
Foiled Again only made two appearances in PASS events (One scratch-his ONLY career scratch) Once at Pocono and another at the Meadows-3rd and 6th-in 2007
OH CANADA-INDEED
During the torrid 6-7-8 Year Old seasons that Foiled Again has posted-all three times his yearly best time clocking has come in Canada
2010 Woodbine 1:48.3
2011 Mohawk 1:48.1
2012 Mohawk 1:48.3
Driver Roster-In Order They Appeared
Jim Marshall III
Jack Baggitt, Jr.
Daniel Dube
Mike Lachance
Steve Smith
Mike Wilder
George Brennan
Andy Miller
Eric Ledford
Eric Goodell
Yannick Gingras (FIRST time he drove him-7/13/08 at Chester-5th-in his 4 YO season)
Jason Bartlett
Greg Grismore
Dave Palone
Jody Jamieson
Matt Kakaley
Dave Miller (Molson-2010)
Brett Miller
"Calendar Guy"
You won't find a lot of horses who can say they've won at least TWICE in every calendar month. Foiled Again month by month victories:
January 3
February 2
March 3
April 11
May 9
June 2
July 2
August 4
September 10
October 7
November 9
December 2
ONLY 7 YEAR OLD Voted Pacer Of The Year -2011
October 8, 2008 was his first ever $100,000 WIN-A nose victory at Yonkers over Kenneth J-two months earlier he had RACED in his first ever 6-figure event-the $150,000 Fialkow at Yonkers on August 9 where he was 3rd.
'Sweet Sixteen"
Number of sub 1:49 miles posted by Foiled Again
He is historys first horse to have back to back MILLION $$ SEASONS at 7-8
PHOTO ANYONE?
24 of his 164 career starts have seen Foiled Again in a win photo (Half a length or less)
"The Streaker"
Longest career WINNING streak-6. Longest career LOSING streak-20
"Railbird"
Foiled Again has 29 times started from the rail
"Qualified?"
Foiled Again meets all the qualifications of a great horse. As far as qualifiers-16 times he's done so,
And Finally-when Foiled Again goes in the 2012 Breeders Crown at Woodbine-he'll be just the third horse to appear in the Breeders Crown (PACING) as THE richest performer of ALL-time. Gallo Blue Chip did it last in 2002-and Nihilator in 1985 prior to that.
