Eldaafer

Eldaafer (foaled March 13, 2005) is a retired racehorse best known for his wins in the Fall Championship Stakes, Breeders' Cup Marathon, Brooklyn Handicap, and Greenwood Cup.

Eldaafer is a bay gelding with an irregular star but no white leg markings.

Indy, who won the Belmont Stakes and the Breeders Cup Classic.

At the wire he would be tenth out 11 horses in the race and Finnish over 57 lengths off the leader.

He then made his graded stakes debut in the Brooklyn Handicap.

At the start he was back in sixth and stayed close behind by half a mile.

Later in the season, he was entered into the final running of the "Fall Championship Stakes" on Patriot Day.

Next was the third running of the Breeders' Cup Marathon, he faced tougher competition such as G1 winner in Prince Will I am, and future Clark and Donn Handicap winner Giant Oak.

After that he took over the lead and opened up the lead to one and three-quarter lengths and finished the race in a time of 2:59.62. setting a new track record at Churchill Downs for the mile and three quarters.

Finishing eighth and sixth respectively in the Donn Handicap and the Pan American Stakes.

Then by the far turn he had gotten a slight lead, for the remainder of the race Eldaafer opened up to win by four and a half lengths.

After an unsuccessful turf attempt in the United Nations Stakes he went to an allowance.

Then at the far turn he showed his turn of foot and got up to second only one and a half lengths behind, still in the final quarter of a mile he shrank the leaders lead until Eldaafer took the lead and won by half a length.

Next he ran in the DTHA Governors Day Stakes, starting fourth and then dropping back to fifth and last.

following that he spent the rest of the race catching up as he kept moving up the placings but it was too late.

It would be the last time Eldaafer placed that year as he would be sixth in the breeders cup marathon and finally would end the year with an underwhelming fifth in the Native Diver Handicap.

But at the far turn he challenged the leader Redeemed and tried to take over the lead and win his second Brooklyn Handicap.

Unfortunately Redeemed fought back and opened up a two and three quarter length win.

Next would be Hawthorne Gold Cup, Surprisingly he stayed near the front for all of the race.

By the far turn it was a three horse race and just at the wire Eldaafer fell back and was third, just one and three-quarter lengths behind.

He then stayed seventh for the rest of the race finishing 13 3/4 lengths behind the winner.

However he started eight and tried going four wide, however instead he faded and fell back to tenth and last place, he would also be 18 1/2 lengths behind the winner.

Despite this move he could only get second after the winner Ponzi Scheme opened up his lead in the stretch.

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