The Awad honors the four-time Grade 1-winning Maryland homebred for Ryehill Farm, who captured at least one graded stakes race each year from 1992-95. Trained by David Donk, Awad won the 1995 Grade 1 Manhattan at Belmont Park three starts before winning the Grade 1 Arlington Million in a record time of 1:58.69. After a winless season in 1996, he captured the 1997 Sword Dancer Invitational in what would end up being his final conquest. He retired with an outstanding record of 70-14-10-11 and earnings of $3,270,131.
$150,000.00 1 1/16 (Turf) Grade:
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2024
Valuation Metric
2
118
1:43.71
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Chad C. Brown
Flavien Prat
$82,500
2023
Move to Gold
2
118
1:43.04
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Chad C. Brown
Manuel Franco
$74,250
2022
Freedom Trail
2
120
1:42.74
Gatsas Stables, R.A. Hill Stable and Steven Schoenfeld
John Terranova II
Irad Ortiz Jr.
$66,000
2021
General Ken
2
120
1:43.76
Louis Lazzinnaro & Michael Dubb
Chad C. Brown
Dylan Davis
$55,000
2020
Step Dancer
2
120
1:48.69
Pressman, Hayward R., Diamond M Stable and Pressman, Donna R.
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