Magic Weisner
| Magic Weisner | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Ameri Valay |
| Grandsire | Carnivalay |
| Dam | Jazema |
| Damsire | Bold Forbes |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Nancy H. Alberts |
| Owner | Nancy H. Alberts |
| Trainer | Nancy H. Alberts |
| Record | 15: 7-4-0 |
| Earnings | $888,830 |
| Major wins | |
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Maryland Juvenile Champion Stakes (2001) Preakness Stakes 2nd (2002) |
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| Last updated on September 15, 2009 | |
Maryland Juvenile Champion Stakes (2001)
Ohio Derby (2002)
Private Terms Stakes (2002)
Goss Stryker Stakes (2002)
Deputed Testamony Stakes (2002)
Magic Weisner (foaled in Maryland on May 3, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A descendant of Bold Forbes, he was sired by Ameri Valay and bred by Nancy H. Alberts. Magic Weisner was a graded stakes winner but is best remembered for his runner-up finish in the 2002 Preakness Stakes and his serious public battle to overcome the West Nile Virus when little was known about the disease.
Nancy Alberts, also Magic Weisner's owner and exercise rider, bred the horse from a mare named Jazema, which she bought as a yearling for $1 because of her crooked legs. In the late 1980s, Alberts lost Jazema twice in claiming races and bought her back both times. The final time she bought her back was for breeding. Alberts had commented that Jazema had a special eye for Ameri Valay because of seeing him around the barn area at Laurel Park. Jazema in Arabic meant hope, and in 1998 her first born was named Deliver Hope. In February 1999, Alberts nursed Jazema during some difficult times in the late term of her pregnancy. In May, Magic Weisner foaled at Shamrock Farms under the care of Jim and Christy Steele. Since Alberts didn't own a farm, Magic Weisner was raised at different farms in the Laurel, MD area.
At age two, the colt lost his first two races before breaking his maiden in his third try. He trained at Bowie Race Course and shipped up to Laurel in the summer of 2001 to score his first win. He followed that up with an allowance win in late August of that year. Then Alberts entered Magic Weisner in the Maryland Juvenile Championship Stakes, a nine-furlong dirt race at Laurel Park, which he won. He finished the year with three wins in five starts.
Magic Weisner bridged his two- and three-year-old seasons with five straight wins, including victories in the Goss Striker Stakes, the Deputed Testamony Stakes, and the Private Terms Stakes, all at Laurel Park Race Course. In the Federico Tesio Stakes, a race that many locals call the "Preakness Trial" at Pimlico Race Course, he finished second to Smoked Em, a highly regarded three-year-old trained by Todd Pletcher. Alberts felt that jockey Phil Teter didn't listen to her instructions and felt that Magic Weisner could have won the race.
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