Perfect Drift
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Perfect Drift at the 2006 Pacific Classic
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| Sire | Dynaformer |
| Grandsire | Roberto |
| Dam | Nice Gal |
| Damsire | Naskra |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1999 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Dr. William A. Reed |
| Owner | Stonecrest Farm, Dr. Reed |
| Trainer |
Murray Johnson (until the fall of 2007) Richard Mandella (beginning in the fall of 2007) |
| Record | 50: 11-14-7 |
| Earnings | $4,714,213 |
| Major wins | |
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Spiral Stakes (2002) Indiana Derby (2002) Turfway Prevue (2002) Stephen Foster Handicap (2003) Washington Park Handicap (2003, 2005) Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (2003) Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (2003) |
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| Last updated on May 11, 2007 | |
Perfect Drift, (foaled April 29, 1999, in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred racehorse.
Perfect Drift is a bay gelding sired by the leading stallion Dynaformer, out of the Naskra mare Nice Gal. Perfect Drift was owned by Stonecrest Farm and bred by Kansas City heart surgeon Dr. William A. Reed (owner of Stonecrest). He was trained by Murray Johnson. Johnson is an Australian, born and bred, but long ago relocated to Kentucky following his trade. He trained Perfect Drift throughout almost his entire career at his own 55-acre (220,000 m2) Trackside Stable in Louisville, Kentucky. Perfect Drift started 50 times. The gelding has won 11 of those starts, placed in 13, and came in third six times, finishing in the money in approximately 75 percent of those starts.
Perfect Drift won on both dirt and turf, at distances ranging from 6½ furlongs to 1 and a quarter miles. He raced on at least 12 different tracks, and recorded Beyer Speed Figures of 100 or more on many occasions.
As a three-year-old in 2002, he won the Grade II Spiral Stakes, the Grade III Indiana Derby (by 2006, this became a Grade II event), the Turfway Prevue Stakes, and came home second in the WEBN Frog Stakes, the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, and ran third in the Kentucky Derby. That was the year War Emblem won the Derby and the Preakness. Perfect Drift's Derby was marred by being checked by War Emblem and forced to alter course to the outside. This allowed Proud Citizen to take second, but Perfect Drift still took third, ahead of Medaglia d'Oro, Harlan's Holiday, Essence of Dubai, and Saarland.
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