Pyro (horse)

Pyro
Sire	Pulpit
Grandsire	A.P. Indy
Dam	Wild Vision
Damsire	Wild Again
Sex	Colt
Foaled	2005
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay
Breeder	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
Owner	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Godolphin Racing LLC
Trainer	Steve Asmussen Saeed bin Suroor
Record	15: 5-5-2
Earnings	$1,664,673
Major wins
Risen Star Stakes (2008) Louisiana Derby (2008) Northern Dancer Stakes (2008) Forego Handicap (2009)

Pyro (foaled on February 19, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred Racehorse and sire. His sire is Pulpit, a son of the 1992 Eclipse Award Winner for American Horse of the Year, A.P. Indy. His dam is the mare Wild Vision, sired by the 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic winner, Wild Again.

At age two Pyro won an allowance race by a nose and notably ran second to War Pass in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York and in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.

At age three, he made a very impressive debut in the Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a ten-horse race marked by a very slow pace, Pyro was last at the top of the stretch but moved between three horses and, as the track announcer said, he was "coming like a rocket" when he passed the rest of the field and won the 1 1/16 miles Risen Star Stakes by two lengths. The Daily Racing Form said: "His rally to win the Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds in February was so phenomenal that he evoked comparisons to the legendary Silky Sullivan."

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