Scrappy T
| Scrappy T | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fit To Fight |
| Grandsire | Chieftain |
| Dam | Perpetual Light |
| Damsire | Sunny's Halo |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 2002 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Brown |
| Breeder | Upson Downs Farm |
| Owner | Marshall E. Dowell |
| Trainer | W. Robert Bailes |
| Record | 15: 3-7-2 |
| Earnings | $643,489 |
| Major wins | |
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Withers Stakes (2005) Preakness Stakes 2nd (2005) |
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| Last updated on September 22, 2009 | |
Withers Stakes (2005)
Count Fleet Stakes (2005)
Scrappy T (foaled in Kentucky on March 31, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A descendant of Sunny's Halo, he was sired by Fit to Fight by breeder Upson Downs Farm. Scrappy T was a multiple graded stakes winner but will be remembered most for his near fatal collision with Afleet Alex and gutsy runner-up finish in the 2005 Preakness Stakes.
His trainer, Robbie Bailes picked out Scrappy T at an auction in Florida at the Ocala Breeders Sale as a two-year-old and bought him for $35,000 for owner Marshall Dowell of Mechanicsville, Virginia. Scrappy T trained in a small unassuming work stable at the dilapidated Bowie Training Center. After breaking his maiden at Delaware Park, he received no respect from the public when racing in New York. He finished second in his New York stakes debut at odds of 23-1 and two races later won the Count Fleet Stakes at 11-1. His next step was a start in the grade three Whirlaway Stakes on Feb. 12, he raced uncharacteristically off the lead and dug down in the stretch to finish third, missing first by 1-1/2 lengths.
Scrappy T came back to race in the Wood Memorial Stakes as his final triple crown prep but was no match for Bellamy Road. No one else in the field that day was either, as Bellamy Road went on to win the Wood by a record margin. After that defeat, Bailes and Dowell thought twice about sending Scrappy T to the Kentucky Derby and thought it was best to sharpen his skills a little closer to home.
Marshall E. Dowell’s Scrappy T, who was removed from Kentucky Derby consideration after finishing third to Bellamy Road in the Wood Memorial Stakes in April, found the competition more to his liking in the grade three $150,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack as he posted a one-length victory over six challengers. Pressing the early pace set by War Plan, the Fit to Fight gelding took charge turning for home and dug in gamely to hold off a late run by Park Avenue Ball. War Plan held on for third as Scrappy T covered the one-turn mile in 1:35 on a sealed track listed as good.
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