INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Weewinnin, second-longest shot on the board at 60-1, ended a 4 ½-month layoff with a stunning victory in Sunday’s $200,000 King Glorious Stakes for 2-year-olds eligible for the Golden State Series at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Weewinnin is by Comic Strip, out of the Roman Dancer mare Honoree Lady, was bred by Dr. and Mrs. William Gray, is owned by the Grays, E-Racing,com, Janet Lyons et al and is trained by Brian Koriner.
He has two wins in three starts, earnings of $135,900 and was making his first start since a fourth in the Aug. 1 Graduation Stakes. His only other win was a $32,000 maiden claimer at Golden Gate in his June 12 debut.
“I think the public was just looking at the Beyers (speed figures published in the Daily Racing Form) and said he just doesn’t belong,” Koriner said of the long odds. “He ran a freaky race when he broke his maiden. When he ran (fourth in the Graduation Stakes (Aug. 1) at Del Mar we were a little upset, but he came out of the race with shins. That’s why he didn’t go on.
“We were upset because we paid pretty good money for the horse (after his maiden victory). My owners had me on the line for overpaying—I think we gave $100,000— but we got it all back today. He’s been training great. I’ve been telling the owners we were going to win this. One of the owners wanted to run him in a starter allowance, but I told him he’s been outworking some pretty good older horses and it was worth a chance to run him here.”
He ran the seven furlongs in 1:23.54 and won by a neck over supplemental entry Fighting Husar, with Monument third.
For Weewinnin’s pedigree, click http://www.pedigreequery.com/weewinnin.