Da Hoss Halter With COA Two Time Breeders Cup Mile Winner.

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Da Hoss Halter With COA Two Time Breeders Cup Mile Winner..
Da Hoss was undefeated in his two-year-old season, consisting of three starts. After winning his first race, at Turf Paradise, by one length, he followed that effort with an allowance score before concluding his first season on the racetrack with a stakes win, the ATBA Sales Stakes, where he completed the six-furlong distance in a then-record time of 1:07 1/5.
In his first start at three, Da Hoss took the
Grade III
'
Best Turn Stakes
(now known as the
Jimmy Winkfield Stakes
), the Grade II
Jersey Derby
, and the Grade II
Del Mar Derby
, and came second in the Grade II
Gotham Stakes
,
Illinois Stakes
,
Swaps Stakes
, and
Pegasus Stakes
in addition to winning another allowance. The horse he finished second to in the GII Swaps Stakes was that year's Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner, Thunder Gulch. He also ran third in the G1 Crown Royal Hollywood Derby. In his first Breeders’ Cup appearance, the 1995 Breeders’ Cup Sprint on dirt, Da Hoss finished 13th; it was the only time in his 20-race career that he failed to hit the board.
1996 began with a third place finish in the Poker Handicap at Belmont Park, and Da Hoss found himself in the winner's circle again in his next start, the G3
Fourstardave Handicap
. Next was a win in the
Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap
, then a second in the Kelso Handicap, before entering the starting gate at
Woodbine
for the 1996 Breeders’ Cup Mile under jockey
Gary Stevens
. Da Hoss won by one and a half lengths to the call of "it's da American, Da Hoss, in da Mile!"
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