1999 Champagne Stakes Grade I - Greenwood Lake

Lukas colt High Yield, ran third. Greenwood Lake ran his customary closing race, running seventh and last for three-quarters of a mile. Then Jean-Luc Samyn nudged him into contention as they turned into the homestretch, and the colt roared. I wasn't confident as he was turning for home, said the trainer Nick Zito, who won last year's Champagne with The Groom Is Red. When he went around the turn, he was nine lengths out of it. But when they straightened out, I got excited because here comes ...

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YouTube | June 19, 2009

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