Bind Takes Fair Grounds Optional Claimer

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Bind Takes Fair Grounds Optional Claimer

Updated: 5:46 PM ET (First posted: 5:44 PM ET)

4th at FGX

Opt Clm ($49k) [6f]

Winner: Bind, h, 5 by Pulpit

4th-FGX, $43,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($40,000), NW2X, 4yo/up, 6f, 1:09 4/5, ft.
BIND (h, 5, Pulpit--Check, by Unbridled) earned "TDN Rising Star" distinction in his 9 1/2-length debut win here in February 2011. He was a close second in his next two starts--an optional claimer and stretching out in a Churchill allowance in the spring of 2011. He returned from a 19-month hiatus to win an allowance with this course and distance Dec. 22. Backed as the 3-5 chalk here, Bind rated three wide in midpack and moved into contention on the turn. He took the lead from Hero of Order ( Sharp Humor) down the lane and held off that rival by a half-length. Sales history: $180,000 RNA yrl '09 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 5-3-2-0, $93,800. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO.
O-Adele B Dilschneider & Claiborne Farm. B-Claiborne Farm (KY). T-Albert M Stall Jr.

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