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 Saturday, July 9, 2005

  Churchill Downs, Race 11, Msw, 46,190, 2yo, 6f, 1:10 3/5, ft

  First Samurai, C, 2, by Giant's Causeway

1st Dam: Freddie Frisson (SW, $263,036), by Dixieland Band

2nd Dam: Frisson, by Fappiano

3rd Dam: Mavera, by Reviewer

First Samurai, the 5-2 chalk in his career opener, had worked a bullet five-eighths in :59 2/5 at Churchill June 27. He broke on top and never looked back, winning by a handy 5 1/2 lengths. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $29,475.

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O: Bruce Lunsford and Lansdon B Robbins III | B: John D Gunther | T: Frank L Brothers