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Gio Ponti to continue racing, target World Cup again

Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 4:07 PM

GIO PONTI

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Dual champion and Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) runner-up Gio Ponti will stay in training as a six-year-old and take aim again at the $10-million Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1).

The Tale of the Cat horse finished fourth in the 2010 World Cup, after garnering Eclipse Awards as champion older male and champion turf male of 2009. He scored the fifth and sixth Grade 1 victories of his career in the Man o’ War Stakes (G1) on July 10 at Belmont Park and Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (G1) on October 9 at Keeneland Race Course.

At 4-to-1 odds in the Mile, Gio Ponti finished 1 3/4 lengths behind Goldikova (Ire), who won the race for the third straight year and also is scheduled to return as a six-year-old in 2011.

“It is an exciting time to have a tough consistent horse in training as prize money is generally one of the more lucrative sides of our business at the moment,” said Shane Ryan, president of owner Castleton Lyons Farm. “We would like to thank all his fans and well wishers to date. It is our hope that we can continue to campaign him with imagination and of course, success!”

Trained by Christophe Clement, Gio Ponti also finished second in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) to Zenyatta. He has won 11 of 23 starts and earned $5,037,800. Ryan bred Gio Ponti in the name of his Kilboy Estate.

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Posted by: numi24, youngstown, OH on January 16, 2011 at 02:41 PM

Gio Ponti is my favorite! He is a great role model for us all. A true champion. I had the pleasure of being present to watch him win the Shadwell Mile at Keeneland. Anyone know where his prep race before Dubai will be???

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Posted by: trackgirl, Southern, IN on November 27, 2010 at 08:02 PM

As long as he is healthy and happy I'm happy too!

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Posted by: Bellwether4u.com, Chesapeake, VA on November 24, 2010 at 11:12 PM

GOE GOE GIO...HE WAS SOE CLO$E TO ONE HELL OFFA YEAR!!!...PERIOD...ty SHANE...ty...

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Posted by: Nancy, Raleigh, NC on November 24, 2010 at 01:23 PM

I am so happy to find out that Gio Ponti is NOT retiring. Great News !

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Posted by: Sue, Omaha, NE on November 23, 2010 at 11:18 PM

So happy he is going to continue to run. The sport needs him. I was at the Arlington Million and he should have won again but Ramon wasn't paying attention.

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