Summing
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| Summing | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Verbatim |
| Grandsire | Speak John |
| Dam | Sumatra |
| Damsire | Groton |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 16, 1978[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Charles T. Wilson Jr. |
| Owner | Charles T. Wilson Jr. |
| Trainer | Luis S. Barrera |
| Record | 23: 7-5-1 |
| Earnings | $615,096 |
| Major wins | |
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| Last updated on September 28, 2007 | |
Summing (April 16, 1978 – October 10, 2008) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
Summing was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by his owner Charles T. Wilson Jr. He was sired by Verbatim, a leading dirt performer whose wins included the 1969 Whitney Stakes. The best of his other progeny included Alphabatim and Princess Rooney. Summing's dam Sumatra was a high-class racemare whose wins included a division of the Santa Ysabel Stakes.[2]
Racing career
Until the detection of a blood infection, Summing performed so poorly that he was dropped from graded stakes races and entered in an allowance race. Once the infection was found, he was unable to compete in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, although two weeks before the Belmont he was well enough to win the Pennsylvania Derby.
Trained by Luis Barrera, brother of American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer Laz Barrera, Summing is best known for his upset over U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt Pleasant Colony in the Belmont Stakes with George Martens aboard. He won the race in a time of 2:29, spoiling Pleasant Colony's bid for the Triple Crown, as Pleasant Colony ran wide in the turn and placed third, behind Highland Blade.[3]
In the fall, Summing won the Pegasus Stakes, then finished second in the Super Derby.