(By the way, Unbridled actually beat Super Abound at Canterbury the previous year.) And while it was his only graded stakes win, it stamped Super Abound’s name into history. While Super Abound never got as much attention as his star stablemate did, Super Abound made his own claim to fame by winning the 1990 Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park, in which he beat Unbridled, who was trying the turf for the first time. A son of Superbity, Super Abound was owned by Frances Genter and trained by Carl Nafzger, who also were the connections of 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled. The first Minnesota bred to win a graded stakes race was Super Abound. The highest level is Grade 1, followed by Grade 2, and then Grade 3 and the Minnesota breds have won at nearly every level.ġ990 was a banner year for Minnesota bred horses winning at the national level. A graded stakes race is a stakes race of the highest quality in both prize money and strength of the competition. In the history of horse racing and breeding, only four horses bred in the state of Minnesota have ever won a graded stakes race.
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