Disco Partner Shatters North American Record in Jaipur

For a second straight year a Patricia Generazio homebred not only won the Jaipur Invitational Stakes (G3T) but set a course and North American record in the process when Disco Partner rallied to a half-length victory in the $300,000 turf sprint June 10 at Belmont Park.

Early on in the six-furlong test on the Belmont Widener Turf, last year's winner Pure Sensation blazed through a quarter-mile in :21.43 and a half-mile in :43.04 while Disco Partner raced off the pace in eighth. Turning for home, Disco Partner and Irad Ortiz Jr. rallied along the hedge then split horses to surge past Pure Sensation on his way to a half-length victory over favorite Green Mask.

Disco Partner, was credited with six furlongs in 1:05.67 on the firm turf, which lowers by more than a second the previous course record set in last year's Jaipur when Pure Sensation won in 1:06.76. That effort also was the North American record for six furlongs on turf. Disco Partner finished second by a neck in last year's Jaipur. 

Disco Partner, a 5-year-old son of Disco Rico, returned $11.60, $5.60, and $3.70 across the board while Green Mask paid $4 and $3.20. Holding Gold paid $6.90 to show. Pure Sensation would fade to fourth.

Bred in New York by Generazio, Disco Partner is out of the winnning Numerous mare Lulu's Number, who also has produced stakes-placed winner Don Six's Number.

The North American record for six furlongs on dirt was set in 2009 at Turf Paradise when Twin Sparks won a race in 1:06.49.

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