Spirited Guy First Winner for Sire He Be Fire N Ice
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Spirited Guy breaks his maiden at Golden Gate Fields
Spirited Guy became the first winner for his sire, He Be Fire N Ice , when the 2-year-old gelding broke his maiden Nov. 9 at Golden Gate Fields.
In his seventh start for owner/breeder Stuart Tsujimoto and trainer Ed Moger Jr., Spirited Guy broke out and bumped a rival at the start of the 5 1/2-furlong maiden claimer on Golden Gate's all-weather surface, in which he was entered for a $25,000 tag. He raced fifth early, as Journey Cake put up fractions of :22.14 and :46.06 through the first half-mile, then ranged up with a four-wide rally and was set down for the drive by jockey Alejandro Gomez.
Journey Cake could not hold off the eventual winner and settled for second by a half-length. Sir Laughalot completed the trifecta, 1 1/4 lengths back in third. The final time was 1:05.23.
Bred in California out of the Concerto mare Glad's Gals, Spirited Guy improved his record to 1-1-2 from seven starts, with earnings of $15,840.
He Be Fire N Ice, a son of the late Unusual Heat out of the Deputy Commander mare Deputy Tombe, won the 2013 California Dreamin' Handicap on the Del Mar turf and placed in two graded stakes during his career. The gray or roan 10-year-old stands at Ridgeley Farm near Hemet, Calif., where his 2019 fee is $5,000 stands and nurses.