Recapturetheglory

Recapturetheglory
Recapturetheglory
Sire	Cherokee Run
Grandsire	Runaway Groom
Dam	Cold Awakening
Damsire	Dehere
Sex	Colt
Foaled	2005
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Charles Jacobi
Owner	Louie Roussel III & Ronald Lamarque
Trainer	Louie Roussel III
Record	24: 6-3-4
Earnings	$545,656
Major wins
	Illinois Derby (2008); Louisiana Handicap (2011)

Recapturetheglory (foaled February 11, 2005) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Recapturetheglory is a bay horse bred by Charles Jacobi. He was sired by the Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Cherokee Run is out of the mare Cold Awakening, by Dehere.

Recapturetheglory is owned by Louisianans Louie Roussel III and Ronald Lamarque, who also owned Risen Star, winner of the 1988 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. Conditioned for racing by Roussel, at age two the colt won for the first time in his third start in a September 29, 2007 maiden special weight race on at Hawthorne Race Course.

In his second start of 2008, Recapturetheglory was sent off as a 15-1 longshot in the 2008 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course. Under jockey E. T. Baird, the colt scored a convincing four-length victory and his winning purse means he qualified for the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of U.S. Triple Crown series. He finished 5th in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

In 2011, at the age of 6, Recapturetheglory took the $100,000 Louisiana Handicap.

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