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Saturday, May 06, 2006

The Major wins at 13

Thirteen-year-old MAJOR ZEE, bred by the late Steve Stavro, won his 2006 debut on Saturday at Fort Erie for $4,000 claiming. It was the 19th career win from 73 starts for the old-timer, a son of Dayjur from Zadracarta. Major Zee won three of five races last year for owner/trainer Mark Fournier. Incredibly, Major Zee was claimed from the race by Jason Giliforte.

posted by Jen Morrison @ 2:11 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 3:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Love that Major still has a few tricks up his sleve...Why did Jason and Jeane Ryan (partner) take this horse, you would think that the horse has done enough for people? This horse was a healthy point in his career where he owed no one anything, they just took him from winding down his career to being an commodity. I am sure that Mark Fournier will miss the old lad, and have a hard time believing that anyone else will be able to make him tick...Major, you deserve better buddy!!!

     

  • At 8:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Major, you DO deserve better....

    Quote from Jason Giliforte in the Racing Form for Saturday...

    "I'm not a retirement home," said Giliforte. "I'm trying to make money. I'm looking to run him in two-furlong races and on the turf."

     

  • At 9:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Jason Giliforte should have thought that comment through before saying it in a publication, Jason is definetly not a horseman, I am sure that Major will overcome his new "trainer and investors" 4000.00 is a pretty easy number to achieve and they will see an ROI, however I do not see him being the star he has been in the past. Mark, spoiled that horse and treated him like a king...not because he was trying to make a buck but because he cared about the old man...if Major was not in good order Mark would not push, I think that life in general will be different for the old man and it will refleect in his performance.

     

  • At 12:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I guess Jason Giliforte is a horseman after all. I found out that the first time major ran poorly Jason retired him and gave him back to his previous owner for free

     

  • At 12:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I guess you should know the situation before commenting

     

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