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Giant Gizmo keeps rolling in Lone Star Park Stronach Stables' homebred GIANT GIZMO (Giant's Causeway) broke outward at the start and raced wide on both turns, but he still proved much the best in Monday's $400,000 Lone Star Park H. (G3), recording his third consecutive win with a two-length decision. Trained by Bobby Frankel, the four-year-old colt has proven quite versatile over the last nine months, winning on turf, synthetic, and fast and sloppy dirt tracks. The Kentucky-bred moved his mark to 11-6-1-1, $508,685, when completing 8 1/2 furlongs over the fast track in 1:43. Encaustic (Broad Brush) broke alertly and established contested fractions in :23 1/5, :46 4/5 and 1:10 1/5. Giant Gizmo was content to stalk in fourth during the early stages before advancing to challenge on the final bend, and he cruised to the lead at the quarter-pole. With jockey Garrett Gomez providing steady encouragement through the stretch, the chestnut passed the mile mark in 1:36 and easily held to the wire. Zanjero (Cherokee Run) rallied from last to garner runner-up honors, and it was two lengths back to Stella Mark (Benchmark) in third. Favored at 6-5, the winner paid $4.40, $2.80 and $2.80 while keying the $10 exacta with 3-2 second choice Zanjero, who returned $2.40 and $2.10. Stella Mark was good for $4 at 7-1 after edging fourth-placer Encaustic by a nose. The trifecta paid $43.60, and the 7-2-6-1 superfecta was $174.80. Next under the wire came Beta Capo (Langfuhr), Cowtown Cat (Distorted Humor) and One Lucky Buck (Thats Our Buck). Won Awesome Dude (Awesome Again) was scratched. The first foal out of the multiple stakes-winning Golden Antigua (Hansel), Giant Gizmo is from the same female family of three-time Grade 1-winning millionaire Mi Selecto (Explodent); South African champion Blossoming Fields (Badger Land); and multiple Grade 2 winner Bar Dexter (True Knight). He has an unraced juvenile half-brother named Slick Pardoned Me (Skip Away); an unnamed yearling half-sister by Golden Missile; and a 2008 half-sister by Ghostzapper. Giant Gizmo was exiting a score in the Alysheba S. (G3) on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard.
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