Line of David represented by first winner

Grade 1 winner Line of David had his first winner as a sire on Friday when

Rimsky captured the 5TH race at

Gulfstream Park.

Despite hitting the side of the gate at the start, the juvenile filly took

command and never looked back en route to a five-length romp under jockey Amy

Fontanez. The chestnut miss, who is trained by Howard Mills for Lion of Judah

Racing Stable, completed a mile over the sloppy, sealed dirt in 1:40 4/5 after

the race was moved from the turf to the main track.

Rimsky followed in her sire's hoofsteps by taking four tries to break her

maiden. Line of David got the job done while making his turf debut at

Santa Anita in February

2010 after three prior tries on synthetic tracks. He opened his career on

Hollywood Park's all-weather surface in 2009, finishing ninth while going six

furlongs, then stretched out to a mile when shipped to Santa Anita next out and

did better when third under the line.

The John Sadler-trained son of Lion Heart opened his sophomore season with a

seventh-placing at the Arcadia, California, venue on February 5, 2010, but

returned eight days later on the green to record a first career victory by 1 1/2

lengths at a mile.

Line of David stayed over course and distance to take an allowance a month

later by 4 1/2 lengths before shipping to

Oaklawn Park for a

gutsy quarter-length decision in his stakes and dirt debut, the Arkansas Derby,

over Super Saver. The duo met up one race later in the 2010

Kentucky Derby, with

Super Saver eventually sporting the rose garland in the winner's circle while

Line of David was led back to his stall after finishing 18th in the 20-horse

field.