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Freedom Trail (c, 2, Collected–Freedom, by War Front) became the first stakes winner for his freshman sire (by City Zip) in Saturday's grassy Awad S. at Aqueduct. The 9-5 favorite, a come-from-behind debut winner over the Big A lawn Sept. 25, raced toward the rear through fractions of :23.23 and :48.54. He began to wind up from the back with a four-wide move at the top of the stretch and came rolling over the top to defeat Dandy Handyman (Outwork) by a length. Let's Go Big Blue (Cairo Prince) was moved up to third via disqualification.

AWAD S., $120,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-29, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.74, fm.
1–FREEDOM TRAIL, 120, c, 2, by Collected
1st Dam: Freedom, by War Front
2nd Dam: Refugee, by Unaccounted For
3rd Dam: Polish Maid, by Danzig
($60,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $150,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill Stable and Steven Schoenfeld; B-LNJ Foxwoods (KY); T-John P. Terranova, II; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.. $66,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $118,250.
2–Dandy Handyman, 120, g, 2, Outwork–American Lights, by Ten Centuries. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Maram, LLC (KY); T-Keri Brion. $24,000.
3–Let's Go Big Blue, 120, g, 2, Cairo Prince–Giant Win, by Giant's Causeway. ($120,000 Ylg '21 SARAUG; $200,000 2yo '22 EASMAY). O-August Dawn Farm; B-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding (NY); T-George Weaver. $14,400.
Margins: 3/4, NK, NK. Odds: 1.90, 10.10, 3.00.
Also Ran: Noble Huntsman, Sendero, Conman, El de Chimi.
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On Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, Belmont Park will host the eighth running of the $89,000 Awad Stakes, 1-1/16 mile race on the turf for 2-year-olds. It is scheduled as Race 8 on the card with a post time of 4:27 p.m.

Multiple graded stakes winner Awad was a homebred for Ryehill Farm and trained by David Donk. The son of Caveat, out of Dancer's Candy, by Noble Dancer (GB), Awad ran in eight graded-stakes races with his four biggest wins coming in Grade 1 contests on the turf. Those wins were the Secretariat Stakes, a 1-1/4- mile race at Arlington Park on Aug. 29, 1993; the Early Times Manhattan Stakes, a 1-1/4 mile race at Belmont Park on June 10, 1995; the Arlington Million, a 1-1/4 mile race at Arlington Park on Aug. 27, 1995; and the Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap, a 1-1/2 mile race at Saratoga on Aug. 9, 1997.

Awad was known for his incredible speed and set two track records during his career. The first was in the 1995 Arlington Million, where he ran the 1-1/4-mile race in 1:58.69 to become the first to finish in under two minutes. The second came in the 1997 Sword Dancer Invitational, where, at age seven, he ran the 1-1/2-mile in 2:23.20.

After just one race in 1998, he was retired after 70 starts, finishing his career with 14 wins, two seconds, 11 thirds, and $3,270,131 in earnings.

He stood at stud at Northview Stallion Station in Maryland and Castle Rock Farm in Pennsylvania until 2006, when he was pensioned and came to Old Friends in September thanks to his former trainer, David Donk.

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