Lil Dog E. Shows ‘Courage Under Fire’ in South Dakota

In the preview for this race I called the winner a ‘hard worker who will give 100%…’ Well, I was spot on there. Unfortunately, I also said he ‘seemed a bit overmatched against the first two favorites.’ Well, one outta two.

Lil Dog E. stayed out of trouble and ran a great race, showing tons of heart as he edged front-running favorite Russian Theatre by a scant 1/4 length Saturday in South Dakota’s Courage Under Fire ‘Cap. Normally hard-closing finisher (and 2nd favorite at just less than 2/1) High Five II took third from longshot Mischief Maker, but had nothing at the end and was a well-beaten 8 3/4 lengths from the winner.

Lil Dog E. is a son of Sadler’s Wells (from an Awesome Again mare) and trained by samsonfarm stable. He’s run faster times before, but I’m not sure he’s ever shown more heart and determination than he did this race. He did his great grandad Secretariat proud.