Fran's Valentine

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Fran's Valentine (1982-2007) is a Thoroughbred horse race, which, in 1985 as a three-year-old boy, won a Graded bet that spurred the Hollywood Oaks, Kentucky Oaks and Santa Susana Stakes. Trained by Joe Manzi, he was the first foal to win Kentucky Oaks and Hollywood Oaks. His lifetime income was $ 1,375,465, and he has 13 wins from 34 races.

Fran's Valentine grew up in Green Thumb Farm Stables, in Chino, California by Earl Scheib, an entrepreneur who made his fortune in discount car paint. Both Fran's Valentine's parents, the dam Iza Valentine, and her father, Saros, are owned by Scheib. Scheib named Fran's Valentine after his wife Fran; the stallion is his favorite horse.

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Racing career

In November 1984, when he was two years old, Fran's Valentine was the first over the line in his first race, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in Hollywood Park premier. Though he finished first halfway through, Fran Valentine was relegated to tenth position after the waiter judged that he had crashed into another horse at the top of the stretch of his back. The decision moved the jockey, Pat Valenzuela, into tears. Scheib, famous for starring in television commercials promoting the business of his paintings, was asked why he still smiled in an advertisement that aired right after the race; The asker is unaware that the ad has been recorded previously. Fernando Toro, Pirate's Glow jockey who collided during the race, said he could be killed, and criticized the Valenzuela ride. The victory was given to the Extraordinary, the second foal across the line.

On March 2, 1985, Fran's Valentine won Las Virgenes Stakes in Santa Anita to win $ 77,150. Later that month, being driven by Pat Valenzuela, he won the Class I Santa Susana Bet with two and a half lengths, earning $ 122,100. The next race, in May 1985, was Kentucky Oaks. Fran's Valentine is the first filly whose coach, Joe Manzi, has entered Oaks, and he wins in a short time for the track, once again driven by Valenzuela. The track is loud, the preferred surface type.

In July 1985, Fran's Valentine won the Hollywood Oaks with a head on Magnificent Lindy; this was his fifth winning stakes in six starts. Chris McCarron drove it to this victory in record time for the 1: 47.25 track. His victory was $ 93,300, with an additional Breeders Cup award of $ 27,000.

In August 1986, he won the Class II II Chula Vista Handicap on a tough track, and in 1987 he won the Santa Maria Handicap (Class II).

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Retired and stud

After the race, Fran's Valentine becomes a nightmare; six of his ten men became winners, including with Anticipation, a winning class horse who earned more than $ 2.6 million in his career. After the third child, he was bought by George W. Strawbridge Jr.

Fran's Valentine has retired to Derry Meeting Farm, Cochranville, Pennsylvania, where she lived until she was euthanized at the age of 25 because of old age.