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Preakness Notes: Fradkins Happy To Take Detour From Commercial Market With Rombauer Sponsored by: Rombauer at Pimlico race course on Friday morning At this time a year ago, Diane and John Fradkin were trying to figure out what to do with the 2-year-old homebred colt they would later name Rombauer. A couple of unexpected turns, six races and $290,500 in purse earnings later, the versatile son of Twirling Candy has brought the Santa Ana, Calif. couple to Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., for Saturday s 146th Preakness Stakes (G1). Rombauer is their first starter in a Triple Crown race. “That s exciting,” John Fradkin said. “Generally speaking, we think of ourselves as small-time, commercial breeders. We aim to sell our progeny. This is a rarity. In the past we ve pretty much only raced horses that we couldn t sell. This is kind of an exception, just the way it all transpired.” ....
Sponsored by: Rombauer and Kyle Frey defeat Javanica in the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields John and Diane Fradkin s homebred Rombauer is back at Keeneland to run in Saturday s $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G2), marking his first start here since finishing fifth in the TVG Breeders Cup Juvenile (G1) Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance in November. Between the two Keeneland races, the Twirling Candy colt won the Feb. 13 El Camino Real Derby (L) over the all-weather surface at Golden Gate Fields “Our decision to run in the Blue Grass was primarily an ABB decision: avoid Bob Baffert,” John Fradkin said. ....