Four times, he tried to get him in a less taxing allowance race.

"He took a huge step coming out of two allowance races," Brothers said.

Near the end of the year, she won an allowance race.

He won an allowance race by 6 1/2 lengths here Jan. 13.

She won two of three starts as a 4-year-old, but they were allowance races.

One week later, he ran second in an allowance race.

Several were instead entered for a $47,000 allowance race Saturday.

In the early autumn he went on to win another allowance race.

He made his delayed start one week later and ran second in an allowance race.

After that, he won only an allowance race in his next six starts.