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Bertrando gone at age 25 ! RIP Big Boy !
Bertrando was 25. On the racetrack, he won 9 of 24 starts and earned $3,185,610 in a career highlighted by eight stakes wins, including three Grade 1 races – the 1991 Norfolk Stakes and the Pacific Classic and Woodward Stakes in 1993. Bertrando started in three Breeders’ Cup races, finishing second in the 1991 Juvenile, second in the 1993 Classic, and sixth in the 1994 Classic.
Bertrando entered the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Classic with a chance at the Horse of the Year title, but was beaten by the European longshot Arcangues.
By Skywalker, Bertrando was bred by Edward Nahem and was raced by him in partnership with 505 Farms and Gus Headley early in his career. Later, Nahem and Marshall Naify’s 505 Farms were listed as owners. Bertrando was trained by Bruce Headley, Bobby Frankel, and John Shirreffs during his racing career.
Nahem, who died in 2007, stood Bertrando at stud in partnership with Wygod. The stallion was an early success, as California’s leading freshman stallion of 1997. He was also the state’s leading sire by progeny earnings in 2005 and 2007.
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