A festive crowd as Rapid Redux wins for the 19th consecutive time in 2011, and 21st overall. Photo by The Racing Biz.

A festive crowd as Rapid Redux wins for the 19th consecutive time in 2011, and 21st overall. Photo by The Racing Biz.

Today in Racing History is an occasional feature focusing on some of racing history’s interesting, important, or unusual events.

by Richard Hackerman

February 26, 2011

Rapid Redux wired $5,000.00 starter allowance foes at Parx Racing under jockey Kenny Santiago, winning despite having his saddle slip.  It was Rapid Redux’s 6th straight win en route to a record setting 22 consecutive wins between December 2, 2010 and January 4, 2012.  Rapid Redux received a special Eclipse award after his streak.

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[/boxify]Rapid Redux was claimed by owner Robert Cole, Jr. and trainer David Wells for $6,250 in October 2010 from owner/trainer Kevin Fields at Penn National.  The Pleasantly Perfect gelding won that day but was disqualified and placed eighth.  He won his first start, against allowance foes, for his new connections, then finished eighth in a starter allowance.  He didn’t lose again, winning 22 consecutive races — virtually all in starter allowance company, and occasionally benefiting from numerous scratches — before being retired.

Overall, he was 28-1-1 from 42 starts with earnings of $361,609. Rapid Redux tied Citation’s record of most victories in a year with 19 in 2011.

SOURCES

  1. “Rapid Redux Retired, Honored by MJC,” The Blood-Horse, Ron Mitchell, May 18, 2012.
  2. “Rapid Redux,” Equibase horse profile
  3. “Rapid Redux race investigated by stewards,” The Paulick Report, John Scheinman, December 12, 2011