Alder (USA)

dam US 5.5f turf winner, half-sister to US Graded stakes placed 6f-7f dirt winner Crossbow and French 5.5f/6f 2yo winner Sylvan Song; unseated his rider having become tangled in the starting gate at Ellis Park in July 2023 (declared a non-runner); wide-margin winner at same course (5f) in August but held in better race over 6f at Keeneland in October; gelded afterwards but ran disappointingly on first start afterwards at Turfway Park (1m) in December; back to form at same track (6f) in January when finishing a neck second in optional claiming race; second again at Fair Grounds (6f) in March before modest third in 6f claining race at Churchill Downs in May (over 10l behind the winner).