Zulu Alpha
Dark Bay or Brown Gelding / February 7th, 2013 in KY / by Street Cry (IRE) out of Zori
$8,970
2021 earnings
123
speed figure
0%
2021 wins
racing Record
2021 Stats
Career Stats
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Firsts
12
0
Seconds
5
0
Thirds
6
2
Unplaced
14
2
Starts
37
$8,970
Earnings
$2,269,084
$4,485
Earnings / Start
$61,327
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Bio
Zulu Alpha, a Street Cry gelding, finished second twice and third once in his first four starts racing in Ireland during 2015 and 2016. He resurfaced at Indiana Grand in late summer 2017 and won two consecutive starts before running 10th in the Grade 3 Kentucky Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs. He raced five more times in 2017 with one win and was winless in his first four 2018 starts for owner Calumet Farm until taking an allowance optional claiming race at Arlington Park.
Zulu Alpha, a Street Cry gelding, finished second twice and third once in his first four starts racing in Ireland during 2015 and 2016. He resurfaced at Indiana Grand in late summer 2017 and won two consecutive starts before running 10th in the Grade 3 Kentucky Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs. He raced five more times in 2017 with one win and was winless in his first four 2018 starts for owner Calumet Farm until taking an allowance optional claiming race at Arlington Park.
Two starts later, he won another allowance optional claiming race, this time at Churchill Downs, by a dominant 9 ½ lengths and was claimed by Michael Hui and trainer John Ortiz. Zulu Alpha then started in the Grade 3 Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 18 and picked up his first stakes win over multiple graded stakes winner Arklow by two lengths under a well-timed ride by Channing Hill. Transferred to trainer Mike Maker, he closed out his 2018 season with an unplaced finish in the Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale Stakes in December at Gulfstream Park.
Zulu Alpha regained his top form in his 2019 debut when he held off a late challenge from stablemate Soglio to win the Grade 3 W. L. McKnight Stakes on Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park. He followed with another impressive graded stakes victory when holding off fast-closing Melmich to win the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida Stakes on March 2 at Gulfstream. Zulu Alpha subsequently ran third in the Grade 2 Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes and second in the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes before regaining his top form with a victory in the Sept. 7 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes at Kentucky Downs. Zulu Alpha closed out his 6-year-old season with a sixth-place finish in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes and a fourth-place finish, beaten by 1 ¾ lengths, in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf.
Zulu Alpha was next pointed to the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes and he used a ground-saving trip under Tyler Gaffalione to post a dominant, career-defining victory. He maintained his elite form in his next race with a clear win in the Grade 3 Mac Diarmida Stakes Feb. 29 at Gulfstream, and then ran well again in a close loss to stablemate Bremma’s Boy in the Kitten’s Joy Pan American Stakes. Zulu Alpha then was rested for over three months and returned on closing day of Keeneland’s postponed meet on July 12 to win the TVG Elkhorn Stakes over one of his favorite turf courses.
