Staudacher is Derby dreaming with New York-bred Barese in Saturday’s G2 Wood Memorial
At 0h01, on April 9, 2022 • By NEWSROOM
Thoroughbred owner David Staudacher has found himself in the winner’s circle for many memorable occasions in the 22 years since his first starter, Storm the Net, finished fifth in an allowance at Golden Gate Fields in January 2000.
In partnership with Peter Proscia’s Paradise Farms Corp., Staudacher earned a Grade 1 victory when Aquaphobia upset the United Nations at Monmouth Park in 2020 and a Grade 2 victory in the Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park with Temple on March 5.
The two have teamed up again to campaign another star in the making as they send out Barese in Saturday’s Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, a Kentucky Derby qualifier that awards 100-40-20-10 qualifying points to the top-four finishers. Dylan Davis will pilot Barese, bred in the Empire State by Sequel Thoroughbreds and Lakland Farm, from the outermost post 8.
