AMERICAN GUY, the enigma, keeps winning

AMERICAN GUY, bay gelding, Apr11-00 (American Day-SECOND COPY by EXCELLER), bred by Jack Dempsey Burk, in California, continues to win by open daylight margins while holding sway over bottom claimers in the midwest. Brought east by trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, his latest score was at Turfway Park, Sunday, Jan9-05, when he wired a field of $5,000 claimers by nine lengths. Since being brought east, he has never been claimed, which is somewhat strange, given his pedigree and current form. How they can 'cheat' with this one and avoid a claim is remarkable, given what he has done in Ohio, and now with rock-bottom claimers in northern Kentucky.

The winner returned 4.40 as the 6-5 favorite in a field of eight and ran the mile, on a muddy track, in a respectable 1:38.1 and was obviously much the best.