Process Shot
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Process Shot was a bay American
Champion
filly
racehorse
. Owned and bred by Elberon Farm, she descended from her sire Restless Wind out of a Determine
mare named Possessed. Process Shot will best be remembered for her stirring win in the 1968 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
on May 16, 1969.
in June. In July she won the Polly Drummond Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack at five furlongs in a time of 0:58.40. The first weekend of August she won the 5.5 furlong Colleen Stakes
at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. In late August Process Shot went on to win the Adirondack Stakes
at Saratoga Race Course
on Travers Stakes weekend in a final time of 1:10.40 under jockey Chuck Baltazar. A month later in late September she traveled to Chicago, Illinois and captured the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
title in the six furlong dirt race. At the end of Autumn 1968, Process Shot went on to win the Mermaid Stakes at Atlantic City Race Course
. In the last race of her freshman campaign Process Shot fell just short when she placed second to Predictable in the $125,000 mile and a sixteenth Selima Stakes
at Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland
. When the year ended Process Shot was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly for 1968.
of Elberon Farms (who also owned the New York Jets
) and trainer J. Bowes Bond decided to run Process Shot in the defacto second jewel of the filly triple crown, the $40,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
at Pimlico Race Course
in Baltimore, Maryland on May 16, 1969. In that race Process Shot beat a field of nine fillies including stakes winners Loyal Ruler and Around the Horn. She won the mile and one sixteenth race in a final time of 1:44 flat under regular jockey Chuck Baltazar.
In her next race Process Shot finished a game second to Gallant Bloom
in the Post-Deb Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth at Monmouth Park. Later that year she went on to win the Bryn Mawr Stakes at Philadelphia Park and the Flirtation Stakes over six furlongs at Pimlico Race Course
.
on President's Day in 1970. Ridden by jockey Larry Adams
she ran the seven furlong sprint in 1:23.60 at Laurel Park Racecourse. Process Shat came back to run big in her next two handicap races including the Distaff Handicap run at 7 furlongs in April at Aqueduct Racetrack
. At the end of May, Process Shot won the Vagrancy Handicap
at 6.5 furlongs at Belmont Park
. In June Process Shot raced in the Hempstead Handicap which is now called the Ogden Phipps Handicap
at Belmont Park
. In that race she placed second to Champion Ta Wee
. Later that summer Process Shot packed up and won the Whitemarsh Handicap at the old Keystone Race Track in Pennsylvania and then shipped again to the Jersey Shore where she won the 1970 edition of the Betsy Ross Handicap at Monmouth Park. In 1971 after a seven month layoff Process Shot came back and ran in four handicap sprints in 1971. She placed second again in the Hempstead Handicap and then finished third the Coral Gables Handicap. Her only victory as a five year-old came in the Interborough Handicap
at six furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack
. She was retired in the middle of 1971.
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Champion
Eclipse Award
The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse. The Eclipse Awards, honoring the champions of the sport, are sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association , Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers...
filly
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
racehorse
Horse racing
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. Owned and bred by Elberon Farm, she descended from her sire Restless Wind out of a Determine
Determine
Determine , was a multiple stakes winning American Thoroughbred race horse. By Alibhai . Determine's dam was Koubis, born with a cleft palate. Her breeder, Dr...
mare named Possessed. Process Shot will best be remembered for her stirring win in the 1968 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...
on May 16, 1969.
Two year-old season
As a two year-old, Process Shot developed quickly into the best filly of her age winning eight of nine races over eight months including six stakes races. She broke her maiden in May of 1968 and wheeled back to win her second race in an allowance race at Philadelphia Park in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
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in June. In July she won the Polly Drummond Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack at five furlongs in a time of 0:58.40. The first weekend of August she won the 5.5 furlong Colleen Stakes
Colleen Stakes
The Colleen Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first part of August at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey...
at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. In late August Process Shot went on to win the Adirondack Stakes
Adirondack Stakes
The Adirondack Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1901. Held in the middle of August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, the Adirondack Stakes is open to two-year-old fillies willing to race six and a half furlongs on the dirt...
at Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.-History:John...
on Travers Stakes weekend in a final time of 1:10.40 under jockey Chuck Baltazar. A month later in late September she traveled to Chicago, Illinois and captured the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois...
title in the six furlong dirt race. At the end of Autumn 1968, Process Shot went on to win the Mermaid Stakes at Atlantic City Race Course
Atlantic City Race Course
The Atlantic City Race Course , formerly the Atlantic City Race Track, is a thoroughbred horse race track located in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The track is located off the Black Horse Pike next to the Hamilton Mall...
. In the last race of her freshman campaign Process Shot fell just short when she placed second to Predictable in the $125,000 mile and a sixteenth Selima Stakes
Selima Stakes
The Selima Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in late November, it is open to two-year-old fillies and is raced on turf.- History :...
at Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. When the year ended Process Shot was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly for 1968.
Three year-old season
Process Shot started off her sophomore season with a third place showing in the Princeton Handicap at Philadelphia Park in April 1969. Then in a defining moment, her owner Sonny WerblinSonny Werblin
David Abraham "Sonny" Werblin was a prominent entertainment industry executive and sports impresario who was an owner of the New York Jets, Chairman of Madison Square Gardens, and who built and managed the Meadowlands Sports Complex.A graduate of Rutgers University, Werblin went to work for Music...
of Elberon Farms (who also owned the New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
) and trainer J. Bowes Bond decided to run Process Shot in the defacto second jewel of the filly triple crown, the $40,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...
at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
in Baltimore, Maryland on May 16, 1969. In that race Process Shot beat a field of nine fillies including stakes winners Loyal Ruler and Around the Horn. She won the mile and one sixteenth race in a final time of 1:44 flat under regular jockey Chuck Baltazar.
In her next race Process Shot finished a game second to Gallant Bloom
Gallant Bloom
Gallant Bloom was a plain brown filly sired by the great Gallant Man, also a plain brown horse. She was small and possessed a gentle temperament. And yet she regularly beat the best fillies and mares in America. Both Shuvee and Gamely saw her heels.She did not start well. In her two-year-old...
in the Post-Deb Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth at Monmouth Park. Later that year she went on to win the Bryn Mawr Stakes at Philadelphia Park and the Flirtation Stakes over six furlongs at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
.
Later racing career
Early in her four year-old season Process Shot ran away with the $65,000 Barbara Fritchie HandicapBarbara Fritchie Handicap
The Barbara Fritchie Handicap is an American race for Thoroughbred horses run at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland each year. A Grade II, this race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $300,000.The race is run in...
on President's Day in 1970. Ridden by jockey Larry Adams
Larry Adams
Larry Adams is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.Larry Adams served two terms as a State Representative, representing the 86th District. Prior, he was a commissioner for Marion County. Currently, he is a representative for the USDA....
she ran the seven furlong sprint in 1:23.60 at Laurel Park Racecourse. Process Shat came back to run big in her next two handicap races including the Distaff Handicap run at 7 furlongs in April at Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack is a thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Its racing meets usually are from late October/early November through April.-History:...
. At the end of May, Process Shot won the Vagrancy Handicap
Vagrancy Handicap
The Vagrancy Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of May/early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event is open to fillies and mares, age three and older...
at 6.5 furlongs at Belmont Park
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in Elmont in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island adjoining New York City. It first opened on May 4, 1905...
. In June Process Shot raced in the Hempstead Handicap which is now called the Ogden Phipps Handicap
Ogden Phipps Handicap
The Ogden Phipps Handicap is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for run annually in mid June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Contested on dirt at a distance of 11/16 miles , the race is open to fillies and mares, three years of age and up. Inaugurated in 1961 as the Hempstead...
at Belmont Park
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in Elmont in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island adjoining New York City. It first opened on May 4, 1905...
. In that race she placed second to Champion Ta Wee
Ta Wee
Ta Wee was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame race horse bred at the Tartan Stable of William L. McKnight . Foaled on March 26, 1966, her sire was Intentionally, the American Champion Sprint Horse of 1959...
. Later that summer Process Shot packed up and won the Whitemarsh Handicap at the old Keystone Race Track in Pennsylvania and then shipped again to the Jersey Shore where she won the 1970 edition of the Betsy Ross Handicap at Monmouth Park. In 1971 after a seven month layoff Process Shot came back and ran in four handicap sprints in 1971. She placed second again in the Hempstead Handicap and then finished third the Coral Gables Handicap. Her only victory as a five year-old came in the Interborough Handicap
Interborough Handicap
The Interborough Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at the beginning of January at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York...
at six furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack is a thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Its racing meets usually are from late October/early November through April.-History:...
. She was retired in the middle of 1971.