Line of David represented by first winner

Line of David prevailed in the Arkansas Derby while making his stakes bow (Oaklawn Park/Coady Photography)

Grade 1 winner Line of David had his first winner as a sire on Friday when
Rimsky captured the 5TH race at
Gulfstream Park.

Despite hitting the side of the gate at the start, the juvenile filly took
command and never looked back en route to a five-length romp under jockey Amy
Fontanez. The chestnut miss, who is trained by Howard Mills for Lion of Judah
Racing Stable, completed a mile over the sloppy, sealed dirt in 1:40 4/5 after
the race was moved from the turf to the main track.

Rimsky followed in her sire’s hoofsteps by taking four tries to break her
maiden. Line of David got the job done while making his turf debut at
Santa Anita in February
2010 after three prior tries on synthetic tracks. He opened his career on
Hollywood Park’s all-weather surface in 2009, finishing ninth while going six
furlongs, then stretched out to a mile when shipped to Santa Anita next out and
did better when third under the line.

The John Sadler-trained son of Lion Heart opened his sophomore season with a
seventh-placing at the Arcadia, California, venue on February 5, 2010, but
returned eight days later on the green to record a first career victory by 1 1/2
lengths at a mile.

Line of David stayed over course and distance to take an allowance a month
later by 4 1/2 lengths before shipping to
Oaklawn Park for a
gutsy quarter-length decision in his stakes and dirt debut, the Arkansas Derby,
over Super Saver. The duo met up one race later in the 2010
Kentucky Derby, with
Super Saver eventually sporting the rose garland in the winner’s circle while
Line of David was led back to his stall after finishing 18th in the 20-horse
field.