Solid Wager
Bay Gelding / April 4th, 2011 in CA / by Birdonthewire out of G Ma
$130,439
2019 earnings
120
speed figure
13%
2019 wins
racing Record
2019 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
11
2
Seconds
10
1
Thirds
6
4
Unplaced
28
8
Starts
55
$130,439
Earnings
$871,170
$16,305
Earnings / Start
$15,839
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Bio
Solid Wager posted his first career stakes win in his 24th lifetime start in the 2015 Cary Grant Stakes at Del Mar and then scored a repeat win in the Cary Grant in 2016. The Birdonthewire gelding then finished in a dead heat with stablemate St. Joe Bay in the Grade 3 Midnight Lute Stakes to record his first graded stakes victory for trainer Peter Miller.
Solid Wager was winless in nine starts in 2017 with a runner-up finish in the Cary Grant Stakes his best result. He also ran fourth, beaten by less than a length in a Grade 2 race at Churchill Downs.
Solid Wager posted his first career stakes win in his 24th lifetime start in the 2015 Cary Grant Stakes at Del Mar and then scored a repeat win in the Cary Grant in 2016. The Birdonthewire gelding then finished in a dead heat with stablemate St. Joe Bay in the Grade 3 Midnight Lute Stakes to record his first graded stakes victory for trainer Peter Miller.
Solid Wager was winless in nine starts in 2017 with a runner-up finish in the Cary Grant Stakes his best result. He also ran fourth, beaten by less than a length in a Grade 2 race at Churchill Downs.
In 2018, Solid Wager regained his winning form in his third start of the year in an allowance race at Santa Anita Park and posted four runner-up finishes before closing the year with another win in the Cary Grant. After running third in his 2019 debut, Solid Wager shipped east and won the Grade 3 Toboggan Stakes in his first start for trainer Chris Englehart. Solid Wager was last of five early in the seven-eighths of a mile race before surging to the lead in deep stretch and powering clear to win by 1 1/2 lengths.
