Count Again
Bay Gelding / March 31st, 2015 in ON / by Awesome Again out of Count to Three
$15,500
2023 earnings
117
speed figure
0%
2023 wins
racing Record
2023 Stats
Career Stats
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Firsts
7
0
Seconds
1
0
Thirds
4
2
Unplaced
7
2
Starts
19
$15,500
Earnings
$1,085,415
$7,750
Earnings / Start
$57,127
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Bio
Count Again did not make his career debut until August of his 4-year-old campaign when he ran third in a maiden special weight race at Ellis Park. He earned his first win Oct. 9, 2019, at Keeneland when he stretched out to a mile and won by 3 ¼ lengths for owner-breeder Sam-Son Farm.
The Awesome Again gelding closed from well back to win his 5-year-old bow, surging clear late to score by 1 ¾ lengths in April 2020 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Count Again did not make his career debut until August of his 4-year-old campaign when he ran third in a maiden special weight race at Ellis Park. He earned his first win Oct. 9, 2019, at Keeneland when he stretched out to a mile and won by 3 ¼ lengths for owner-breeder Sam-Son Farm.
The Awesome Again gelding closed from well back to win his 5-year-old bow, surging clear late to score by 1 ¾ lengths in April 2020 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Count Again subsequently ran third and second, respectively, in turf races at Woodbine in June and August, but he enjoyed a breakout performance in his sixth career start. Settled off the pace early in the Grade 3 Singspiel Stakes Sept. 19 at Woodbine, Count Again swept to the front under Luis Contreras and powered clear in the stretch to a dominant victory.
After fading to finish fourth in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Presented by Pattison, Count Again regained his elite form with a powerful rally to reel in Flavius in the closing strides of the Grade 2 Seabiscuit Handicap Nov. 28 at Del Mar.
In his first start of 2021, Count Again finished seventh in the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Jan. 2. After some time off, he bounced back with a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes on Mar. 6.
Count Again won his first start of 2022 on Feb. 5, when he won the Grade 3 Thunder Road Stakes at Santa Anita Park. He came from off the pace and timed his move perfectly to nail favored Subconscious late. He made a similar closing move to win the Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes on Mar. 5, surging in the last jump for his first grade 1 win.
Despite his accomplishments earlier in the year, Count Again went off as the 2.50-1 second choice in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile on May 30, behind odds-on favorite Smooth Like Strait. With a perfectly timed move from Irad Ortiz Jr, Count Again outfinished Smooth Like Strait and clinched a spot in the starting gate for the Grade 1 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile at Keeneland on Nov. 5.
Stakes winner Count to Three, by Red Ransom, is the dam (mother) of Count Again as well as multiple Grade 1 winner Ransom the Moon.
