Owner and Awards
Stardom Bound is already being compared to the undefeated Zenyatta; those around her call her "Baby Z." Usually breaking badly (once "in the air" and twice slowly), she runs from off the pace, yet has a great turn of foot that shoots her to the lead.
Due mainly to health issues (her trainer, 52 year old Christopher Paasch, beat a rare form of leukemia), her owner, Charles Cono at the age of 84, sold her in the November 2, 2008 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Selected Mix Sale. She was purchased for $5.7 million by IEAH Stables, headed by Michael Iavarone and Richard Schiavo. Her trainer is now Richard Dutrow.
Stardom Bound won the Eclipse Award as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly for 2008. Her jockey in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Mike E. Smith, was asked how special Stardom Bound could be next year as a 3-year-old. He replied, "She's got a shot with the Derby horses to tell you the truth."
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