Barbazon-bred colt lifts Poseidon’s Warrior over $1 million

It is probably only fitting that the winner that sent Poseidon’s Warrior over the $1 million mark in progeny earnings in his second season was bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon. Raise a Warrior became the colt of the hour at Thistledown yesterday, scoring in a one-mile test under Walter De La Cruz, earning a check for $6,420, and raising his sire’s total to $1,000,877. 

Raise a Warrior raced on the outside of pacesetter Kutschman for five furlongs, put away the 1/2 favorite on the turn, and went on to prevail by three quarters of a length. The 3-year-old colt has won three of his last four starts and is 4-2-0 in his last eight.