Fryga
One Mighty Little Mare By Pamela Burton 4-2-3, including three stakes races and $51,143 in earnings. In 1995, she won 4 out of 7 starts, including the coveted Gladys Brown Edwards Cup (Gr.1) and was awarded 1995 Darley Champion Older Mare. She was retired from racing with an overall record of 8/72(20-16-14)11-19, and $247,704 in lifetime earnings. In 1999, she was inducted into the AJC Racing Hall of Fame. And here the future of this tough little mare gets hung in the balance. Due to gross negligence, the 123 horses in the Burger’s care, including our heroine Fryga, were seized by the State of Florida and consigned to auction. There was undoubtedly more The little Polish race mare tasted early success, winning races and gaining awards, but through no fault of her own, she and 122 stablemates were slated to be sold at public auction. Fryga was foaled on 21 March 1987, at the Florida farm of Betsy and John Burger from the pure Polish match of Wielki Raz and the imported *Filga. Fryga, considered small in stature, was large in attitude, seeming to channel the racing attributes of her Polish grandsire, Gokart (Partner x Gomora, by Comet) bred by Janow Podlaski State Stud. Gokart won 3 of his 15 races and was 1982 Swedish National Champion Stallion before he was imported into the U.S. in 1983.
Photo top left and above: Fryga winning the Equest International Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in 1994. Photos by Tom Cooley.
Directed towards racing in 1990 as a 3-year-old, Fryga’s fast turn of foot put her quickly on the boards with a 3-3-2 record for her first 10 races, taking home $34,741 for the year. Being much the best filly that year, she won the Darley Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Award at the 1991 Darleys.
trauma for the horses in this process than we will know, but the future fate of this game race mare eventually came to the attention of Arabian breeders and owners, Dianne Waldron, Xavier Moreau and Willie Linahan. The three formed a partnership to rescue her from the Sherriff ’s sale.
She raced like she loved the wind.
“I purchased Fryga because of her excellent race record,” said Waldron. ”I started my breeding plan by choosing breeding mares with solid race records,
As a 4-year-old, she had 15 starts with a record of 8
