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AWAKENED scored his first stakes triumph with an off-the-pace win in the $150,000 G1 Jonathan Sheppard Stakes at Saratoga, a 2 3/8-mile hurdle race.
The 6-year-old gelding by Curlin started his career on the flat, breaking his maiden going 10 furlongs on the turf at Ellis Park before switching over to hurdles.