Fraise was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for
winning the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf. Bred by Allen E. Paulson, he was sired by
Strawberry Road, the 1983 Australian Horse of the Year which Paulson acquired
in 1986. The French dam of Fraise, acquired by Paulson in 1983, raced in France
and the United States, notably winning the Grand Prix de Deauville and the
Grade I Oak Tree Invitational Stakes.
Fraise, which is French for strawberry, was raced by
Madeleine Paulson, who won the colt on a wager with her husband by beating him
in a golf game. Trained for racing on turf by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee Bill Mott, Fraise did not race at age two but made ten starts in 1991
at age three, notably winning the Round Table Handicap at Chicago's Arlington
Park. Age four was Fraise's best year in racing when he won five of his ten
starts. He got his first Grade I win in the Sword Dancer Handicap at Saratoga
Race Course and capped off his year with a huge upset in the 1992 Breeders' Cup
Turf.
