Lisa's Booby Trap

Lisa's Booby Trap was bred in Florida by Ocala Stud Farm in Ocala, Florida. A bay filly, she was sired by Drewman, a sire best known for being a half-brother to Lucky Pulpit, the sire of California Chrome. She is out of the Notebook mare Ennuhway. Despite being from a mostly modest family, her grandsire is the great Unbridled, winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, and sire of horses such as Unbridled's Song, Halfbridled, Banshee Breeze, and Anees.

Blind in one eye, Lisa's Booby Trap overcame flat-footedness and a club foot to achieve more than $180,000 in earnings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.saratogian.com/news/an-unlikely-favorite-lisa-s-booby-trap-has-become-a/article_ca2f0f66-5222-5047-be2a-3e74e8de72d5.html|title=An unlikely favorite, Lisa's Booby Trap has become a beloved hero nationwide|first=SAM HOLLINGSWORTH, The|last=Saratogian|website=The Saratogian}}

Snyder bought the horse in early 2010 for $4,500, including his life savings of $2,000, with the balance to be paid after her first win. The filly was named after Snyder's late wife, Lisa, who, before her death, said she would reincarnate as a horse. "I don’t really believe so much in reincarnation," Snyder has been quoted as saying. "It’s a big word, you know what I mean? But, there are a lot of things in this horse that resemble my wife."{{cite news|last=Wilkin |first=Tim |title=The legend of Lisa’s Booby Trap continues to {{sic|nolink=y|grown}} |url=http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/the-legend-of-lisa-booby-trap-continues-to-grown/5525/ |accessdate=September 22, 2010 |newspaper=Times Union |date=August 18, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824031050/http://blog.timesunion.com/horseracing/the-legend-of-lisa-booby-trap-continues-to-grown/5525/ |archivedate=August 24, 2010 |location=Albany, New York |url-status=dead }}

Snyder fixed the filly's hoof problems, which were causing her to kick herself on corners. He adjusted her shoes and discovered she could run quite well with the fixes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/sports/06horse.html|title=At Saratoga, Lisa’s Booby Trap Comes From Nowhere|first=Bill|last=Finley|date=August 5, 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}

Lisa's Booby Trap won her first three races, all at Finger Lakes, under jockey Elaine Castillo. Snyder then entered her in the black-type Loudonville Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, a six-furlong, $70,000 race, under jockey Kent Desormeaux, winning to remain undefeated in four starts.

She suffered her first loss by finishing last of ten in the Riskaverse Stakes at Saratoga under Desormeaux, her first race on turf.{{cite news|title=Lisa's Booby Trap suffers first career loss |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20109030314 |accessdate=September 22, 2010 |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle |date=September 3, 2010 |agency=Gannett Company |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100922193243/http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20109030314 |archivedate=September 22, 2010 |location=Rochester, New York |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/sports/03racing.html|title=After Surprising Run of Victories, Lisa’s Booby Trap Finishes Last|first=Bill|last=Finley|date=September 2, 2010|via=NYTimes.com}} She raced in allowance races throughout most of her racing career, running twice more in stakes races. She finished eighth in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes at Saratoga and seventh in the listed Satin and Lace Stakes at Presque Isle Downs, which was the final race of her career.

Lisa's Booby Trap retired with a record of 18: 10-2-3 and earnings of $182,440.{{Cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8050267®istry=T&rbt=TB|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=www.equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-12}}

Breeding reports state that Lisa's Booby Trap was bred to sire Disco Rico between 2014 and 2015, with no foal resulting from the coupling. She produced a chestnut colt by Big Brown in 2016. Named Not That Brady, he finished second in the Grade II Withers Stakes on February 2, 2019. He also won the Damon Runyon Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack as a juvenile.{{Cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10051757®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=www.equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}} Lisa's Booby Trap produced a filly by Tale of the Cat in 2017, later named Lisa's Tale. Lisa's Tale sold for $110,000 as a yearling at the 2018 Keeneland September Sale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10262472®istry=T|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=www.equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}} She was bred to Hard Spun in 2017 for a 2018 foal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/223060/lisas-booby-traps-colt-offered-in-new-york-bred-sale|title=Lisa's Booby Trap's Colt Offered in New York-Bred Sale|work=BloodHorse.com|access-date=2017-08-12|language=en}}

Lisa's Booby Trap delivered a filly by Hard Spun in March 2018, later named Lisa's Legacy. She delivered a colt by Candy Ride in May 2019 and was bred to Gun Runner that year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/lisas+booby+trap|title=Lisas Booby Trap Horse Pedigree|website=www.pedigreequery.com|access-date=2020-04-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10436659®istry=T&rbt=TB|title=Equibase {{!}} Profiles|last=Equibase.com|website=www.equibase.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}

A book about Lisa's Booby Trap and her trainer was published by St. Martin's Griffin in 2013, The Ghost Horse: A True Story of Love, Death, and Redemption by Joe Layden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Marathon-man-of-stars-stories-churns-on-4516360.php|title=Marathon man of stars' stories churns on|first=Paul|last=Grondahl|date=May 15, 2013|website=Times Union}}{{Cite web|url=https://poststar.com/sports/layden-has-great-story-to-tell-in-ghost-horse/article_1409a5ac-d8ab-11e2-a02f-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Layden has great story to tell in 'Ghost Horse'|first=WILL|last=SPRINGSTEAD|website=Glens Falls Post-Star}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.saratogian.com/news/local-author-pens-book-on-lisa-s-booby-trap-unlikely/article_e1033a7c-7191-5c42-9411-2b6688e7a626.html|title=Local author pens book on Lisa's Booby Trap, unlikely thoroughbred star|first=BRIAN|last=MOLONGOSKI|website=The Saratogian}}

An episode of Dateline NBC, entitled "Lisa's Booby Trap," about Lisa's Booby Trap aired in May 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/lisas-booby-trap-n97521|title='Lisa's Booby Trap'|website=NBC News}}

Lisa's Booby Trap's owner and trainer, Timothy Snyder, died March 24, 2015, at his home near Camillus, N.Y., according to a Democrat & Chronicle obituary. He was 59 years old.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=James |title=Timothy Snyder, owner of Lisa's Booby Trap, dies |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/03/25/owner-lisas-booby-trap-dies/70413736/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Democrat and Chronicle |language=en-US}} After Snyder's death, she was acquired by Katie Rich Farms to continue her career as a broodmare.

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