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- Final result
- Finished 17
- Post
- 4
- Trainer
- Bob Baffert
- Jockey
- Martin Garcia
- Owner
- SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Bashor Racing, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan
- Breeder
- Machmer Hall
- Sex / color
- Colt / Bay
- Road points
- 34
- Listed earnings
- $429,688
- Published morning line
- 50-1
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Kentucky Derby
2025–2026 Horse Leaderboard: The Road to the Kentucky Derby
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Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap and Trainer Quotes: Kentucky Derby 152
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American Pharoah
The 2015 Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup Classic winner ended a 37-year drought and completed a uniquely comprehensive modern campaign.
- Shared rider
- Martin Garcia
- Shared trainer
- Bob Baffert
- Shared discipline
- Racing
- Shared recorded sex category
- Colt / Bay
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Justify
Justify compressed an undefeated Triple Crown campaign into six starts and 111 days, an exceptional case of accelerated development.
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- Bob Baffert
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- Racing
- Shared recorded sex category
- Colt / Bay
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Bacio
A fast-rising American turf sprinter whose four-win first five starts culminated in an emphatic 2026 Royal Ascot victory for the MyRacehorse partnership.
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- Racing
- Shared recorded sex category
- Colt / Bay
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Eclipse
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- Racing
- Shared recorded sex category
- Colt / Bay
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Potoooooooo
British thoroughbred racehorse
- Shared discipline
- Racing
- Shared recorded sex category
- Colt / Bay
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Phar Lap
champion Thoroughbred racehorse
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- Racing
- Shared recorded sex category
- Colt / Bay
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4 original briefs · 30 reading minutes · 19 direct references. These are research-method companions, not additional claims about the horse.
Discipline research
A finish line is not an exit plan
Retirement can mean rehabilitation, retraining, adoption, sanctuary, or another carefully matched role. Good research follows the horse beyond the final chart.
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Stud fee is a price tag, not a breeding verdict
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Why read this next: This bloodstock research brief shares the profile's Thoroughbred racing classification. Its 4 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.
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The Derby leaderboard is an entry queue, not a power ranking
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Why read this next: This kentucky derby research brief shares the profile's Thoroughbred racing classification. Its 5 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.
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The number never ran the race
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Season labels matter
Finish and scratches come from the official race recap. Road points, listed earnings, connections and morning line are preserved field-listing facts, not current form.