Volatile (horse)
Volatile | |
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Sire | Violence |
Grandsire | Medaglia D'Oro |
Dam | Melody Lady |
Damsire | Unbridleds Song |
Sex | Colt |
Foaled | March 20, 2016 |
Country | USA |
Breeder | Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. & Stretch Run Ventures, LLC |
Owner | Three Chimneys Farm and Phoenix Thoroughbred III |
Trainer | Steven M. Asmussen |
Jockey | Ricardo Santana, Jr. |
Record | 6:5-1-0 |
Earnings | $341,040 |
Major wins | |
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (2020) |
Volatile (foaled March 20, 2016 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap.[1]
Career
Volatile's first race was on July 13th, 2019, at Ellis Park, where he came in first in a Maiden Special Weight race. He placed 2nd in an Allowance race on September 14th, 2019 at Churchill Downs, then began a three race winstreak.[1]
He grabbed an Allowance race victory on November 3rd, 2019 at Churchill Downs, and then picked up an Allowance Optional Claiming victory at Oaklawn Park on April 24th, 2020.[1]
Volatile picked up his first stakes win on June 6th, 2020, at the Aristides Stakes. He came in as the 1:2 favorite and came within two one-hundredths of a second off of the track record during the win, defeating Honest Mischief and winning $100,000.[2][3]
On July 25th, 2020, at Saratoga, Volatile won the 2020 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap. Volatile came into the four horse field as the heavy favorite at 2/5 odds and defeated Whitmore, who came in 2nd.[4][5]
Pedigree
Sire Violence (USA) b. 2010 |
Medaglia D'Oro (USA) b. 1999 |
El Prado | Sadlers Wells |
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Lady Capulet | |||
Cappucino Bay | Bailjumper | ||
Dubbed In | |||
Violent Beauty (USA) b. 2003 |
Gone West | Mr. Prospector | |
Secrettame | |||
Storming Beauty | Storm Cat | ||
Sky Beauty | |||
Dam Melody Lady (USA) b. 2010 |
Unbridled's Song (USA) b. 1993 |
Unbridled | Fappiano |
Gana Facil | |||
Trolley Song | Caro | ||
Lucky Spell | |||
Lady Tak (USA) b. 2000 |
Mutakddim | Seeking the Gold | |
Oscillate | |||
Star of My Eye | Lucky North | ||
Dangerous Star |
References
- ^ a b c "Volatile". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Notes & Quotes from the Aristides Stakes: Volatile Sets Track Record". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Volatile Flies in Aristides". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Volatile wins fourth straight in G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Volatile lives up to hype in Grade 1 Vanderbilt Handicap". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Volatile". Retrieved 9 January 2020.