Elite Power

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Elite Power
Sire Curlin
Grandsire Smart Strike
DamBroadway's Alibi
Damsire Vindication
SexColt
FoaledFebruary 7, 2018 [1]
CountryUnited States
Colour Chestnut
Owner Juddmonte
Trainer William I. Mott
Record13: 9-1-1
Earnings US$3,775,711 [2]
Major wins
Vosburgh Stakes (2022)
Riyadh Dirt Sprint (2023)
True North Stakes (2023)
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (2023)
Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup Sprint (2022, 2023)
Awards
American Champion Sprint Horse (2022, 2023)
Last updated on 1 February 2024

Elite Power (foaled February 7, 2018) is a retired Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who the Grade I Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland, and the Grade II Vosburgh Stakes in 2022. Elite Power was awarded an Eclipse Award as American Champion Sprint Horse in 2022 [3] and in 2023. In 2023 Elite Power repeated winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park. [4]

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Background

Elite Power is a chestnut colt that was bred in Kentucky by Alpha Delta Stables. His sire is Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 American Horse of the Year and stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms and his dam is Broadway's Alibi was a stakes winner a multiple graded stakes winner who finished second, beaten less than a length, to Believe You Can in the 2012 Kentucky Oaks. The following year Alpha Delta purchased her for $2.15 million at the Keeneland November sale of breeding stock. [5]

Elite Power was purchased by Juddmonte Farms for US$900,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September yearling sale.

Elite Power was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer William I. Mott.

On October 24, 2023, Juddmonte Farms announced that after the Breeders' Cup Sprint of that year (of which he ultimately won), [6] the horse will be retired to stud for a service fee of US$50,000. [7]

After a successful campaign in 2023 Elite Power was awarded an Eclipse Award as the U.S. Champion Sprint Horse for the second time. [8]

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGradeTrackOddsFieldFinishWinning
Time
Winning
(Losing)
Margin
JockeyRef
2021 Three-year-old season
Sep 25, 2021 Churchill Downs 8.30861:08.68 Martin Garcia [9]
Nov 24, 2021 Churchill Downs 5.001141:35.26 Joel Rosario [10]
2022 Four-year-old season
May 7, 2022 Churchill Downs 7.901131:08.71 Joel Rosario [11]
Jun 5, 2022 Churchill Downs 3.001111:21.06James Graham [12]
Jun 30, 2022 Churchill Downs 0.60*911:34.19James Graham [13]
Sep 3, 2022 Saratoga 1.10*911:09.06 Joel Rosario [14]
Oct 8, 2022 Aqueduct 0.50*511:23.98 Irad Ortiz Jr. [15]
Nov 5, 2022 Keeneland 5.551111:09.11 Irad Ortiz Jr. [16]
2023 – Five-year-old season
Feb 25, 2023 Riyadh Dirt Sprint King Abdulaziz Racetrack 911:11.01 Frankie Dettori [17]
Jun 10, 2023 Belmont Park 0.75*611:15.65 Irad Ortiz Jr. [18]
Jul 29, 2023 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap Saratoga 1.10*711:09.22 Irad Ortiz Jr. [19]
Aug 26, 2023 Forego Stakes Saratoga 0.75*521:21.53 Irad Ortiz Jr. [20]
Nov 4, 2023 Santa Anita 1.70*811:08.34 Irad Ortiz Jr. [4]

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Elite Power was the post-time favorite.

  1. Wagering is not allowed in Saudi Arabia. In British wagering, Elite Power was the 7/4 favorite.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Elite Power, chestnut colt, 7 February 2018 [1]
Sire
Curlin
(2004)
Smart Strike
(1992)
Mr. Prospector
(1970)
Raise A Native (1961)
Gold Digger (1962)
Classy 'n Smart
(1981)
Smarten (1976)
No Class (CAN) (1974)
Sherriff's Deputy
(1994)
Deputy Minister (CAN)
(1979)
Vice Regent (CAN) (1967)
Mint Copy (CAN) (1970)
Barbarika
(1985)
Bates Motel (1979)
War Exchange(1972)
Dam
Broadway's Alibi
(2009)
Vindication
(2000)
Seattle Slew
(1974)
Bold Reasoning (1968)
My Charmer (1969)
Strawberry Reason
(1992)
Strawberry Road (AUS) (1979)
Pretty Reason (1971)
Broadway Gold
(2002)
Seeking The Gold
(1985)
Mr. Prospector (1970)
Con Game (1974)
Miss Doolittle
(1998)
Storm Cat (1983)
Eliza (1990) (family 37) [21]

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