Forte
As a two-year-old colt, Forte won both the Grade 1 Breeders’
Futurity on Oct. 8 and the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 4 at
Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. He made his debut as a
three-year-old at Gulfstream Park in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes on
March 4 before winning the Grade 1 Florida Derby on April 1. Forte was scratched
in the Kentucky Derby and finish second in the Belmont Stakes for the 2023 Triple
Crown series.
Mage
After racing at Gulfstream Park in the early part of the
year in 2023, Mage warmed up for racing at Churchill Down in Louisville by winning
the Kentucky Derby. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the Kentucky-bred colt went on
the finish third in the Preakness Stakes on May 20. Mage did not participate in
the third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes.
Arcangelo
Arcangelo won the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park
on May 13 as a prep race for the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes. As a son of Arrogate,
he recorded a HRN speed figure of 99 for that race. Trained by Jena Antonucci,
he placed first in the longest and toughest stakes race of the Triple Crown.
National Treasure
Trained by Bob Baffert, National Treasure won the Grade 1
Preakness Stakes as the second jewel in the 2023 Triple Crown. As a son of
Quality Road, he raced as Santa Anita Park for the early part of his
three-year-old career. National Treasure finished sixth in the Belmont Stakes
to round out his Triple Crown series.
Angel of Empire
Bred in Pennsylvania, Angel of Empire was third in the
Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Belmont Stakes. Trained by Brad Cox, he won
the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on April 1 as the major prep race for the 2023 Triple
Crown. Angel of Empire was a son of Classic Empire with Armony’s Angel as a
dam.
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