9Encino

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Owner

Godolphin LLC

Trainer

Brad Cox

Jockey

TBD

Breeder

Godolphin

Earnings

$323,136

Color

Dark Bay

Birthplace

Kentucky

Foal date

March 14, 2021

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Overview

Encino gives the pairing of Godolphin and Brad Cox a second potential Kentucky Derby candidate following the earlier appearance of Nash.

A Godolphin homebred, Encino has a pedigree full of U.S. Classic performance. He is by the 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, who has made a good start as a stallion, his progeny including Grade 1 winners Vequist, Slow Down Andy, Randomized, and Gretzky the Great.

Encino’s dam Glittering Jewel is by Bernardini, a Preakness winner for Godolphin’s Sheikh Mohammed who has been highly successful as a sire and broodmare sire. Glittering Jewel herself is a half-sister to 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense.

Given his pedigree, Encino is not only bred to run on dirt, he’s bred to stay 1 1/4 miles. If he’s not up to Kentucky Derby class it won’t be because of a lack of aptitude in his pedigree.

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Speed Rating

Best: 95 on April 13, 2024

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