Forte 15

3-1

Forte

15
3-1
Owner
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable
Trainer
Todd A. Pletcher
Jockey
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Breeder
South Gate Farm
Sex
Colt
Color
Dark Bay
Birthplace
Kentucky
Foal Date
Feb 03, 2020

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The Kentucky Derby favorite, Forte will bring a five-race win streak to the Kentucky Derby. He reeled off three consecutive Grade 1 wins last year to earn champion juvenile male honors, and the dark bay colt opened his three-year-old campaign with a sharp 4 1/2-length score in the Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park in early March. Classified as a stalker, Forte dug deep to win his final prep, the Florida Derby (G1) from well off the pace, and connections don’t want to be so far back along the backstretch of the Kentucky Derby. Forte, who is joined by Practical Move as the only contestants with three consecutive triple-digit Brisnet Speed ratings in advance of the Kentucky Derby, raced closer to the early leaders in previous wins, and he will take some beating with the right trip at Churchill Downs.

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Race History

FinishRaceGradeDistanceSurfaceDate
1st Road to the Kentucky Derby Curlin Florida Derby Presented by Hill 'n' Dale Farms at Xalapa

Gulfstream Park

I1 1/8 MilesDirt Apr 1, 2023
1st Road to the Kentucky Derby Fountain of Youth Stakes

Gulfstream Park

II1 1/16 MilesDirt Mar 4, 2023
1st Road to the Kentucky Derby FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance

Keeneland

I1 1/16 MilesDirt Nov 4, 2022
1st Road to the Kentucky Derby Claiborne Breeders' Futurity

Keeneland

I1 1/16 MilesDirt Oct 8, 2022

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