American Promise
Chestnut Colt / April 30th, 2022 in KY / by Justify out of Tapella
$335,000
2025 earnings
102
speed figure
20%
2025 wins
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
2
0
Seconds
1
0
Thirds
1
4
Unplaced
7
5
Starts
11
$335,000
Earnings
$444,874
$67,000
Earnings / Start
$40,443
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Bio
American Promise earned his first career win in his sixth start, the final outing of his 2-year-old season, on a muddy track going 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on Dec. 29, 2024. He began his 3-year-old campaign ambitiously placed for trainer D. Wayne Lukas and finished sixth in the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn on Jan. 25, 2025. He then finished fifth in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 15 at Fair Grounds.
American Promise earned his first career win in his sixth start, the final outing of his 2-year-old season, on a muddy track going 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on Dec. 29, 2024. He began his 3-year-old campaign ambitiously placed for trainer D. Wayne Lukas and finished sixth in the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn on Jan. 25, 2025. He then finished fifth in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 15 at Fair Grounds.
The chestnut colt by 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify rewarded his trainer's faith in his next start in the $500,000 Virginia Derby March 15 at Colonial Downs. American Promise stalked pacesetter Getaway Car from second in the 1 1/8-mile race, seized command from the Sunland Park Derby winner on the turn, and powered to a 7 3/4-length runaway victory in a track record time of 1:46.41 under jockey Nik Juarez.
The Virginia Derby granted 50 points to the victor and essentially punched American Promise's ticket to the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.
Produced by the winning Tapit mare Tapella, American Promise is a half-brother (same dam [mother], different sire) to Grade 2 winner Hoosier Philly.
