Chancer McPatrick

Chancer McPatrick began his career with a win in his career debut as a 2-year-old on July 27, 2024, at Saratoga with a one-length maiden win at 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track with a dramatic last-to-first effort to top a field of 10 juveniles.

The colt’s next stop was the crown jewel of the Saratoga 2-year-old program in the Grade 1 $300,000 Hopeful Stakes going seven furlongs on closing day of the summer meet, Sept. 2, and in the Hopeful, Chancer McPatrick ran his record to 2-for-2 to start his career with another late-running victory. Sent off as the 4.40-1 second choice in the field of nine 2-year-olds in the Hopeful, Chancer McPatrick laid far off the pace near the rear of the field until making a wide rally into contention on the turn and into the top of the stretch, where he eventually wore down the leaders and held off the favorite to prevail by a half a length in a time of 1:23.44 with Flavien Prat aboard.

Chancer McPatrick returned a month later at Belmont at the Big A to once again win an important Grade 1 race for 2-year-olds with a victory in the Grade 1 $500,000 Champagne Stakes. The one-mile Champagne Stakes was a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series "win and you're in" prep race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, earning Chancer McPatrick an expense-paid trip to the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar for his next start. In the Champagne, Chancer McPatrick raced in last behind the nine-horse field in the early stages of the race before launching a wide sweeping move around the turn. He collared the leader at the top of the stretch and drew clear in the lane to a comfortable 2 3/4-length score as the 0.55-1 favorite.

Chancer McPatrick was sent off as the second betting choice in the $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Nov. 1 at Del Mar, but he finished sixth for the first loss of his career.

Chancer McPatrick took the next four months off and chose for his 3-year-old debut the Grade 3 $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby going 1 1/16 miles on March 8, 2025. Sent off as the 2.10-1 second choice in a seven-horse field, Chancer McPatrick stalked the pace up close and chased winner Owen Almighty around the track for second by 3 1/2 lengths. The Tampa Bay Derby was a points race on the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, and with his second-place finish he earned 25 qualifying points for a total of 35 so far. Trainer Chad Brown indicated he was pointing for the Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes for Chancer McPatrick's next start.

The Blue Grass was postponed three days and held on April 8 on a fast dirt track, and Chancer McPatrick was backed by the betting public as the 2.58-1 post-time favorite against a competitive field. He settled off the early pace in the 1 1/8-mile race but did not respond when asked by jockey Flavien Prat to move up in the far turn, and finished in a dead heat for last with Owen Almighty in a disappointing performance.

Chancer McPatrick is trained by Chad Brown. The McKinzie colt was was bred in Kentucky out of the winning Bernardini mare Bernadreamy. Grade 1 winner Dream Express is the grandam (maternal grandmother) of Chancer McPatrick.