Cogburn

Cogburn began his career in dirt sprints and accumulated three wins in his first eight lifetime starts, including the maiden win as a 2-year-old in his second start on Sept. 16, 2021. He also won a pair of allowance races at Oaklawn Park, one in March of 2022 and one in February of 2023. It was unclear at that moment that the best part of his career would be ahead of him and would be on the grass.

Cogburn won his first turf race when he took the $100,000 Chamberlain Bridge Stakes going five furlongs at Lone Star Park on May 29, 2023. He followed-up that win with another victory in his next start, which was back at Lone Star in the $150,000 Grand Prairie Turf Sprint going five furlongs on the turf on June 24. Cogburn then went to Saratoga for his graded takes debut in his next race, which came in the $300,000 Grade 3 Troy Stakes, where he would face a prohibitive favorite, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Champion Caravel. Sent off as the 7-1 odds fourth choice on the tote board in a field of seven in the Troy, Cogburn came from a stalking position from off the pace to rally in the stretch for a one-length victory in a 5 1/2-furlong winning time of 1:03.70 over a yielding turf course.

Cogburn is trained by Steve Asmussen. He was bred in Kentucky by the sire Not This Time out of the mare In a Jif by Saintly Look.