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 on a yielding turf course.

Cogburn closed out his 4-year-old season with a fifth-place finish, beaten by three-quarters of a length, in the $1 million Ainsworth Turf Sprint Stakes in September 2023 at Kentucky Downs.

Returning from a layoff of more than 7 1/2 months in the $600,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes presented by Sentient Jet on the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve undercard, Cogburn broke alertly from an outside post, pressed the early pace, and pulled clear in the stretch to a sharp comeback victory in his 5-year-old bow.

Cogburn then solidified his status atop the 2024 turf sprint division through the first half of the season with a victory in the Grade 1 $500,000 Jaipur Stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf on June 8 at Saratoga. Cogburn went wire-to-wire and set a Saratoga track record in wire-to-wire fashion, racing the 5 1/2 furlongs in an eye-popping clocking of :59.80 to win by 3 1/2 lengths. The Jaipur was a "win and you're in" race on the road to the Breeders' Cup, and with his victory, Cogburn secured a spot in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

Cogburn was as dominant as ever again in his next win, which came in the $1,797,200 Grade 2 Ainsworth Turf Sprint Stakes going six furlongs on Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs. Cogburn barely broke a sweat prevailing atop a 12-horse field as the 1.10-1 favorite, going wire-to-wire to win in hand by 3 1/4 lengths. The Ainsworth Turf Sprint was another Breeders' Cup Challenge Series win and you're in race for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint scheduled for Nov. 2 at Del Mar.

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.