Divining Rod

The well-bred Diving Rod won his debut in November 2014. He tried to race off the pace in his second start and it didn't work well for the colt who was only able to get a third-place finish.  

He was back on his game in the Sam F. Davis Stakes in early 2015 and nearly pulled out the 28.50-to-1 upset when leading at every call except for the final one where he was beat only a neck by Ocean Knight. He was again seen on the lead in the Tampa Bay Derby, but no one was going to beat Carpe Diem that day and Diving Rod finished third, 7 1/2 lengths behind the winner.

Divining Rod earned a breakthrough first graded stakes win in April at Lexington when he surged clear in the stretch to win the Coolmore Lexington Stakes on the Triple Crown trail.

After bypassing the Kentucky Derby in favor of the Preakness Stakes, Divining Rod rewarded his owners, Lael Stables, and trainer Arnaud Delacour, with a third-place finish in the second jewel of the Triple Crown.

Divining Rod finished third in both the Ohio Derby and Grade 3 Indiana Derby before an unplaced finish in the Grade 3 Smarty Jones Stakes in his final race of 2015.

Divining Rod opened 2016 with back-to-back wins at Parx Racing before finishing second in the Grade 2 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland Race Course. He followed with a game performance in defeat when dueling with Connect through the stretch of the Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap only to come up just short in a runner-up finish.

By leading sire Tapit, Divining Rod's female family is one many drool over. His dam Precious Kitten was a multiple Grade 1 winner bred by leading breeders Ken and Sarah Ramsey. Her second dam Kitten's First should be familar to Kitten's Joy and Dreaming of Anna fans as she is leading sire Kitten's Joy's dam and the dam of Justenuffheart, who is the dam of champion Dreaming of Anna, Lewis Michael, and the grandam of Cassatt.