Divisidero

Divisidero broke his maiden at first asking and won his first graded stakes two starts later, the American Turf on Kentucky Derby day 2015. He then won the Penine Ridge Stakes before a disappointing effort in the Belmont Derby led to him being sidelined for nearly eight months.  

In 2016 Divisdero started his campaign for trainer Buff Bradley with a pair of top-three finishes in graded stakes before breaking through with his first Grade 1 win on Derby day 2016 in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic. Divisidero only made one more start in 2016 and was winless in three 2017 starts until he was again victorious in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on Derby day. Following that win, Divisidero finished sixth and seventh in the Grade 1 Manhattan Stakes and the Arlington Million, respectively, but rebounded to post a fourth-place effort in the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes at Keeneland in October.

In his 2018 debut, Divisidero finished second in the Grade 2 Monmouth Stakes on May 26, which was followed by a close fourth-place finish, beaten by three-quarters of a length, in the Grade 2 Wise Dan Stakes at Churchill Downs. Divisidero earned his first win of 2018 with a fast-closing win in the Grade 3 Arlington Handicap.

Following that win, which came in his third start for new trainer Kelly Rubley, Divisidero made eight more starts over the next year in graded stakes and did not win any of them. However, he continued to run very well, finishing second three times by short margins, third once, and a late-rushing fourth at odds of 43.10-1 in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, losing by only three-quarters of a length. The now 7-year-old got back to the winner’s circle with a rallying score in the Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sept. 1, 2019. 

Divisidero is by top turf sire Kitten's Joy, out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Madame Du Lac. He was bought for $250,000 at the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale.