El Grande O
Dark Bay or Brown Colt / February 2nd, 2021 in NY / by Take Charge Indy out of Rainbow's Song
$77,720
2025 earnings
111
speed figure
25%
2025 wins
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
6
0
Seconds
5
1
Thirds
3
2
Unplaced
4
4
Starts
18
$77,720
Earnings
$617,070
$19,430
Earnings / Start
$34,282
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Bio
El Grande O began his career on May 28 of his 2-year-old season and won his maiden race in his third career start in a five-furlong turf sprint at Belmont Park on July 7, 2023. He added New York-bred stakes wins in September and October in the $125,000 Bertram Bongard Stakes and the $200,000 Sleepy Hollow Stakes at Aqueduct. He entered the road to the Kentucky Derby for the first time in his 3-year-old seasonal debut on Jan. 6, 2024 in the $150,000 Jerome Stakes at one mile, where he finished second.
El Grande O began his career on May 28 of his 2-year-old season and won his maiden race in his third career start in a five-furlong turf sprint at Belmont Park on July 7, 2023. He added New York-bred stakes wins in September and October in the $125,000 Bertram Bongard Stakes and the $200,000 Sleepy Hollow Stakes at Aqueduct. He entered the road to the Kentucky Derby for the first time in his 3-year-old seasonal debut on Jan. 6, 2024 in the $150,000 Jerome Stakes at one mile, where he finished second.
The dark bay or brown colt followed that effort up with an even better runner-up finish in another Kentucky Derby prep at Aqueduct, the Grade 3 Withers Stakes Feb. 3, taking the lead in early stretch and continuing on gamely to the finish only to lose by a head to late-charging Uncle Heavy. The next appearance for El Grande O came in another prep race on the road to the Kentucky Derby in the one-mile, Grade 3 $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct on March 2, when he finished third.
El Grande O is trained by Linda Rice. He was bred in New York by the sire Take Charge Andy out of the mare Rainbow's Song by Unbridled's Song.
