Haikal

A Shadwell Stable homebred half-brother (same dam [mother], different sire [father]) to Grade 1-winning sprinter Takaful, Haikal ran second by a neck in his career debut before winning a maiden race by a neck on Dec. 15 at Aqueduct.. He closed from off the pace to win the seven-eighths of a mile Jimmy Winkfield Stakes by a neck in his stakes debut on Feb. 9.

Making his graded stakes debut in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes and stretching out to a mile for the first time, Haikal closed from well off the pace to reel in Mind Control, Instagrand, and Much Better in deep stretch en route to a convincing victory.

That win gave Haikal 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and he earned 20 more with a late-closing third in the April 6 Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets.