Just Might
Chestnut Gelding / January 29th, 2016 in KY / by Justin Phillip out of Dynamite Babe
$145,686
2022 earnings
118
speed figure
14%
2022 wins
racing Record
2022 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
11
1
Seconds
8
0
Thirds
6
5
Unplaced
14
7
Starts
39
$145,686
Earnings
$976,100
$20,812
Earnings / Start
$25,028
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Bio
On Feb. 15, 2020, Just Might won his first stakes race. In his first start against stakes company, he won the Colonel Power Stakes at Fair Grounds by a neck at 20.30-1. He won for trainer Michelle Lovell and jockey Colby Hernandez. Later that season, he placed three times in stakes company.
Just Might won the Colonel Power Stakes for the second year in a row on Feb. 13, 2021. The race was taken off the turf due to rain, but it was no problem for Just Might, who won the 5 1/2 furlong race going away. Lovell and Hernandez once again teamed up for the win.
On Feb. 15, 2020, Just Might won his first stakes race. In his first start against stakes company, he won the Colonel Power Stakes at Fair Grounds by a neck at 20.30-1. He won for trainer Michelle Lovell and jockey Colby Hernandez. Later that season, he placed three times in stakes company.
Just Might won the Colonel Power Stakes for the second year in a row on Feb. 13, 2021. The race was taken off the turf due to rain, but it was no problem for Just Might, who won the 5 1/2 furlong race going away. Lovell and Hernandez once again teamed up for the win.
Just Might continued his dominant streak in the spring and summer of 2021. On June 5, he won the Mighty Beau Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs by a length. Shipped to Colonial Downs for the summer, he won two stakes races there. He took the Da Hoss Stakes on Aug. 2, then won the Chesapeake Stakes on Aug. 23. Coming back to Churchill, he won the Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes on Sept. 18.
After a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 8, Just Might bounced back with a 2 1/2-length win in the Thanksgiving Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds. That makred his sixth stakes win of 2021.
Just Might wrapped up his 2021 season with a victory as the favorite in the Richard R. Scherer Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds on Dec. 26. That was his seventh stakes win of the year, the most of any North American horse.
Just Might started his 2022 season in the Duncan F. Kenner Stakes at Fair Grounds on Jan. 22. Although he crossed the wire first, he was disqualified and placed last.
On June 11, 2022, Just Might earned his first official stakes victory of the year with a two-length triumph in the Mighty Beau Stakes at Churchill. He set the early pace and turned back the challenge of Charcoal for an impressive win.
