Knicks Go
Gray or Roan Colt / January 28th, 2016 in MD / by Paynter out of Kosmo's Buddy
$672,515
2018 earnings
98
speed figure
33%
2018 wins
racing Record
2018 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
2
1
Seconds
1
1
Thirds
1
2
Unplaced
2
6
Starts
6
$672,515
Earnings
$672,515
$112,086
Earnings / Start
$112,086
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Bio
Knicks Go, a Maryland-bred Paynter colt owned by the Korean syndicate KRA Stud Farm, won his career debut in a five-furlong race at Ellis Park during summer 2018 by an eye-catching 3 ½ lengths despite racing greenly. He was then ambitiously placed in the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga, when he ran a distant fifth, but rebounded somewhat in his next start when he finished third in the Arlington Washington Futurity on that track’s artificial surface.
Knicks Go, a Maryland-bred Paynter colt owned by the Korean syndicate KRA Stud Farm, won his career debut in a five-furlong race at Ellis Park during summer 2018 by an eye-catching 3 ½ lengths despite racing greenly. He was then ambitiously placed in the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga, when he ran a distant fifth, but rebounded somewhat in his next start when he finished third in the Arlington Washington Futurity on that track’s artificial surface.
That set up a start in the Oct. 6 Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, a “Win and You’re In” qualifying race for the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Under jockey Albin Jiminez, Knicks Go led from start to finish, winning by 5 ½ lengths at huge 70-1 odds. His win gave trainer Ben Colebrook his first Grade 1 victory.
Knicks Go turned in a heroic effort in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile, surging past pacesetter Complexity to seize command and battling gamely with heavily favored Game Winner before yielding grudgingly late in a runner-up finish.
