Knicks Go
Gray or Roan Horse / January 28th, 2016 in MD / by Paynter out of Kosmo's Buddy
$608,440
2020 earnings
120
speed figure
100%
2020 wins
racing Record
2020 Stats
Career Stats
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3
Firsts
5
0
Seconds
3
0
Thirds
1
0
Unplaced
8
3
Starts
17
$608,440
Earnings
$1,348,995
$202,813
Earnings / Start
$79,353
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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. Knicks Go faded badly in his final start as a 2-year-old when finishing 11th of 14 in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs.
In his 3-year-old debut, Knicks Go ran fifth, beaten by 13 lengths, in the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 9 at Tampa Bay Downs. He then was unplaced in three starts before running second in the Ellis Park Derby in August 2019. The winless streak extended to 10 races, inclduing a start on turf in his final race of 2019.
Transferred to trainer Brad Cox, Knicks Go turned things around in 2020. He posted a dominant front-running allowance win Feb. 22 at Oaklawn Park, pulling away to win by 7 1/2 lengths. In October at Keeneland, he used similar tactics to win another allowance race by 10 1/4 lengths going 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland.
Returning to stakes competition for the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 7 at Keeneland, Knicks Go set a blistering pace and had plenty left in the stretch for a runaway 3 1/2-length victory in a track record time of 1:33.85 for one mile.
