Macho Music

Macho Music, a Florida-bred Maclean’s Music colt, finished second in his August 2024 debut but then reeled off two consecutive victories in sprint races at Gulfstream Park and Keeneland in front-running and dominant fashion. He closed out his juvenile campaign with a fourth-place finish in the six-furlong Bowman Mill Stakes at Keeneland.

Trainer Rohan Crichton started Macho Music in the one-mile Mucho Macho Stakes Jan. 4, 2025, but the colt finished a well-defeated fourth at the longer distance. He then was returned to sprints and finished second in the seven-furlong Swale Stakes and then first by a powerful 11 ¼ lengths in the seven-furlong Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes for Florida-breds at Tampa Bay Downs.

That effort gave Macho Music’s connections confidence to test him again at a higher level, and the colt validated their opinion in the Grade 2, $600,000 Pat Day Mile Stakes Presented by SAP on the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve undercard. Under jockey Javier Castellano, Macho Music assumed the early lead, maintained it through the turn, and then extended it through the homestretch in an impressive 3 ¼-length victory over a sloppy, sealed track.

Macho Music is out of the stakes-winning Tapit mare Southern Girl, who is a half-sister to Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and $5.6 million-earner Mucho Macho Man and a full sister to Grade 2 winner Marconi.