Oscar Nominated
Chestnut Ridgling / March 25th, 2013 in KY / by Kitten's Joy out of Devine Actress
$205,348
2018 earnings
122
speed figure
14%
2018 wins
racing Record
2018 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
6
1
Seconds
8
0
Thirds
2
5
Unplaced
14
7
Starts
30
$205,348
Earnings
$1,502,639
$29,335
Earnings / Start
$50,088
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Bio
Oscar Nominated broke through with a win in his third career start, a maiden claiming race out of which he was plucked by trainer Mike Maker on behalf of Ken and Sarah Ramsey.
Ramsey Farm stands Oscar Nominated's sire, Kitten's Joy, and raced the 2004 champion turf male. After closing out his 2-year-old season with a runner-up finish, Maker and the Ramseys tested Oscar Nominated in stakes competition to begin his 2016 season and he finished second by a neck at Fair Grounds in the Keith Gee Memorial Stakes.
Oscar Nominated broke through with a win in his third career start, a maiden claiming race out of which he was plucked by trainer Mike Maker on behalf of Ken and Sarah Ramsey.
Ramsey Farm stands Oscar Nominated's sire, Kitten's Joy, and raced the 2004 champion turf male. After closing out his 2-year-old season with a runner-up finish, Maker and the Ramseys tested Oscar Nominated in stakes competition to begin his 2016 season and he finished second by a neck at Fair Grounds in the Keith Gee Memorial Stakes.
Oscar Nominated then won the Black Gold Stakes at Fair Grounds before his connections decided to try him in the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes on the path to the Kentucky Derby. The Spiral, held on the syntheitc surface at Turfway Park, was Oscar Nominated's first race on the main track after six starts on the grass. He finished powerfully to prevail in the Spiral Stakes at 23.60-to-1 odds and punched his ticket to the 2016 Kentucky Derby, a race that owner Ken Ramsey has often expressed his eagerness to win. After finishing 17th in the Kentucky Derby, Oscar Nominated was moved to the turf.
He ran second in the American Derby and fifth in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes before winning the Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky Downs. He closed out his 3-year-old season with a runner-up finish in the Tropical Park Derby.
After running second in a pair of Grade 3 races to start his 4-year-old season, Oscar Nominated finished third by a neck in the Grade 2 Muniz Memorial Handicap. He followed with another third-place finish in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes. After a pair of unplaced finishes, Oscar Nominated halted an eight-race winless stretch with a victory in the Grade 3 Calumet Farm Kentucky Downs Turf Cup. He then finished second behind upset winner Bullards Alley in the Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine.
Oscar Nominated made his 5-year-old debut a winning one with a determined victory in the Grade 3 W.L. McKnight Handicap at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 27.
