Program Trading (GB)

Program Trading began his career with a win at first asking as a 3-year-old in a maiden race at Monmouth Park on May 14, 2023, taking a 1 1/16-mile turf race by five lengths. He then earned a repeat win in his second start, which was an allowance optional claiming level victory in a 1 1/16-mile turf race at Belmont Park on June 25.

Program Trading stepped up in class against Grade 1 competition for his third career start, which came in the $600,000 Saratoga Derby invitational on Aug. 5. Facing an eight-horse field at Saratoga, Program Trading set the pace and got headed in the stretch but came back late along the rail and earned a hard-fought head victory in 1:56.63 for the 1 3/16th miles on a turf course rated yielding to remain undefeated in three starts.

Program Trading suffered his first loss when second in the Grade 3 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs on Sept. 9, but then became a second-time Grade 1 winner in his next start when victorious in the Grade 1, $300,000 Hollywood Derby on Dec. 2 going 1 1/8 miles on the turf at Del Mar. Sent off as the odds-on favorite in a seven-horse field in the Hollywood Derby, Program Trading rallied from off the pace in the stretch to prevail by a neck over runner-up Webslinger.

Program Trading is trained by Chad Brown. She was bred in Great Britain by the sire Lope de Vega out of the mare Dreamlike by Oasis Dream.