Rattle N Roll

After two unsuccessful tries, Rattle N Roll broke his maiden at third asking at Churchill Downs on Sept. 23, 2021. He rated just off the pace and got by in the stretch to win by three lengths going away.

In his next start, Rattle N Roll won his first graded stakes race. He won the Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity by 4 1/4 lengths at 8.70-1, rallying from behind with a four-wide move to win going away. With that win, Rattle N Roll guaranteed himself a spot in the Grade 1 TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance at Del Mar on Nov. 5.

Rattle N Roll finished sixth in his 3-year-old debut, the Grade 2 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Mar. 5. Three weeks later, he was fourth in the Grade 2 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, and earned 10 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. He closed out the prep season with a sixth-place finish in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.

Rattle N Roll did not compete in the Kentucky Derby, and was defeated in his next two starts. He picked up his first victory of the season in the American Derby at Churchill Downs on July 2. He endured a brutal trip when unplaced in the Grade 3 Indiana Deby in July but bounced back to win the St. Louis Derby Presented by Fanduel Sportsbook by 4 ½ lengths and the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby by 1 ½ lengths in back-to-back starts.