Render Judgment

Render Judgment scored his maiden win as a 2-year-old in his second lifetime start on Oct. 27, 2024, at Churchill Downs. He then tried stakes company for the first time and finished fifth in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs on Nov. 30. His next try was also against stakes competition when he finished his juvenile campaign with a third-place finish in a five-horse field in the $96,000 Gun Runner Stakes on Dec. 21 at Fair Grounds. The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and the Gun Runner Stakes were points races on the road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, and with his in-the-money stakes finishes, Render Judgment finished his 2-year-old season with four qualifying points.

After a disappointing eighth-place finish in his 3-year-old debut in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, Render Judgment delivered a much improved effort in the $500,000 Virginia Derby March 15 at Colonial Downs, where he rallied gamely to finish second to American Promise and earned 25 qualifying points for the 2025 Kentucky Derby. He followed that up with a nonthreatening fifth-place finish in the April 8 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, good for 10 more points.