Sharp Azteca
Dark Bay or Brown Horse / January 30th, 2013 in KY / by Freud out of So Sharp
$650,000
2018 earnings
132
speed figure
0%
2018 wins
racing Record
2018 Stats
Career Stats
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Firsts
8
0
Seconds
5
0
Thirds
1
1
Unplaced
3
1
Starts
17
$650,000
Earnings
$2,406,740
$650,000
Earnings / Start
$141,573
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Bio
After winning two of his first four races,, Sharp Azteca won the Grade 3 Pat Day Miles Stakes in his first career start in a stakes race. He then finished fourth in the Grade 2 Woody Stephen Stakes before a runner-up finish in the Spuer Derby Prelude Stakes. The dark bay or brown Freud colt bounced back with a win in the City of Laurel Stakes before closing his 3-year-old season with a second in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes in December at Santa Anita Park.
After winning two of his first four races,, Sharp Azteca won the Grade 3 Pat Day Miles Stakes in his first career start in a stakes race. He then finished fourth in the Grade 2 Woody Stephen Stakes before a runner-up finish in the Spuer Derby Prelude Stakes. The dark bay or brown Freud colt bounced back with a win in the City of Laurel Stakes before closing his 3-year-old season with a second in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes in December at Santa Anita Park.
Sharp Azteca made his 4-year-old debut in the Grade 2 Hardacre Mile Gulfstream Park Handicap and dominated the opposition with a 4 1/2-length runaway. He then headed to Dubai for the Godolphin Mile, where he made the lead in the stretch but tired to finish third behind Second Summer.
Returning to the U.S., Sharp Azteca ran second behind Mor Spirit in the Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap on the June 10 Belmont Stakes undercard before returning to the winner’s circle with an easy 7 ½-length score in the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup Stakes on July 30. He then turned in another dazzling victory with a front-running romp in the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap at a mile.
Following the Kelso, Sharp Azteca targeted the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. He took a short lead in the stretch and battled gamely to the finish line before giving way grudgingly to Battle of Midway in the closing strides. He subsequently scored his first career Grade 1 win in the Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by NYRA Bets on Dec. 2 at Aqueduct.
