Timberlake

Timberlake won his maiden in his second career race as a 2-year-old in a seven-furlong race at Ellis Park on July 21, 2023, when he crushed the field by 9 ¼ lengths in an effort that was later flattered when distant runner-up West Saratoga won a stakes race. Timberlake made his subsequent start in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, where he finished second on Sept. 4.

Timberlake returned for another Grade 1 race in his next outing in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes going one mile at the Belmont at the Big A meet on Oct. 7 and scored an impressive victory. Racing on a sloppy track in an eight-horse field in the Champagne, Timberlake rated in mid-pack early in the race behind a blazing fast pace then raced to the front in the stretch and drew clear to win by 4 ¼ lengths. The Champagne Stakes was a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Win and You’re In race, and with his victory, Timberlake earned a spot in the starting gate for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 3 at Santa Anita Park.

Timberlake is trained by Brad Cox. He was bred in Kentucky by the sire Into Mischief out of the Irish mare Pin Up by Lookin At Lucky.