Two Phil's

Two Phil’s, a Hard Spun colt, finished off the board in his debut June 23, 2022, at Churchill Downs but improved considerably for trainer Larry Rivelli when shipped to Colonial Downs for a six-furlong maiden race on July 18. He set a pressured pace before drawing off to win by 2 ½ lengths under Jareth Loveberry.

In his next start and stakes debut, Two Phil’s was even more impressive, sitting just off the early pace and then talking over at will in the six-furlong Shakopee Juvenile Stakes at Canterbury Park on Sept. 17. He won by 9 ¾ lengths under a hand ride from Loveberry.

Two Phil’s next took a giant leap in class, starting in the Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity Oct. 8 at Keeneland. Sent off at odds of 69.40-1, he was brushed out to race four-wide in the first turn of the 1 1/16-mile race and stayed wide throughout, finishing seventh of 14.  

After the Breeders’ Futurity, Rivelli shipped Two Phil’s back to Churchill Downs for a start in the Grade 3, 1 1/6-mile Street Sense Stakes Oct. 30. He was once again jostled in the first turn but recovered to settle in a stalking spot before making a bid for the lead in the far turn. He separated from the field in early stretch, and despite racing on his wrong lead, was kept to task by Loveberry en route to a 5 ¼-length win.

Two Phil's began his 3-year-old campaign on Jan. 21, 2023 at the Fair Grounds in the Grade 3 $200,000 Lecomte Stakes, where he finished second, beaten 2 1/2 lengths by Instant Coffee. For his second-place finish, Two Phil's earned eight points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Two Phil’s was bred in Kentucky and is out of the stakes-winning and Grade 3-placed General Quarters mare Mia Torri.