X Y Jet

It took X Y Jet a little time to find his groove as a racehorses, but in 2016 he emerged as an elite sprinter.

After breaking through with his first career win in his fifth race, X Y Jet finished second in the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in his final race at age 2 and then opened his 3-year-old season with a runner-up finish in the Grade 3 Hutcheson Stakes. He returned from a six-month break during the 2015 season and started a five-race winning streak with back-to-back wins to close the year.

X Y Jet opened 2016 with three straight wins in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector Stakes, Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes and Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes. X Y Jet then shipped to Dubai for the $1.5-million Dubai Golden Shaheen and finished second by a neck. After returning to the United States X Y Jet didn't reappear until the October 1 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park, where he finished fifth as the heavy favorite on a muddy track. He closed the year with a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes.

After the De Francis Dash, X Y Jet did not race for more than a year before making his comeback in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector Stakes on Dec. 23, 2017, at Gulfstream Park where he took control at the start and led from beginning to end in a gutsy victory. He duplicated that effort in two more stakes races before returning to Dubai for the 2018 Golden Shaheen. There X Y Jet led until late stretch, repelling the bid of U.S. champion sprinter Roy H, before Mind Your Biscuits caught him in the final strides, relegating X Y Jet to second once again. X Y Jet returned to the winner's circle in his first race after the Dubai trip with a powerful win in the Grade 3 Smile Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream Park on June 30 in what would be his last race of the year.

X Y Jet returned in 2019 as a 7-year-old with a disappointing fourth-place finish in the Sunshine Millions Sprint but regained some confidence with a dominant win in an allowance optional claiming race in February. He then shipped to the Middle East to contest the Golden Shaheen once more, and the third time proved to be the charm. X Y Jet set the pace on the rail throughout the race and edged away from Matera Sky in the stretch to claim victory in the $2.5 million race.