Sweet Azteca

Sweet Azteca won her career debut in her only start as a 3-year-old on May 2, 2023, at Churchill Downs. She made her second start with a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Las Flores Stakes on Jan. 1, 2024 at Santa Anita, then got back in the win column in her third start in an allowance optional claiming race on Feb. 2 at Santa Anita.

Sweet Azteca became a stakes winner for the first time when she won the Grade 1 $300,000 Beholder Mile Stakes on March 9, at Santa Anita. Sent off as the 3.40-1 second favorite on the tote board in a field of seven fillies and mares, Sweet Azteca went out to the lead and never looked back. She went wire-to-wire and beat favored Adare Manor by three-quarters of a length.

Sweet Azteca kept her winning ways going at Los Alamitos Race Course in her next start when she was victorious in the Grade 2 $202,500 Great Lady M. Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs on July 6. Sent off as the 0.70-1 favorite in a field of 10 fillies and mares, Sweet Azteca pressed the pace throughout, took command at the top of the stretch, and extended to an easy five-length win. The winning streak was extended to four with a facile front-running, seven-length runaway Aug. 25 at Del Mar in the Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo Handicap.

Sweet Azteca's winning streak came to an end when she finished last in a four-horse field at 1-9 odds on the tote board in the Grade 3 $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Oct. 5.

Sweet Azteca returned to the races as a 5-year-old and made her 2025 debut in a familar spot on July 5 in the Grade 2 $200,000 Great Lady M Stakes at Los Alamitos in a race where she was the defending champion from 2024. Sweet Azteca's repeat bid in the Great Lady M was successful. She went right to the front from the start and took the field wire-to-wire to win by 1 ½ lengths over heavy favorite Kopion atop a six-horse field in 6 ½ furlongs run in 1:14.32. After that win, she tried for a repeat bid in the Rancho Bernardo Handicap at Del Mar, and in what turned out to be her final start of 2025, notched the repeat victory by an easy 3 ½ lengths.

The classy mare returned to Los Alamitos Race Course in 2026 and once again defended her title with a third straight victory in the Grade 2 $200,000 Great Lady M. Stakes on July 4. Sent off as thr 0.70-1 favorite in a field of seven in the Great Lady M., Sweet Azteca took care of buniness to win by 1 1/4 lengths. She then followed that three-peat up with another one, taking a third consecutive Rancho Bernardo at Del Mar as the heavy favorite on Aug. 16.

Sweet Azteca is trained by Michael McCarthty. She was bred in Kentucky by the sire Sharp Azteca out of the mare So Sweetitiz by Grand Slam.