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Start the Ride
Dark Bay or Brown Colt / March 14th, 2023 in CA / by Upstart out of Elusive Ride
$198,990
2026 earnings
102
speed figure
25%
2026 wins
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
2
1
Seconds
1
2
Thirds
2
3
Unplaced
4
8
Starts
9
$198,990
Earnings
$199,490
$24,874
Earnings / Start
$22,166
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Bio
Stakes winner against California breds as a 3-year-old in the $175,000 Cal Cup Derby in just his second lifetime trip to the post on Jan. 17, 2026. That victory came over a field that included next-out Sunland Derby winner Pavlovian. Subsequently, Start the Ride finished sixth in a seven-horse field in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes presented by DK Horse on March 7 and fifth in the Grade 1 $500,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 4.
Stakes winner against California breds as a 3-year-old in the $175,000 Cal Cup Derby in just his second lifetime trip to the post on Jan. 17, 2026. That victory came over a field that included next-out Sunland Derby winner Pavlovian. Subsequently, Start the Ride finished sixth in a seven-horse field in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes presented by DK Horse on March 7 and fifth in the Grade 1 $500,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 4.
