Trendsetter

Trendsetter enjoyed a quick start to his career as a 2-year-old when he was victorious in his first two lifetime starts during the Colonial Downs summer season in 2025 including his maiden win and a win in the $109,000 Hickory Tree Stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs on Aug. 2.

Trendsetter tried a variety of stakes spots late in his 2-year-old/early in his 3-year-old year going both long and short on turf, dirt, and all-weather tracks without much more success. That all changed dramatically on April 11, 2026, when Trendsetter was the longshot winner of the Grade 3 $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Keeneland over a nine-horse field. Sent off at 32.34-1 odds in the Lexington, Trendsetter stalked the pace, made a move on the turn, gained the lead in the stretch, and proved best by a winning margin of 2 1/4 lengths.