kentucky derby candidate puma We have now a brand new co-owner.
mike welsh each day racing kind Michael and Jules Ivarone and Ira Rothblut’s TCC Stables have acquired an curiosity within the 3-year-old horse on undisclosed phrases.
Skilled by Gustavo Delgado, Puma was bought as a 2-year-old at public sale for $150,000 and was owned by OGMA Investments, JR Ranch and Excessive Step Racing.
Delgados additionally trains 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage, and Michael Iavarone declined the chance to purchase Delgados’ stake.
In a information launch cited by DRFmentioned, “Delgados and Ramiro (Restrepo) have all the time proven an uncanny potential to search out top-level horses and get essentially the most out of them. It is a recurring theme and we’re honored to be part of this horse.”
Restrepo was the phlebotomist for the acquisition of the 2 stallions.
Puma has a document of 4:1-2-1 and completed second within the G1 Florida Derby, a nostril behind the final racer, Commandment. Earlier than that, the Important High quality colt received the Tampa Bay Derby (G3) by 1 3/4 lengths over Father Add. He’s in sixth place on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 106 qualifying factors.
