Arcangelo (horse)

Arcangelo is a gray ridgling from the second crop of 2016 Travers Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic champion Arrogate, who was named that year's Longines World's Best Racehorse and had a short-lived stud career before passing in 2020.[4][5][6] On his Dam's side Arcangelo is a grandson of Tapit.[7] The horse's owner Jon Ebbert purchased the future champion for $35,000 from Gainesway's consignment at the 2021 September Yearling Sale at Keeneland.[8]

Arcangelo was bred and foaled in Kentucky by Don Alberto, an international breeding and racing operation whose proprietors are mother and son Chilean nationals Liliana Solari and Carlos Heller Solari. Arcangelo's Belmont Stakes win marked their first Grade I victory in the United States with a U.S.-bred horse.[9]

During his 3-year-old season prior to the Belmont, Arcangelo was victorious in the 2023 Peter Pan Stakes which is also run at Belmont Park. He did not run in either of the previous legs of the Triple Crown.

The horse is trained by Jena Antonucci, the first woman to have a horse she trained win one of the three races in American horse racing's triple crown.[10] The horse was ridden in the 2023 Belmont Stakes by jockey Javier Castellano, who also previously rode him to a win in the Peter Pan Stakes.[11] Arcangelo started at odds of 7–1 in winning the Belmont Stakes.[4]

Arcangelo was shipped to the Saratoga Race Course where he spent the summer of 2023 preparing for the Travers Stakes which is run there.[12] Arcangelo won the Travers Stakes on a muddy track winning the event by one length in a time of 2:02.23.[13]

On October 16, 2023, owner Jon Ebbert announced that Arcangelo would enter stud at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky upon the conclusion of his racing career.[14]

• Arcangelo is inbred 3S × 4D to Unbridled, meaning this horse is found once in the third generation on the sire side, and once in the 4th generation on the dam side. Arcangelo is also inbred and 4S × 4D to Deputy Minister, meaning this horse is found twice in the 4th generation, once on the sire side and once on the dam side.