Big Dig (USA) Horse
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Big Dig is a 6yo dk b/br horse from the United States trained by Aaron Shorter. He is by the stallion Mor Spirit out of Boston Mine. So far, Big Dig has won five races. On 20 Mar 2026 at Aqueduct, he secured his biggest win to date, taking the $60,000 Race 3.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis Park 07-Jul-26 1609m R1 Race 1 $26,775 (of $42,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:38.840, SP: 3.75 bumped with an inner foe leaving the gate, steadied as a rival shifted into her path at the seven furlong pole, moved out and tracked keenly three wide down the backstretch, progressed to bid into the far turn, vied before drawing clear and shifting in at the quarter pole then flopped leads to hold from an outer challenger late. 1st Big Dig ( B Curtis 123 ) 2nd Tiffany Twist ( G Saez 123 ) 0.50L 3rd Argan ( E Morales 123 ) 3.75L See full results | B Curtis 55.8kg | 1 (6) |
| Churchill Downs 15-Jun-26 1710m R3 Race 3 $34,650 (of $55,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:46.030, SP: 1.91 steadied between horses when an outer foe crossed over early on, tracked three wide, bid in hand three deep around the far turn, drove clear in upper stretch, but drifted in and briefly flopping back to her left lead in midstretch, got collared by an outer challenger late and lasted. 1st Big Dig ( A Concepcion 118 ) 2nd Cora's Legacy ( A Mendoza 118 ) 0.15L 3rd Little Dixie ( S Pauly 120 ) 2.75L See full results | A Concepcion 53.5kg | 1 (5) |
| Churchill Downs 09-May-26 1609m R5 Race 5 $1,176 (of $76,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:35.350, SP: 2.63 chased in the four path and was done early. 1st Sassy Princess ( T Gaffalione 118 ) 2nd Cervaro Della Sala ( L Saez 118 ) 2.50L 3rd Sweet Note ( J Ortiz 118 ) 5.00L 6th Big Dig ( I O Jr 120 ) 24.75L See full results | I O Jr 54.4kg 24.75L | 6 (6) |
| Aqueduct 20-Apr-26 1811m R4 Race 4 $3,320 (of $83,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:52.960, SP: 3.00 1st Waveless ( M Franco 126 ) 2nd Minnesota Munny ( J Lezcano 126 ) 2.00L 3rd I'm Buzzy ( K Carmouche 126 ) 1.75L 5th Big Dig ( D Davis 126 ) 6.50L See full results | D Davis 57.2kg 6.50L | 5 (8) |
| Aqueduct 20-Mar-26 1811m R3 Race 3 $37,800 (of $60,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:53.260, SP: 2.63 1st Big Dig ( M Franco 121 ) 2nd Pam Pam ( J Rodriguez 123 ) 1.25L 3rd Royal Bobbie ( F Prat 121 ) 3.50L See full results | M Franco 54.9kg | 1 (6) |