Contrary (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

10-Feb-22

Colour

gray or roan

Sire

Medaglia D'oro

Dam

Antithesis

Prize Money

217622

Owners

Godolphin, Llc

About

Contrary is a 4yo gr/ro from United States trained by Brendan P. Walsh. He is by Medaglia D'oro out of Antithesis. To date he has recorded two wins, the most notable being on 27th Jul 2025 at Ellis Park where he captured the $100000.00 Md purse. The horse has proved profitable for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 253% return on investment.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Gulfstream 14-Feb-26 1609m FIRM R9 Race 9 (of $87,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:37.520, SP: 3.00 was outrun inside. 1st Five G ( J R Velazquez 123 ) 2nd Cassiar ( J Castellano 121 ) 4.50L 3rd Anna's Promise ( M A Vasquez 121 ) 6.50L 7th Contrary ( T Gaffalione 121 ) 22.80L See full resultsT Gaffalione 54.9kg 22.80L7 (7)
Gulfstream 09-Jan-26 1609m FIRM R9 Race 9 $54,180 (of $86,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:38.340, SP: 2.63 prompted the pace in the four path, could not quite match strides with the pacesetter nearing the quarter pole, kept on outside and was up and clear late. 1st Contrary ( T Gaffalione 121 ) 2nd Domino Vitali ( D Egan 121 ) 1.25L 3rd Street View ( M Husbands 121 ) 8.50L See full resultsT Gaffalione 54.9kg1 (8)
Churchill Downs 13-Nov-25 1510m R7 Race 7 $25,400 (of $127,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:29.130, SP: 8.00 broke inwardly and bumped a foe at the start, prompted two wide and between horses, wrestled an advantage entering the lane, dug in as an outer menacing rival issued a bid in upper stretch, battled gamely through the final furlong but was grudgingly bested. 1st Trouble In Love ( I O Jr 118 ) 2nd Contrary ( L Saez 118 ) 0.50L 3rd Whippoorwill ( A Beschizza 118 ) 5.25L See full resultsL Saez 53.5kg 0.50L2 (7)
Churchill Downs 27-Sep-25 1710m R9 Race 9 $1,250 (of $127,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:44.150, SP: 8.50 stalked along the inside, chased in upper stretch and lacked a bid. 1st Being Myself ( A Concepcion 120 ) 2nd Low Key ( J Ortiz 118 ) 4.00L 3rd Union Mist ( T Gaffalione 122 ) 0.75L 7th Contrary ( E Morales 118 ) 11.00L See full resultsE Morales 53.5kg 11.00L7 (12)
Ellis Park 27-Jul-25 1310m R5 Md $63,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:17.750, SP: 15.00 was bumped hard by an inner rival and forced to jostle an outer foe at the start, raced off of the pace in the four path and between horses, swung out to the six path into upper stretch and rallied widest to reel in the leader in the closing stages. 1st Contrary ( E Morales 119 ) 2nd Quick To Charm ( T Gaffalione 119 ) 1.00L 3rd Bodacious Beauty ( A Concepcion 119 ) 1.00L See full resultsE Morales 54kg1 (10)