Dilger (2021) Horse

Foal Date

03-Apr-21

Colour

bay

Sire

Lope De Vega

Dam

Post Perfection

Prize Money

509602

Trainer

Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.

Owners

Michael Ryan

About

Belmont Park R3 Race 3 — Dilger is a 5yo trained by Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. He is by the stallion Lope De Vega out of the dam Post Perfection. Dilger has won 2 races in his career. On 3rd Mar 2025 at Gulfstream, Dilger earned his biggest victory to date, collecting $96,000.00 in Race 9.

Raced At

Keeneland • Philadelphia Park • Saratoga • Gulfstream

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Keeneland 26-Oct-25 1810m FIRM R9 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (Stakes) $4,800 (of $537,552) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:50.390, SP: 26.00 set the pace along the inside, vied with an outer bidder into the far turn, got headed inside of a pair of foes passing teh five sixteenths pole and weakened. 1st Hit Show ( I O Jr 126 ) 2nd Rattle N Roll ( E Esquivel 122 ) 1.00L 3rd Gosger ( L Saez 118 ) 1.25L 10th Dilger ( F Prat 122 ) 24.50L See full results	F Prat 55.3kg 24.50L	10 (11)
Philadelphia Park 20-Sep-25 1610m FIRM R11 Philadelphia Park race 11 $80,875 (of $80,875) Barrier 4, SP: 4.80 1st Nelson Avenue ( J Rosario 122 ) 2nd Dilger ( I O Jr 122 ) 3rd Coastal Mission ( A Bocachica 126 ) 1.00L	I O Jr 55.3kg	2 (9)
Saratoga 01-Sep-25 1610m R3 Race 3 $17,589 (of $175,895) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:36.540, SP: 5.00 three wide in closest aim of the leader, came under coaxing near the quarter pole and seized command at that station continuing three wide into upper stretch, dug in under threat and was collared just outside the eighth pole, kept on to preserve the show honors. 1st Capital Idea ( J Alvarado 125 ) 2nd Echo Again ( J R Velazquez 123 ) 0.50L 3rd Dilger ( I O Jr 125 ) 2.25L See full results	I O Jr 56.7kg 2.25L	3 (7)
Saratoga 03-Aug-25 1410m FIRM R7 Race 7 $17,780 (of $177,798) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:22.460, SP: 6.50 1st Hold My Bourbon ( J L Ortiz 124 ) 2nd Echo Again ( J R Velazquez 122 ) 0.25L 3rd Dilger ( I O Jr 124 ) 3.50L See full results	I O Jr 56.2kg 3.50L	3 (11)
Gulfstream 25-May-25 1410m FIRM R10 Hcp $1,155 (of $115,456) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:24.170, SP: 2.25 vied for the lead three to two wide and in between rivals on the turn, lost the crop at the three sixteenths and was empty. 1st Shaq Diesel ( M A Vasquez 120 ) 2nd Air Combat ( E Jaramillo 121 ) 4.00L 3rd Life Is Precious ( C Gil 118 ) 4.75L 6th Dilger ( E J Zayas 123 ) 10.00L See full results	E J Zayas 55.8kg 10.00L	6 (6)