Gonna Make It (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

25-Jan-23

Colour

chestnut

Dam

Acquant

Prize Money

12694

Owners

Paisano Racing Stable, Llc And Alongi, Anthony

About

Gonna Make It is a 3yo chestnut from the United States trained by Benjamin M. Feliciano, Jr. The horse is by the stallion Improbable out of the mare Acquant. It has not yet broken its maiden, failing to win in seven starts. In its most recent start at Laurel Park on June 7, 2026, Gonna Make It was ridden by Yomar Orlando Ortiz and finished tenth, behind the winner Oxford Union.

Raced At

Laurel Park

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Laurel Park 07-Jun-26 1609m FIRM R7 Md (of $24,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:36.900, SP: 26.00 broke awkwardly, was outrun and stayed wide around the far turn. 1st Oxford Union ( H Karamanos 122 ) 2nd Plenty On Tap ( J Barbosa 119 ) 1.25L 3rd Battle Lou ( J G Briceno 119 ) 2.50L 10th Gonna Make It ( Y O Ortiz 119 ) 12.00L See full resultsY O Ortiz 54kg 12.00L10 (10)
Laurel Park 31-May-26 1710m GOOD R2 Md $1,000 (of $22,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:49.850, SP: 6.00 , up close along the rail near the seven eighths, dropped back through the backstretch run, angled four to five wide nearing the lane but came up empty. 1st River City Runner ( M J Sanchez 118 ) 2nd Divine Swagger ( J G Briceno 126 ) 2.75L 3rd Hooraw ( J Barbosa 114 ) 6.75L 6th Gonna Make It ( J E Vargas 118 , Cd 113 ) 14.75L See full resultsJ E Vargas 53.5kg, Cd 51.3kg 14.75L6 (7)
Laurel Park 20-Apr-26 1710m R3 Md $1,000 (of $24,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:44.270, SP: 13.00 remained along the rail throughout and weakened the final furlong. 1st Kitty'S Son ( D V Araujo 126 ) 2nd Oxford Union ( K Gomez 122 ) 0.75L 3rd Under The Rug ( T Lyapustina 126 ) 0.80L 7th Gonna Make It ( J E Vargas 113 , Cd 108 ) 3.30L See full resultsJ E Vargas 51.3kg, Cd 49kg 3.30L7 (10)
Laurel Park 04-Apr-26 1106m R7 Md $2,200 (of $22,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:07.070, SP: 9.00 remained along the inner throughout and weakened through the stretch. 1st Fayes Heart ( X Perez 124 ) 2nd Tiz The Great ( Y Hazlewood 124 , Cd 119 ) 5.25L 3rd Gonna Make It ( J E Vargas 124 , Cd 119 ) 11.25L See full resultsJ E Vargas 56.2kg, Cd 54kg 11.25L3 (6)
Laurel Park 11-Jan-26 1710m SOFT R4 Md $1,540 (of $22,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:55.100, SP: 3.75 vied three deep into and around the first turn, pressed outside the winner heading to the five eighths, was under a hearty ride trying to stay in touch past the three eighths, failed to kick, on and weakened in upper stretch. 1st Pencil Me In ( A Chavez 124 ) 2nd Plenty On Tap ( X Perez 124 ) 3.75L 3rd Boss Lily ( I Villalobos 124 ) 8.00L 4th Gonna Make It ( J Toledo 124 ) 14.75L See full resultsJ Toledo 56.2kg 14.75L4 (6)
Laurel Park 20-Dec-25 1710m GOOD R6 Md $2,400 (of $24,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:54.170, SP: 3.50 lost ground four wide stalking the winner, was pushed along four wide past the five sixteenths, chased on past mid stretch then came up empty. 1st First Officer ( P A Luna 118 ) 2nd Pencil Me In ( A Chavez 122 ) 0.50L 3rd Gonna Make It ( J Toledo 122 ) 3.75L See full resultsJ Toledo 55.3kg 3.75L3 (8)
Laurel Park 20-Oct-25 1210m R6 Md $500 (of $30,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:12.490, SP: 15.00 bumped with an outer foe at the start and always trailed. 1st Prince Of Darkness ( C E Lopez 122 ) 2nd Golden Kid ( A Cruz 122 ) 1.75L 3rd Palacios ( J Toledo 122 ) 4.50L 8th Gonna Make It ( V R Carrasco 122 ) 17.80L See full resultsV R Carrasco 55.3kg 17.80L8 (8)