Grande Sorpreso (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

05-Apr-23

Colour

dark bay or brown

Sire

Medaglia D'oro

Dam

Unbridled Surprise

Prize Money

956

Owners

Six Column Stables Llc, Bloch, Randall L, Seiler, John, Merritt, Fred And Hall, David

About

Grande Sorpreso is a 3yo dk b/br colt from the United States trained by Ian R. Wilkes. He is by Medaglia D'oro out of Unbridled Surprise. The horse has not yet broken his maiden, failing to win in two starts. In his most recent start at Keeneland on 5th Apr 2026, ridden by Edgard Zayas, he finished fifth behind winner Gilded Bandit.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Keeneland 05-Apr-26 1308m FIRM R2 Md (of $110,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:16.440, SP: 21.00 stalked four deep, roused within striking range three wide around the turn, but proved no match for the top pair while getting floated back to the four path entering upper stretch and weakened. 1st Gilded Bandit ( J Alvarado 118 ) 2nd Deep Flame ( I O Jr 118 ) 0.50L 3rd Buntus Foclora ( J Velazquez 118 ) 13.75L 5th Grande Sorpreso ( E Zayas 118 ) 17.25L See full resultsE Zayas 53.5kg 17.25L5 (9)
Gulfstream 01-Mar-26 1207m FIRM R2 Md $680 (of $84,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:10.440, SP: 17.00 chased the pace four wide and lacked the needed rally. 1st Lincoln's Law ( L Saez 122 ) 2nd Quentin B ( C Lanerie 122 ) 0.00L 3rd Dark Assault ( F Prat 122 ) 0.00L 5th Grande Sorpreso ( J Castellano 122 ) 6.25L See full resultsJ Castellano 55.3kg 6.25L5 (10)