Pontus (USA) Horse
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Pontus is a 5yo dark bay/brown horse from the United States trained by Hugo Rodriguez. He is by the stallion Gio Ponti out of the mare Agile Wonder. Pontus has won six races in his career. On 30 Oct 2024 at Fairmount Park, he captured his most important victory to date, earning the $23,499.00 purse in Race 2 – an Allowance Optional Claiming.
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| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Park 16-Sep-26 1207m R9 Race 9 $3,830 (of $54,721) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.820, SP: 17.00 raced in striking position while three wide, moved four wide into the stretch and had no rally. 1st Bill's Honor ( A Bendezu 124 ) 2nd Coolthing ( V Lara 124 , Cd 119 ) 0.50L 3rd Rhodiums Pride ( M Fernandez 124 , Cd 119 ) 2.50L 4th Pontus ( V Santiago 124 ) 8.25L See full results | V Santiago 56.2kg 8.25L | 4 (6) |
| Fairmount Park 23-Aug-26 1207m R8 Race 8 $1,402 (of $14,022) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:13.390 1st Seminole Beach ( C Orm 124 ) 2nd Idea Man ( B Martinez 124 ) 0.30L 3rd Pontus ( A Santos 124 ) 2.00L See full results | A Santos 56.2kg 2.00L | 3 (11) |
| Fairmount Park 12-Jul-26 1207m R8 Race 8 $229 (of $17,259) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.690 was outpaced early racing off the inside, came into upper stretch five wide, failed to menace. 1st Strange Arrange ( J Aranguren 126 ) 2nd Racarino ( F Reyes 126 ) 2.25L 3rd Excellent Empire ( A Stanley 126 ) 1.25L 6th Pontus ( V Lara 117 , Cd 110 ) 9.00L See full results | V Lara 53.1kg, Cd 49.9kg 9.00L | 6 (8) |
| Fairmount Park 21-Jun-26 1207m R7 Race 7 $337 (of $27,112) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:12.710, SP: 26.00 broke a step slowly, settled at the back switching out off the inside, advanced outside a foe going two to four wide on the turn, swung nine wide into upper stretch and passed some tired rivals. 1st Girlolamo'glory ( C Orm 124 ) 2nd Jimmies Big Day ( J Felix 124 ) 0.75L 3rd Excellent Empire ( A Stanley 124 ) 0.75L 7th Pontus ( V Santiago 124 ) 6.35L See full results | V Santiago 56.2kg 6.35L | 7 (10) |
| Fairmount Park 03-Jun-26 1106m R6 Race 6 $3,481 (of $17,406) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:05.860, SP: 10.00 was off slowly, taken outside and unhurried, dropped in entering the turn, closed along the rail and got up late for place. 1st Excellent Empire ( A Santos 124 ) 2nd Pontus ( V Santiago 124 ) 3.75L 3rd Spanish Doubloon ( J Tavares 124 ) 0.50L See full results | V Santiago 56.2kg 3.75L | 2 (6) |