Sokota (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

16-Mar-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Hard Spun

Dam

Bingwa

Prize Money

14280

Trainer

Joe Sharp

Owners

Ulman, Louis J And Vieser Ii, Walter

About

Sokota, a 4yo horse bred in the United States and trained by Joe Sharp, is by Hard Spun out of Bingwa. The animal has not yet broken its maiden, remaining winless in five starts. In its most recent start at Fair Grounds on 22Feb2026, ridden by Jose Ortiz, Sokota finished second behind Urban Ruler.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Fair Grounds 22-Feb-26 1207m R3 Md $3,000 (of $15,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:11.400, SP: 2.25 tracked the pace four wide, rallied down the stretch under left handed encouragement but was held at bay by the winner. 1st Urban Ruler ( J Loveberry 125 ) 2nd Sokota ( J Ortiz 125 ) 1.25L 3rd Miracle On Central ( I Castillo 125 ) 4.25L See full resultsJ Ortiz 56.7kg 1.25L2 (6)
Turfway Park 08-Feb-26 1207m R6 Md $384 (of $37,200) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:13.210, SP: 8.00 bumped with an inner foe at the start, pressed in the three path the yielded between horses in upper stretch. 1st Frosty Beer ( D Machado 125 ) 2nd Out Of The Fog ( V Carrasco 125 ) 1.00L 3rd Bourbon Flight ( I Moncada 125 ) 0.20L 6th Sokota ( G Saez 125 ) 4.40L See full resultsG Saez 56.7kg 4.40L6 (12)
Turfway Park 18-Jan-26 1308m R9 Md $1,041 (of $37,200) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:20.320, SP: 8.00 broke slowly, lacked speed in the four to five path, fanned out to the seven path into the lane yet ran on to miss minor rewards at the wire. 1st Southern Bullet ( O Villarreal 122 ) 2nd Shallus ( V Carrasco 122 ) 1.25L 3rd Hellacious ( W Rodriguez 122 ) 0.15L 5th Sokota ( G Saez 122 ) 1.45L See full resultsG Saez 55.3kg 1.45L5 (13)
Turfway Park 04-Dec-25 1310m R1 Md $384 (of $37,200) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:17.230, SP: 7.00 quickly outside to chase leader to the quater pole, butcould not keep on and caved in through the stretch. 1st Galantini ( W Rodriguez 122 ) 2nd Frosty Beer ( D Machado 122 ) 0.20L 3rd Love In Lights ( A Burgos 124 ) 0.15L 7th Sokota ( F C L De 122 ) 5.00L See full resultsF C L De 55.3kg 5.00L7 (11)
Churchill Downs 15-Nov-25 1210m R6 Md $4,800 (of $48,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:11.980, SP: 21.00 was off slowly and trailed, raced in the two path on the turn and moved out when straightened and then angled out to the far outside leaving the furlong marker and closed the gap FAST late. 1st Come On Pop ( L Machado 122 ) 2nd Trouble Ahead ( L Saez 124 ) 0.15L 3rd Sokota ( J Graham 122 ) 1.05L See full resultsJ Graham 55.3kg 1.05L3 (10)