Will Believe (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

21-Feb-23

Colour

bay

Sire

War Of Will

Dam

Always Believe

Prize Money

36014

Owners

Lauer, Penny S And Mingus, Bruce

About

Will Believe is a 3yo bay born in the United States and trained by Michael Lauer. The colt is by the stallion War Of Will out of the mare Always Believe. He has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in five starts. In his most recent outing at Churchill Downs on 29 May 2026, he was ridden by Tyler Gaffalione and finished second, behind winner Nightmare Fuel.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Churchill Downs 29-May-26 1408m R8 Md $11,400 (of $57,000) Barrier 10, SP: 11.00 1st Nightmare Fuel ( I O Jr 118 ) 2nd Will Believe ( T Gaffalione 118 ) 3rd Cloud Number Nine ( F Arrieta 124 ) See full resultsT Gaffalione 53.5kg2 (11)
Churchill Downs 27-Apr-26 1308m R3 Md $9,600 (of $48,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:18.000, SP: 7.50 vied three to two wide and between horses, battled inside of the eventual winner in upper stretch, but proved no match leaving midstretch and was second best. 1st State Charmer ( L Saez 118 ) 2nd Will Believe ( I Moncada 118 ) 4.50L 3rd Betty Who ( D Machado 125 ) 3.50L See full resultsI Moncada 53.5kg 4.50L2 (8)
Colonial Downs 13-Mar-26 1207m R8 Md $1,200 (of $93,749) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.410, SP: 13.00 saved ground chasing and weakened through the final quarter mile. 1st Eileen's A Warrior ( R Maragh 122 ) 2nd Boost ( J Barbosa 122 ) 9.50L 3rd Themis ( C Marquez 122 ) 1.75L 7th Will Believe ( M Murrill 122 ) 20.50L See full resultsM Murrill 55.3kg 20.50L7 (10)
Turfway Park 20-Feb-26 1308m R5 Md $744 (of $100,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:18.810, SP: 51.00 bumped with an outer foe at the start, raced off of the pace in the three to four path, crept closer in the five path into the lane then failed to threaten. 1st Windy Houston ( C Victor 120 ) 2nd Lets Shance It ( D L C Fernando 120 ) 6.25L 3rd Cafe Culture ( B Alberto 120 ) 2.50L 6th Will Believe ( M John 120 ) 10.85L See full resultsM John 54.4kg 10.85L6 (14)
Turfway Park 23-Jan-26 1308m R9 Md $2,604 (of $37,200) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:20.960, SP: 21.00 pursued from the four path, fanned out to the seven path at the quarter pole then stayed on mildly. 1st More Sweets ( D Machado 120 ) 2nd Santiana ( E Morales 120 ) 0.50L 3rd Mariposa Moon ( W Rodriguez 120 ) 2.00L 4th Will Believe ( J Gutierrez 120 , Cd 115 ) 4.75L See full resultsJ Gutierrez 54.4kg, Cd 52.2kg 4.75L4 (13)