Bracket Buster (USA) Horse
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Bracket Buster is a four-year-old bay colt bred in the United States, by Vekoma out of Spring Dance. He is under the guidance of trainer Victoria H. Oliver and owned by Bbn Racing, Llc ; And Bowen Thoroughbreds;. From twelve starts he has collected four wins, two seconds and one third, earning $1,480,141 overall. His most recent start was at Mountaineer on 10 August 2026, where he finished 1st of 8.
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Keeneland • Mountaineer • Remington Park • Saratoga • Monmouth Park • Churchill Downs • Horseshoe IndianapolisRace Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Keeneland 01-Nov-26 1609m R6 Race 6 - Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile - Grade 1, SP: 6.50 | John Velazquez | 7 (10) |
| Mountaineer 10-Aug-26 1710m R7 West Virginia Governor's Stakes (Stakes) $178,597 (of $283,487) Barrier 2, SP: 2.50 1st Bracket Buster ( J Velazquez 118 ) 2nd Warp Nine ( F Pennington 120 ) 3rd Neoequos ( M Husbands 118 ) See full results | J Velazquez 53.5kg | 1 (8) |
| Keeneland 26-Oct-25 1810m FIRM R9 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (Stakes) $37,629 (of $537,552) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:50.390, SP: 4.00 tracked along the inside, tipped out with five furlongs to go, pursued four deep around the far turn, got outkicked by an inner rival while chasing into the final furlong and kept on willingly. 1st Hit Show ( I O Jr 126 ) 2nd Rattle N Roll ( E Esquivel 122 ) 1.00L 3rd Gosger ( L Saez 118 ) 0.30L 4th Bracket Buster ( J Velazquez 118 ) 3.25L See full results | J Velazquez 53.5kg 3.25L | 4 (11) |
| Remington Park 29-Sep-25 1810m FIRM R10 Oklahoma Derby (Stakes) $385,086 (of $611,247) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:49.990, SP: 2.00 stalked the pace while two wide on the backstretch, rallied on the far turn then was in a strong drive to take command in mid stretch and drew off in the end. 1st Bracket Buster ( L Saez 124 ) 2nd Iron Dome ( O Jose 124 ) 3.25L 3rd Mister Omaha ( Q Luis 124 ) 0.50L See full results | L Saez 56.2kg | 1 (7) |
| Saratoga 24-Aug-25 2010m R13 DraftKings Travers Stakes (Stakes) $385,028 (of $1,925,140) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:00.840, SP: 34.00 established a forward position early, rounded the first turn in the two path, prompted the pace on the outside, turned up the pressure on the leader in the three path early on the far turn, took the advantage with three furlongs to run, dropped to the two path while roused later on that bend, lost the advantage to the winner into upper stretch, remained on his inside lead in the drive and proved no match while well clear for the place. 1st Sovereignty ( J Alvarado 126 ) 2nd Bracket Buster ( L Saez 126 ) 10.00L 3rd Magnitude ( B A Curtis 126 ) 10.75L See full results | L Saez 57.2kg 10.00L | 2 (5) |
| Monmouth Park 20-Jul-25 1810m R12 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes (Stakes) $107,594 (of $1,537,050) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:48.150, SP: 26.00 vied inside early, then tracked close up on the inside, chased on the far turn, came two wide into the lane and weakened. 1st Journalism ( U Rispoli 122 ) 2nd Gosger ( L Saez 119 ) 0.50L 3rd Goal Oriented ( F Prat 119 ) 0.30L 4th Bracket Buster ( J Velazquez 119 ) 8.00L See full results | J Velazquez 54kg 8.00L | 4 (8) |
| Monmouth Park 14-Jun-25 1710m SLOPPY Flat, SP: 4/1 | Axel Concepcion 52.6kg | 1 (6) |
| Churchill Downs 03-May-25 1710m SLOPPY Flat, SP: 9/1 | Manuel Franco 53.5kg | 7 (10) |
| Keeneland 12-Apr-25 1710m FAST Flat, SP: 20/1 | Manuel Franco 55.8kg | 2 (7) |
| Churchill Downs 27-Oct-24 1710m FAST Flat, SP: 16/1 | Axel Concepcion 55.3kg | 5 (9) |
| Keeneland 09-Oct-24 1710m FAST Flat, SP: 25/1 | John Velazquez 54kg | 1 (12) |
| Churchill Downs 13-Sep-24 1207m FAST Flat, SP: 13/2 | Brian Jr Hernandez 54kg | 7 (11) |
| Horseshoe Indianapolis 07-Aug-24 1106m FAST Flat, SP: 13/2 | Walter Rodriguez 54.4kg | 3 (10) |