Confessional (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

04-Mar-23

Colour

gray or roan

Sire

Essential Quality

Dam

Speedy Vanessa

Prize Money

203875

Owners

Steve Landers Racing Llc

About

Confessional is a 3yo gr/ro from the United States trained by Brad H. Cox. He is by the stallion Essential Quality out of the dam Speedy Vanessa. To date he has secured one victory. On 17 Oct 2025 at Keeneland he earned his most important win, collecting $110000.00 Md. The horse has been a profitable choice for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have produced a 120% return on investment.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Keeneland 12-Apr-26 1710m FIRM R10 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (Stakes) (of $400,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:44.510, SP: 2.75 tracked four wide, pursued within striking range of the top pair four to three wide around the far turn, but got floated to the five path entering the lane and gave way. 1st Trendsetter ( K Kimura 123 ) 2nd The Hell We Did ( L Saez 123 ) 2.25L 3rd Corona De Oro ( B J H Jr 123 ) 3.00L 5th Confessional ( I O Jr 123 ) 9.00L See full resultsI O Jr 55.8kg 9.00L5 (10)
Colonial Downs 15-Mar-26 1811m R9 Virginia Derby Presented by New Kent County (Stakes) $50,000 (of $500,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:47.760, SP: 10.00 1st Incredibolt ( J Torres 123 ) 2nd Grittiness ( R Maragh 123 ) 4.00L 3rd Confessional ( J R Leparoux 123 ) 4.25L See full resultsJ R Leparoux 55.8kg 4.25L3 (10)
Tampa Bay Downs 08-Feb-26 1710m FIRM R11 Sam F. Davis Stakes (Stakes) (of $250,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:43.540, SP: 4.33 saved ground around the first bend, stalked the leader on the inside up the backstretch, continued to save ground around the far turn and faded in the stretch. 1st Renegade ( I O Jr 122 ) 2nd Wayne's Law ( M Meneses 122 ) 3.75L 3rd The Puma ( E Gonzalez 122 ) 2.25L 7th Confessional ( F Prat 122 ) 11.75L See full resultsF Prat 55.3kg 11.75L7 (9)
Gulfstream 03-Jan-26 1408m FIRM R8 Race 8 $17,200 (of $86,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:22.880, SP: 1.91 broke out and bumped the winner soundly at the start, stalked the pace and made a two wide bid on the turn to be in between rivals by the three eighths marker, then went on to duel to the inside of the winner to the five sixteenths and continued on to the quarter pole, then could not match strides with that rival in the lane and had to settle for being clearly second best. 1st Nearly ( J Velazquez 122 ) 2nd Confessional ( I O Jr 122 ) 5.00L 3rd Timeless Victory ( J Morelos 122 ) 4.75L See full resultsI O Jr 55.3kg 5.00L2 (5)
Keeneland 17-Oct-25 1410m FIRM R3 Md $69,300 (of $110,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:23.840, SP: 11.00 prompted two wide and between horses, stalked passing the five furlong pole, pursued in the three path into the turn, brushed an outer foe while forging between the leaders turning for home, bid entering the lane and inched clear in midstretch. 1st Confessional ( A Concepcion 119 ) 2nd Grand Slam Sam ( E Esquivel 119 ) 3.00L 3rd Corona De Oro ( J R Leparoux 119 ) 3.25L See full resultsA Concepcion 54kg1 (11)