El Potente (USA) Horse

Country
United States
Foal Date
21-Feb-19
Colour
dark bay or brown
Dam
Charmsil
Prize Money
481349
Owners
My Way Racing Llc
About

El Potente is a 6yo dark bay/brown horse from the United States, trained by Dan Blacker. He is by Temple City out of Charmsil. To date, El Potente has secured seven wins. On 2 February 2025 at Santa Anita, he earned his most important victory, winning the $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Santa Anita 30-Dec-25 1308m FIRM R7 Joe Hernandez Stakes (Stakes) $14,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:10.880, SP: 3.25 stalked outside a rival approaching the turn, angled to the inside after clearing that runner, eased off the fence and came three wide into the lane, bid three deep in upper stretch but flattened out in the late stages. 1st Gas Me Up ( M Demuro 125 ) 2nd Sumter ( F Prat 121 ) 1.25L 3rd Zio Jo ( J Rosario 121 ) 3.25L 4th El Potente ( H I Berrios 123 ) 3.75L See full resultsH I Berrios 55.8kg 3.75L4 (12)
Del Mar 30-Nov-25 1710m FIRM R5 Hcp $20,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:41.710, SP: 3.00 1st Call Sign Seven ( R Gonzalez 116 ) 2nd Astronomer ( A Fresu 119 ) 0.50L 3rd El Potente ( H Berrios 121 ) 0.60L See full resultsH Berrios 54.9kg 0.60L3 (8)
Santa Anita 02-Feb-25 1610m GOOD R8 Thunder Road Stakes (Stakes) $63,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:32.390, SP: 2.88 Bid2w3/8,cleared upper 1st El Potente ( H Berrios 120 ) 2nd Seal Team ( U Rispoli 124 ) 3.00L 3rd Air Force Red ( J Hernandez 122 ) 1.25L See full resultsH Berrios 54.4kg1 (9)
Santa Anita 05-Jan-25 1610m GOOD R10 Race 10 $39,690 (of $62,999) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:34.310, SP: 2.38 Bid3-2w,led,inched awy 1st El Potente ( H Berrios 122 ) 2nd Eye On Ry ( V Espinoza 124 ) 2.00L 3rd Irish Prophet ( J Hernandez 122 ) 1.50L See full resultsH Berrios 55.3kg1 (12)
Del Mar 18-Nov-24 1610m GOOD R7 Race 7 $11,400 (of $57,001) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:33.900, SP: 3.50 Rail speed, grudgingly 1st Zio Jo ( T Pereira 123 ) 2nd El Potente ( K Kimura 121 ) 0.25L 3rd Old Pal ( A Fresu 121 ) 1.00L See full resultsK Kimura 54.9kg 0.25L2 (9)
Santa Anita 20-Oct-24 1610m GOOD R8 Lure Stakes (Stakes) $8,000 (of $79,998) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:32.900 closest in pursuit from the inside early, dropped back off the pace on the clubhouse turn, drew closer on the far turn, followed the new leader a bit off the rail into the lane, finished gamely under right handed urging but could not summon the needed final kick. 1st Sumter ( M Smith 126 ) 2nd Mi Hermano Ramon ( A Fresu 126 ) 0.30L 3rd El Potente ( H Berrios 122 ) 0.75L See full resultsH Berrios 55.3kg 0.75L3 (9)
Santa Anita 09-Jun-24 1610m R4 Race 4 $34,649 (of $54,999) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:34.970 brushed with inner rival at the start, stepped to the front and moved inside, received mild pressure from outside on the backstretch, inched clear again at the quarter pole, confronted by CITY EXILE (GB) again approaching the eighth pole, responded to left handed urging and held that rival at bay through the final furlong. CITY EXILE (GB) forwardly placed in the two path early, moved up to apply pressure on the backstretch, chased after the leader past the quarter pole, challenged again into the stretch, finished gamely in the late stages but lacked the needed late punch to overtake the winner. 1st El Potente ( H Berrios 124 ) 2nd City Exile ( J Hernandez 124 ) 0.00L 3rd Seven Wonders ( E Maldonado 124 ) 0.00L See full resultsH Berrios 56.2kg1 (6)
Del Mar 20-Aug-23 1710m R10 CL $16,600 (of $83,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:41.740 Outside,clear,outkickd 1st Tio Magico ( U Rispoli 123 ) 2nd El Potente ( J Bravo 123 ) 1.75L 3rd Baj ( A Fresu 123 ) 1.25L See full resultsJ Bravo 55.8kg 1.75L2 (11)
Santa Anita 30-Apr-23 1810m R8 Race 8 $22,800 (of $42,560) Barrier 3 1st El Potente ( 126 ) 2nd Club Aspen ( 119 ) 3rd Oncoming ( 126 ) See full results57.2kg1 (9)
Santa Anita 30-Apr-23 1810m GOOD R2 CL $23,940 (of $38,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:47.160, SP: 1.80 Pace ins,clr,inchd awy 1st El Potente ( J Bravo 126 ) 2nd Club Aspen ( A Aguilar 126 ) 2.25L 3rd Oncoming ( H Berrios 126 ) 1.50L See full resultsJ Bravo 57.2kg1 (9)
Santa Anita 12-Mar-23 1610m R1 Race 1 $28,224 (of $40,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:36.240 tracked leaders while three wide into backstretch, moved up briskly on same path and swept past inside rivals on the second turn, quickly shook frere and powered away under urging before gearing down in final yards. 1st El Potente ( J Bravo 124 ) 2nd Fireman Dan ( K Desormeaux 124 ) 6.50L 3rd Goldeneye ( E Maldonado 124 ) 3.25L See full resultsJ Bravo 56.2kg1 (5)
Santa Anita 30-Jan-23 1310m GOOD R6 Md $24,570 (of $39,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:15.460 set the pace inside a rival up the backstretch, maintained a short lead around the bend, shook free nearing the stretch, powered away when asked with the right handed and coasted in hand late. 1st El Potente ( J Bravo 124 ) 2nd Devil Moon ( F Prat 124 ) 6.00L 3rd Greenbow ( U Rispoli 124 ) 3.25L See full resultsJ Bravo 56.2kg1 (9)
Santa Anita 14-Jan-23 1210m FIRM R4 Race 4 $3,400 (of $34,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.640 vied for the lead from inside, inched ahead early on the turn, lost command while two wide into the stretch, stayed on to the sixteenth pole and faltered late. 1st Katonah ( E Maldonado 124 ) 2nd Distorted Math ( J Hernandez 124 ) 0.20L 3rd El Potente ( J Bravo 124 ) 2.10L See full resultsJ Bravo 56.2kg 2.10L3 (6)
Oaklawn Park 07-Apr-22 1710m FIRM Md (of $22,013), Winning Time: 01:45.950, SP: 9.50 Faltered when headed 1st Tiger Moon ( M Garcia 122 ) 2nd Declare The Moon ( L Contreras 122 ) 6.00L 3rd Pudge Boy Palace ( T Pereira 122 ) 1.00L 4th El Potente ( A Canchari 122 , Cd 0 ) 8.25LA Canchari 55.3kg, Cd 0 8.25L4 (9)
Oaklawn Park 11-Feb-22 1210m FIRM Md (of $22,400), Winning Time: 01:10.710, SP: 4.80 Pressed rail,backed up 1st Penetrator ( C Torres 122 ) 2nd Royal Consort ( F Geroux 122 ) 0.15L 3rd Contrabandista ( A Canchari 122 ) 0.15L 6th El Potente ( R J Santana 122 , Cd 0 ) 0.15LR J Santana 55.3kg, Cd 0 0.15L6 (10)
Del Mar 26-Nov-21 1310m R7 Race 7 $2,520 (of $36,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:15.820 chased four deep early, three wide around the turn and weakened. 1st Con On The Run ( R Gonzalez 122 ) 2nd Katonah ( R Curatolo 122 ) 4.50L 3rd King Apollo ( U Rispoli 122 ) 8.00L 4th El Potente ( T Baze 122 ) 10.25L See full resultsT Baze 55.3kg 10.25L4 (8)
Del Mar 25-Nov-21 1310m FIRM Md (of $18,920), Winning Time: 01:15.820, SP: 16.00 4deep,3wd,weakened 1st Con On The Run ( R Gonzalez 122 ) 2nd Katonah ( R Curatolo 122 ) 4.50L 3rd King Apollo ( U Rispoli 122 ) 3.50L 4th El Potente ( T Baze 122 , Cd 0 ) 10.25LT Baze 55.3kg, Cd 0 10.25L4 (8)
Santa Anita 25-Oct-21 1210m GOOD R9 Md (of $32,058) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:09.220, SP: 34.00 Slght hop,bpd trn&uppr 1st Altruist ( F Geovanni 122 ) 2nd Cabo Spirit ( E Victor 122 ) 1.75L 3rd Dancing Rinca ( R Umberto 122 ) 0.75L 11th El Potente ( B Tyler 122 ) 15.00L See full resultsB Tyler 55.3kg 15.00L11 (11)