Golden Afternoon (USA)
About
Golden Afternoon is a 3yo bred in the United States and trained by Nicholas Vaccarezza. He is by the stallion Goldencents out of the mare Afternoon. To date, Golden Afternoon has captured three victories in his career. His most notable triumph came on September 9, 2024 at Kentucky Downs, where he won the $100,394 Maiden Special Weight. The horse has been a lucrative choice for bettors; backing him throughout his campaign would have yielded a 98% return on investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Downs 07-Sep-25 1307m GOOD R10 Ainsworth Franklin-Simpson Stakes (Stakes) $400,000 (of $2,000,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:14.330, SP: 11.00 broke to the outside, bumped with rival, stalked the top pair near the rail, shifted out four, vied between near the eighth pole and missed in a game effort. | J Ortiz 54.4kg 0.50L | 2 (12) |
| Presque Isle Downs 01-Jul-25 1207m FIRM R7 Tom Ridge Stakes (Stakes) $63,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:08.920, SP: 5.00 prompted the pace down the backside, narrowed the margin on the turn edging closer to the pacesetter to engage that one turning for home, dueled in upper stretch on the lead and pulled away in the final sixteenth convincingly. | I O Jr 53.5kg | 1 (7) |
| Churchill Downs 04-May-25 1709m GOOD R9 American Turf S. presented by Ford (Stakes) $9,220 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:41.640, SP: 33.00 was in the five path along the first turn and stalked the pace early on, raced in the three path in the far turn, fanned into the seven path into the lane and weakened late in the stretch drive. | M Smith 55.3kg 7.80L | 9 (14) |
| Keeneland 08-Apr-25 1709m GOOD R8 Transylvania S. Presented by Keeneland Select (Stakes) $7,500 (of $600,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:43.840, SP: 8.00 got rank among foes early on, steadied passing the wire for the first time, pursued two to three wide and between horses, fanned out to the eight path into the lane and failed to factor. | J Rosario 53.5kg 13.25L | 11 (12) |
| Fair Grounds 02-Mar-25 1709m GOOD R9 Black Gold Stakes (Stakes) $20,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:45.730, SP: 2.60 vied for the lead with an outer rival into the backstretch, then with an outer pair around the far turn, clung on to an advantage in the two to three path into the final furlong, but was collared by an inner bidder at the sixteenth pole, drifted out and got bested. | A Concepcion 53.5kg 2.00L | 2 (6) |
| Fair Grounds 19-Jan-25 1709m FIRM R12 Lecomte Stakes (Stakes) $17,501 (of $250,001) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:27.070, SP: 20.00 stalked along the inside, chased in the two path around the far turn, took aim on the clear leader from the three to four path in upper stretch, but lacked a bid, got outkicked between rivals entering the final sixteenth and saved fourth. | A Concepcion 55.3kg 2.50L | 4 (13) |
| Fair Grounds 29-Nov-24 1609m GOOD R6 Race 6 $37,170 (of $59,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:39.480, SP: 9.00 tracked the early pace setter three deep, moved up five wide into the upper stretch and finished well to get up under all out pressure. | A Concepcion 53.1kg | 1 (12) |
| Keeneland 07-Oct-24 1709m GOOD R10 Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes (Stakes) $70,000 (of $13,471) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:42.280, SP: 11/1 2w,brshs,bid btw,outkk | L Saez 53.5kg 1.50L | 2 (12) |
| Kentucky Downs 09-Sep-24 1307m GOOD R1 Md $107,100 (of $100,394) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:15.760, SP: 14/5 Pressed,bid3w,driving | I O Jr 54kg | 1 (9) |