Grande Tortugon (2017) Horse

Foal Date

28-Jul-17
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Dam

La Bravura

Prize Money

81896

Owners

Bernardini, Jay P., Burnsworth, Richard and Buyea, Kristina

About

Grande Tortugon is a 9yo chestnut gelding trained by Jay P. Bernardini. He is by Irish Brother out of La Bravura and has earned three career wins. His most important victory came on February 2, 2024 at Turfway Park, when he captured the $27,000 Race 7.

Raced At

Presque Isle Downs • Mountaineer • Turfway Park

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Presque Isle Downs 13-Aug-25 1210m R1 Race 1 $325 (of $13,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:09.820, SP: 11.00 1st Get Even ( R Montanez 123 ) 2nd Extra Medium ( M Allen 123 ) 1.50L 3rd Growth Capital ( A A Gallardo 123 ) 1.60L 5th Grande Tortugon ( B Tapara 123 ) 3.85L See full resultsB Tapara 55.8kg 3.85L5 (5)
Presque Isle Downs 04-Jun-25 1210m FIRM R3 Race 3 $6,600 (of $11,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.620, SP: 3.00 stalked the pace to the head of the lane, rallied in the three path inside the drifting pacesetter and prevailed in the final sixteenth. 1st Grande Tortugon ( B Tapara 123 ) 2nd Samurai Legacy ( A O Stanley 123 ) 1.75L 3rd Veloce ( J Stokes 123 ) 3.00L See full resultsB Tapara 55.8kg1 (7)
Mountaineer 05-May-25 1110m R7 Race 7 $1,510 (of $15,100) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:06.560, SP: 5.50 slow early angled out in upper stretch gaining late. 1st Unraptured ( J A Bracho 120 ) 2nd Reverend Jack ( B Whitacre 123 ) 3.00L 3rd Grande Tortugon ( B Tapara 120 ) 3.50L See full resultsB Tapara 54.4kg 3.50L3 (6)
Turfway Park 29-Mar-25 1010m FIRM R6 Race 6 $198 (of $16,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:59.000, SP: 2.38 never a menace throughout. 1st Bold Adventure ( I Moncada 115 ) 2nd D'oro's Wish ( S Sanjur 120 ) 1.50L 3rd Minnesota Moon ( A Bendezu 120 ) 2.50L 7th Grande Tortugon ( A Cedillo 120 ) 5.85L See full resultsA Cedillo 54.4kg 5.85L7 (11)
Turfway Park 08-Mar-25 1210m FIRM R2 Race 2 $2,680 (of $27,800) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.010, SP: 7.00 raced a three wide run tracking top pair to the turn close up, kept on in the stretch for show spot. 1st Swayback Jack ( Y L Correa 120 ) 2nd One Lucky Day ( S Sanjur 120 ) 1.50L 3rd Grande Tortugon ( A Cedillo 120 ) 2.00L See full resultsA Cedillo 54.4kg 2.00L3 (8)