Mendels Mate (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

25-Mar-23

Colour

dark bay or brown

Dam

Firstmate

Prize Money

165890

Trainer

Joe Sharp

Owners

Butzow, Barry And Butzow, Joni

About

Mendels Mate is a 3yo dk b/br unknown from United States trained by Joe Sharp, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Mendelssohn out of the dam Firstmate. Mendels Mate has managed to win 1 race in its career so far. On 15th Feb 2026 at Turfway Park, Mendels Mate scored its most significant win to date, getting the money in the $100000.00 Md. It has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. If you had backed Mendels Mate throughout its career you'd have achieved a 50% return on investment.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Churchill Downs 09-May-26 1710m R9 Race 9 (of $127,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:40.660, SP: 9.00 brushed with an inner foe at the start, then again early on, tracked three to two wide while getting subtly keen between horses around the first turn, shifted out to the five path entering the lane then ran on evenly. 1st West End Kid ( T Gaffalione 122 ) 2nd Zeus'S Echo ( F Geroux 118 ) 3.75L 3rd Time For America ( J R Jr 118 ) 4.75L 5th Mendels Mate ( B Curtis 118 ) 5.85L See full resultsB Curtis 53.5kg 5.85L5 (10)
Keeneland 11-Apr-26 1710m R3 Race 3 $24,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:43.200, SP: 15.00 tracked along the inside, slipped through to bid inside of the leader in upper stretch, gained an advantage entering the final furlong but got caught late. 1st Touch Of Fire ( I O Jr 118 ) 2nd Mendels Mate ( T Gaffalione 118 ) 0.25L 3rd Chambersville ( J Ortiz 118 ) 1.50L See full resultsT Gaffalione 53.5kg 0.25L2 (12)
Turfway Park 06-Mar-26 1609m R9 Race 9 $20,400 (of $102,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:38.750, SP: 11.00 stalked near the inside, awaited racing room in the two path at the quarter pole, split the leaders at the furlong furlong grounds, wrestled a narrow advantage at the sixteenth pole, dueled with his inner persistent counterpart while getting floated out and brushed late, then missed at the wire. 1st Candy King ( V Carrasco 122 ) 2nd Mendels Mate ( R Hernandez 122 ) 0.10L 3rd Thailand ( G Corrales 122 ) 1.50L See full resultsR Hernandez 55.3kg 0.10L2 (10)
Turfway Park 15-Feb-26 1609m R5 Md $63,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:40.950, SP: 9.00 stalked in the three to two path, bid outside of the leader at the quarter pole, drove clear in midstretch then held sway. 1st Mendels Mate ( H Rafael 120 ) 2nd Question Answered ( A Alex 120 ) 1.00L 3rd Maximus Prime ( R Walter 120 ) 1.25L See full resultsH Rafael 54.4kg1 (14)
Turfway Park 27-Dec-25 1308m R5 Md $739 (of $100,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:18.080, SP: 5.50 broke inwardly and bumped a foe at the start, tracked in the three path, moved to the inside into the turn and tired. 1st Envision ( D E Sheehy 119 ) 2nd Winter Holiday ( W Rodriguez 119 ) 2.75L 3rd Muir Woods ( P Moran 119 ) 3.75L 10th Mendels Mate ( A Beschizza 119 ) 20.35L See full resultsA Beschizza 54kg 20.35L10 (12)
Churchill Downs 01-Dec-25 1010m R4 Md $8,400 (of $120,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:57.670, SP: 7.50 transferred contact from an outer rival to an inner foe at the start, pursued from midpack in the tow path before drifting out to the four to five path around the turn, swung out to the eight path into the lane and rallied willingly. 1st Arbiter ( W Rodriguez 119 ) 2nd On The Burner ( E Esquivel 119 ) 1.50L 3rd High Honors ( L Saez 119 ) 0.30L 4th Mendels Mate ( J Ortiz 119 ) 2.75L See full resultsJ Ortiz 54kg 2.75L4 (12)