Native Runner (USA)
About
Native Runner is a 3yo b from the United States trained by Kenneth G. McPeek. The colt is by Laoban out of the dam Intermittent. To date he has captured three victories. On 8 Jun 2025 at Churchill Downs, Native Runner earned his biggest triumph, winning the $127,000 Race 8. He has turned out to be a lucrative pick for punters. Backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 135% return on investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Keeneland 09-Oct-25 1710m R8 Race 8 (of $130,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:43.770, SP: 26.00 lacked speed two to three wide, spun to the five path entering the lane, tipped wider in midstretch and stayed on mildly. | E Esquivel 53.5kg 3.60L | 6 (10) |
| Kentucky Downs 07-Sep-25 1610m GOOD R8 Exacta Systems Gun Runner Stakes (Stakes) $17,223 (of $2,000,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:33.510, SP: 51.00 dropped back to near the back early on, raced from the inside into the upper stretch and had not enough. | B J Hernandez 53.5kg 4.35L | 7 (14) |
| Ellis Park 03-Aug-25 1810m R8 KY Downs Preview Nashville Derby (Stakes) $2,075 (of $250,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:47.130, SP: 5.00 broke a step slow and brushed with an outer foe at the start, trailed in the two to four path around the first turn, improved position before being hung five wide around the far turn and tired. | B J Hernandez 53.5kg 9.00L | 8 (8) |
| Churchill Downs 29-Jun-25 1710m GOOD R12 American Derby (Stakes) $50,000 (of $250,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:44.290, SP: 9.00 3p,4p upr,rally,denied | B J Hernandez 53.5kg | 2 (4) |
| Churchill Downs 08-Jun-25 1610m GOOD R8 Race 8 $80,010 (of $127,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:35.080, SP: 21.00 broke a beat slow, settled well back near the inside, took the far turn in the three path before shifting out to the six path in upper stretch, rallied to bid outside of the new leader in the final sixteenth and got up in time. | B J Hernandez 53.5kg | 1 (11) |
| Keeneland 13-Apr-25 1710m FIRM R9 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (Stakes) $5,000 (of $400,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:44.150, SP: 17.00 was bumped between horses at the start, trailed in the two path and made little impact. | J Ortiz 55.8kg 10.75L | 6 (7) |
| Fair Grounds 19-Mar-25 1670m FIRM R1 Race 1 $17,640 (of $28,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:41.700, SP: 3.25 laid close up along the inside while keen behind the leaders around the first turn, slipped through to bid and gain an advantage passing the eleven sixteenths pole, showed the way in the two path as an outer rival applied pressure turning for home, shook free in midstretch and drove clear. | J Ortiz 55.3kg | 1 (5) |
| Fair Grounds 21-Feb-25 1710m FIRM R9 Md $18,270 (of $29,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:45.890, SP: 4.00 brushed with an inner rival at the start, lacked speed along the inside, gained two wide around the far turn, encountered traffic entering the lane, found inside room in upper stretch, rallied to bid outside of the drifting leader in the final sixteenth and got up at the wire. | B J H Jr 55.3kg | 1 (9) |
| Fair Grounds 21-Jan-25 1710m GOOD R6 Md (of $58,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:45.050, SP: 21.00 lacked speed in the two path, then in the three to four path around the far turn and made little impact. | B J H Jr 54.4kg 11.05L | 10 (12) |
| Fair Grounds 22-Dec-24 1710m FIRM R12 Md (of $58,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:45.710, SP: 17.00 broke inwardly and bumped a rival at the start, lacked speed two wide, spun for home in the five path and between horses and failed to factor. | B J H Jr 54.4kg 7.70L | 7 (10) |
| Churchill Downs 01-Dec-24 1410m FIRM R5 Md $1,255 (of $120,001) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:20.770, SP: 11.00 broke a step slow before being brushed by an outer rival at the start, saved ground well back, but to no avail. | B J H Jr 54kg 20.05L | 8 (12) |
| Keeneland 26-Oct-24 1310m FIRM R6 Md $10,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:17.500, SP: 26.00 broke slowly and steadied back when an outer rival shifted across his path at the start, lacked speed in the three path into the turn, launched an advance cutting the corner entering the lane, shifted out to the five path in midstretch and sustained his rally to miss place at the wire. | B J H Jr 54kg 5.80L | 3 (11) |