Nightmare Fuel (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

30-Mar-23

Colour

dark bay or brown

Sire

Spun To Run

Dam

Nightstand

Prize Money

9436

Owners

Exline-border Racing Llc, Ocean Reef Racing, Hausman, Richard And Kennedy, Aaron

About

Nightmare Fuel, a 3yo dk b/br from the United States trained by Peter Eurton, is by Spun To Run out of Nightstand. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, going winless in two attempts. In its most recent start at Keeneland on 16 Apr 2026, Ben Curtis rode Nightmare Fuel to a fourth‑place finish behind the winner Getting Closer.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Keeneland 16-Apr-26 1207m R1 Md $5,390 (of $77,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:12.050, SP: 3.25 prompted outside of the eventual winner and from the three path, but yielded entering the lane and gave way. 1st Getting Closer ( T Gaffalione 118 ) 2nd Shot At Perfection ( J R Leparoux 118 ) 2.00L 3rd In For A Spin ( L Machado 125 ) 2.50L 4th Nightmare Fuel ( B Curtis 118 ) 6.50L See full resultsB Curtis 53.5kg 6.50L4 (6)
Churchill Downs 26-Jun-25 1010m FIRM R4 Md $1,223 (of $120,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:57.800, SP: 9.00 had a slow start, chased in the three path but did not factor. 1st Tiz In Sight ( J Ortiz 119 ) 2nd Wakuda ( K Asmussen 119 ) 0.30L 3rd Miss Complicated ( J R Leparoux 119 ) 0.30L 8th Nightmare Fuel ( L Saez 119 ) 11.75L See full resultsL Saez 54kg 11.75L8 (10)