Princess Buttercup (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

05-Apr-21

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Kitten's Joy

Dam

Bengala

Prize Money

28331

Owners

Ss Racing Stable, Llc

About

Princess Buttercup, a 5yo colt from the United States trained by Sarah E. Shaffer, is by Kitten's Joy out of Bengala. The horse has earned one win so far, with its biggest victory on 20 Mar 2025 at Tampa Bay Downs, capturing a $22,000 purse.

Raced At

Churchill Downs • Horseshoe Indianapolis • Ellis Park • Laurel Park

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Churchill Downs 17-Nov-25 1710m R3 Race 3 $1,195 (of $87,335) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:45.840, SP: 34.00 broke a beat slow, tracked along the inside and faded rounding the far turn. 1st Well Aware ( T W Bacon 118 ) 2nd Tiz Salty ( C A Torres 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Marelow ( I O Jr 118 ) 3.50L 8th Princess Buttercup ( C Miller 121 ) 25.75L See full resultsC Miller 54.9kg 25.75L8 (9)
Horseshoe Indianapolis 16-Oct-25 1610m FIRM R5 Race 5 $368 (of $50,102) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:35.940, SP: 11.00 saved ground and improved position late in the three path. 1st Reading Time ( S Doyle 119 ) 2nd Rightinthatwrong ( R A Prescott 119 ) 2.75L 3rd Moringa ( L Contreras 122 ) 3.00L 6th Princess Buttercup ( C Miller 122 ) 11.00L See full resultsC Miller 55.3kg 11.00L6 (11)
Ellis Park 17-Aug-25 1610m R5 Race 5 $673 (of $61,482) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:34.900, SP: 11.00 pressed two wide forcing quick splits down the backstretch, vied around the far turn then weakened in upper stretch. 1st Lady Blake ( W A Rodriguez 118 ) 2nd Beach Bunny ( E Morales 123 ) 2.50L 3rd Manage Xpectations ( J R Leparoux 118 ) 3.50L 7th Princess Buttercup ( J Elliott 123 ) 7.75L See full resultsJ Elliott 55.8kg 7.75L7 (8)
Ellis Park 04-Jul-25 1610m GOOD R5 Race 5 $633 (of $60,900) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:35.810, SP: 11.00 settled off of the pace in the two path, encountered traffic in the three path nearing the lane, then was stymied behind and among foes in the final furlong. 1st Whappen ( B J H Jr 123 ) 2nd Mustang Lady ( I Moncada 123 , Cd 128 ) 0.25L 3rd Lady Blake ( W A Rodriguez 118 ) 0.75L 9th Princess Buttercup ( J Elliott 123 ) 2.30L See full resultsJ Elliott 55.8kg 2.30L9 (10)
Laurel Park 19-Apr-25 1710m GOOD R3 Race 3 $470 (of $59,481) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:44.950, SP: 6.00 chased the pace outside horses and gave way. 1st Hidden Presence ( J Ruiz 126 ) 2nd Divining Smile ( K Gomez 117 ) 2.75L 3rd Southampton Dock ( J Rosado 126 ) 4.25L 7th Princess Buttercup ( V R Carrasco 126 ) 7.05L See full resultsV R Carrasco 57.2kg 7.05L7 (9)