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4-year-old bay gelding · By Mendelssohn out of Twisted Adage (by Hard Spun)
Entered today: Delta Downs Race 4
Tier B Form ▼▼ Big drop -19 ↕ Up-and-down figures, 65–85
Pick-sheet marks: notes from the past performances, not proven to beat the odds. How to read them is on the race page.
Model win chance is the card model shown on the race page. The morning-line favourite wins more races than our top-ranked horse (see the record), so read it as a second opinion.
Last three races
| Date | Trk | Dist | Class | Finish | Speed fig | Odds | Eq | Trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/14 | DED | 6½f D | OC 8k | 9th/10 -3¾L | 65 | 9.5-1 | b L | Outrun |
| 8/21 | EVD | 6f D | Clm 7k b | Won/6 | 85 | 4.4-1 | b L | Clear lead; held well |
| 5/1 | EVD | 1m D | Alw s | 3rd/7 -3L | 82 | 8.5-1 | b L | Mild inside bid |
Finish shows position, field size and beaten lengths. Odds are final odds; * = favourite. Trip notes are the chart caller's.
Show full historyHide full history (13 races)
13 starts in our records: 4 won, 4 2nd, 3 3rd.
| Date | Race | Distance | Type | Field | Post | Finish | Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/14/26 | Delta Downs R2 | 6 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $8,000 | 10 | 5 | 9th | 8-1 ML | Casey Fusilier | Paul Duhon |
| 8/21/26 | Evangeline Downs R3 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $7,500 | 6 | 2 | Won | 8-1 ML | Casey Fusilier | Paul Duhon |
| 5/1/26 | Evangeline Downs R7 | 1 Mile Dirt | Starter allowance | 7 | 5 | 3rd | 8-1 ML | Casey Fusilier | Paul Duhon |
| 4/16/26 | Evangeline Downs R5 | 7 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $10,000 | 10 | 11 | Won | 5-2 ML | Casey Fusilier | Paul Duhon |
| 3/12/26 | Fair Grounds R3 | 1 Mile 70 Yards Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 8 | 5 | 6th | 6-1 ML | Sofia Vives | Blanca Candelas |
| 2/27/26 | Fair Grounds R4 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 6 | 8 | 2nd | 6-1 ML | Sofia Vives | Blanca Candelas |
| 2/16/26 | Fair Grounds R4 | 1 Mile 70 Yards Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 9 | 7 | Won | 15-1 ML | Sofia Vives | Blanca Candelas |
| 11/28/25 | Fair Grounds R5 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $15,000 | 7 | 7 | 2nd | 9-2 ML | Declan Cannon | Blanca Candelas |
| 10/23/25 | Hawthorne R3 | 1 Mile 70 Yards Dirt | Claiming $10,000 | 6 | 1 | 2nd | 3-1 ML | Alonso Quinonez | Blanca Candelas |
| 10/2/25 | Hawthorne R6 | 1 Mile 70 Yards Dirt | Claiming $10,000 | 7 | 5 | 2nd | 10-1 ML | Frank Reyes | Blanca Candelas |
| 9/21/25 | Hawthorne R5 | 1 Mile 70 Yards Dirt | Claiming $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 3rd | 8-1 ML | Santiago Gonzalez | Blanca Candelas |
| 9/4/25 | Hawthorne R2 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 5 | 3 | 3rd | 5-1 ML | Olaf Hernandez | Earl Hughes |
| 4/27/25 | Hawthorne R3 | 1 Mile 70 Yards Dirt | Maiden claiming $6,250 | 6 | 5 | Won | 4-1 ML | Olaf Hernandez | Earl Hughes |
From TBredIQ's own results records; may be incomplete before Jul 3, 2023. Matched on name, sire and dam. Finish shows lengths behind the winner where we have the chart; odds are final odds where we have the chart, otherwise the morning line (ML). Past race pages aren't kept on the site, so there's no result link for these races. 13 other entries in our records have no result (usually a scratch, or a race we have no chart for) and are not listed.
Speed figures
| Best speed figure | |
|---|---|
| Dirt, fast track | 85 |
| Wet track | 82 |
| Today's distance on today's surface (last 1 try in the data) | 82 |
Last figures, newest first: 65 · 85 · 82 · 85 — big drop -19 against the three before
Recent works
| Date | Trk | Dist | Time | How | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/7 | DED | 4f | :50.40 | breezing | 13 of 51 | |
| 9/24 | DED | 3f | :39.00 | breezing | 14 of 19 | |
| 9/11 | EVD | 3f | :39.60 | breezing | 13 of 17 | |
| 7/29 | EVD | 4f | :49.60 | breezing | 3 of 16 | |
| 2/10 | FG | 4f | :48.40 | breezing | 5 of 33 |
Rank = where the time placed among horses working the same distance at that track that day.
Record
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Career | 25 starts: 4 won, 4 2nd, 3 3rd · $51,633 |
| This year | 9 starts: 3 won, 1 2nd, 1 3rd · $31,240 |
| Last year | 16 starts: 1 won, 3 2nd, 2 3rd · $20,393 |
| At Delta Downs | 1 starts: 0 won, 0 2nd, 0 3rd |
| At today's distance | 2 starts: 0 won, 0 2nd, 1 3rd · $2,381 |
| Turf | 2 starts: 0 won, 0 2nd, 0 3rd · $400 |
| Wet track | 5 starts: 0 won, 1 2nd, 1 3rd · $6,042 |
Owner: D B And C Racing