Nysos
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| Nysos | |
|---|---|
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| Sire | Nyquist |
| Grandsire | Uncle Mo |
| Dam | Zetta Z |
| Damsire | Bernardini |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 8 May 2021[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Susie Atkins |
| Owner | 1. Baoma Corp (April 2023 – Nov. 2025) 2. Lessees added. Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor (Nov. 2025) |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 9: 7 - 2 - 0 |
| Earnings | US$4,738,500[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Bob Hope Stakes (2023) Robert B. Lewis Stakes (2024) Triple Bend Stakes (2025) San Diego Handicap (2025) Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes (2025) Breeders' Cup Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (2025) | |
| Last updated on December 28, 2025 | |
Nysos (foaled 8 May 2021) is a multiple Grade winning American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a four-year-old, won the Grade I Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.[2]
Nysos is a bay colt bred in Kentucky by Susie Atkins. His sire is Nyquist, winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby and his dam is Zetta Z who was sired by Bernardini never started in an event.[3] In 2024 Coolmore Stud bought Zetta Z for $2 million during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.[4] Zetta Z's dam, Seresa's Spirit was also unraced. The third dam is Unbridled Elaine, who took the Pocahontas Stakes at two-year-old, and won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff as a three-tear-old.[3]
Nysos was named after a demigod In Greek mythology, who lived on Mount Nysa, identified as modern day Mount Kithairon.[3]
Nysos went through the auction sales ring three times before starting for his current owners Charles and Susan Chu's Baoma Corporation.[2] At the Keeneland Breeding Stock 2021 November Sale as a weanling Nysos was sold to Cypress Creek for $130,000.[2] The following year at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling sale Nysos was sold for $150,000 to Best Of Luck Farm.[2] He was then purchased as a two-year-old at the Ocala Breeders Sale for $550,000.[2]
Nysos is trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Bob Baffert.
In late 2025 after Nysos won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Coolmore Stud became registered lessee owners with Baoma.
