Renegade (horse)
American racehorse
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Renegade (foaled January 25, 2023) is a Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2026 Arkansas Derby.
| Renegade | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Into Mischief |
| Grandsire | Harlan's Holiday |
| Dam | Spice Is Nice |
| Damsire | Curlin |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | January 25, 2023[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Robert & Lawana Low |
| Owner | Robert & Lawana Low & Repole Stable |
| Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Record | 6: 2 - 3 - 1 |
| Earnings | US$2,031,500[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Arkansas Derby (2026) | |
| Last updated on May 4, 2026 | |
Background
Renegade is a bay colt who was bred in Kentucky by Robert and Lawana Low. He is out of the Graded-winning Curlin mare Spice Is Nice.[3] Spice Is Nice in 2021 won the Grade III Allaire duPont Distaff Match Series Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack.[4] Renegade's great dam Dame Dorothy was a Grade I winner winning the 2015 Humana Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs.[5] In her career Dame Dorothy won 7 events from twelve starts and was only unplaced twice in her racing career.[6]
Mike Repole's Repole Stable bought into a 50/50 partnership with the Lows for $975,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for Renegade.[3]
Renegade's sire is Into Mischief, a Grade I winner at the age of two who has been North America's leading sire by purse winnings in multiple years since 2018.
Renegade is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher.
Statistics
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time |
Winning (Losing) Margin |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 – Two-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Aug 16, 2025 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Saratoga | 5.90 | 9 | 3 | 1:15.63 | (17+3⁄4 lengths) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [7] | |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 1 mile | Maiden Special Weight | Aqueduct | 4.93 | 7 | 2[a] | 1:36.11 | head | John R. Velazquez | [8] | |
| Dec 6, 2025 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Remsen Stakes | II | Aqueduct | 2.97 | 11 | 2 | 1:50.97 | (2 lengths) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [9] |
| 2026 – Three-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Feb 7, 2026 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Sam F. Davis Stakes | Listed | Tampa Bay Downs | 1.20* | 9 | 1 | 1:43.54 | 3+3⁄4 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [10] |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Arkansas Derby | I | Oaklawn Park | 1.00* | 8 | 1 | 1:49.70 | 4 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [11] |
| May 2, 2026 | 1+1⁄4 miles | Kentucky Derby | I | Churchill Downs | 5.65 | 18 | 2 | 2:02.27 | (neck) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [12] |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Renegade was the post-time favourite.
- Renegade was first past the post but was disqualified for interference in the stretch run and Paladin was placed first
Pedigree
| Sire Into Mischief (2005) |
Harlan's Holiday (1999) |
Harlan (1989) |
Storm Cat (1983) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Romance (1976) | |||
| Christmas in Aiken (1992) |
Affirmed (1975) | ||
| Dowager (1980) | |||
| Leslie's Lady (1996) |
Tricky Creek (1986) |
Clever Trick (1976) | |
| Battle Creek Girl (1977) | |||
| Crystal Lady (1990) |
Stop the Music (1970) | ||
| One Last Bird (1980) | |||
| Dam Spice Is Nice (2017) |
Curlin (2004) |
Smart Strike (1992) |
Mr. Prospector (1970) |
| Classy 'n Smart (1981) | |||
| Sherriff's Deputy (1994) |
Deputy Minister (1979) | ||
| Barbarika (1985) | |||
| Dame Dorothy (2011) |
Bernardini (2003) |
A.P. Indy (1989) | |
| Cara Rafaela (1993) | |||
| Vole Vole Monamour (1998) |
Woodman (1983) | ||
| A Votre Sante (1993) (family: 25)[13] |