Super Nao
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| Super Nao | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Super Saver |
| Grandsire | Maria's Mon |
| Dam | Royal Top |
| Damsire | Giant's Causeway |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | October 7 2018 |
| Country | Peru |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Haras Firmamento |
| Owner | Stud Ju Ya |
| Record | 9: 4-1-1 |
| Earnings | S/92,385 |
| Major wins | |
| Clásico Polla de Potrillos (2021) Clásico Ricardo Ortiz de Zevallos (2021) | |
| Awards | |
| Peruvian Horse of the Year (2021) Peruvian Champion Dirt Three-Year-Old Colt (2021) | |
Super Nao (7 Oct 2018−) is an Argentine-bred, Peruvian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Peruvian Triple Crown in 2021.
Super Nao is a bay stallion with a star and right hind coronet that was bred by Haras Firmamento.[1]
Super Saver, Super Nao's sire, won the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby and had a record as a successful sire, with his progeny including Grade 1 winners Runhappy, Letruska, and Happy Saver. Super Nao's dam Royal Top was a winner in Argentina who produced the Peruvian Champion Turf Mare Reina de Mollendo the year before Super Nao, as well as stakes-placed runners Royal Top Sea and Reina Estrellita.[1]
During his career, Super Nao was campaigned by Stud Ju Ya owned by Juan Sun Han and trained by Alfonso Arias Rodríguez.[2][3] Alfonso described Super Nao as very sound and very agreeable.[4]
Racing career
Super Nao ran twice as a 2-year-old, finishing third in the listed Clásico Luis Olaechea Du Bois before winning a conditional race. He ran in the listed Clásico Hipódromo de San Felipe in his first race as a three-year-old before contesting the first leg of the Peruvian Triple Crown.[2]
Super Nao started in the Polla de Potrillos as a long-shot,[5] but won the race, defeating Eliitas and Peruvian two-year-old champion Sorpresivo.[6] A month later, Super Nao also won the second leg of the Peruvian Triple Crown, the Clásico Ricardo Ortiz de Zevallos.[2]
In the Derby Nacional Super Nao took the lead from the start and led the all way to a wire-to-wire win in a final time of 2:34.4, winning the Peruvian Triple Crown.[7]
Super Nao was named the Peruvian Horse of the Year and Champion Dirt Three-Year-Old Colt for his 2021 campaign.[8]
In 2022, Super Nao ran poorly in the Group 2 Clásico Ciudad de Lima, losing to the older Nuremberg. The next month, the two faced each other again in the Group 3 Clásico Alfredo Benavides y Alfredo Benavides Diez Canseco run over 2000 meters, and Super Nao won.[9]
Super Nao was selected as one of the Peruvian representatives for the 2022 Gran Premio Latinoamericano based on his win in the Group 3 Clásico Benavides y Alfredo Benavides Diez Canseco.[10][11]
While training for the Group 1 Clásico Jockey Club del Perú, Super Nao suffered a tendon injury that resulted in his retirement.[3]
Racing statistics
| Date | Age | Distance | Surface | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Time | Winning
(Losing) margin |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2021 | 2 | 1400 meters | Dirt | Clásico Luis Olaechea Du Bois | Listed | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 6 | 3 | 1:27.35 | (9 lengths) | M. Vilcarima | [12] | |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 2 | 1200 meters | Dirt | Condicional | Conditional | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 6.40 | 8 | 1 | 1:13.74 | 11⁄2 lengths | M. Vilcarima | [13] |
| Jul 25, 2021 | 3 | 1600 meters | Dirt | Clásico Hipódromo de San Felipe | Listed | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 7 | 2 | 1:40.51 | 2 lengths | R. Melgarejo | [14] | |
| Sep 12, 2021 | 3 | 1600 meters | Dirt | Clásico Polla de Potrillos - Roberto Alvarez Calderón Rey | GI | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 58.40 | 9 | 1 | 1:38.6 | 21⁄4 lengths | J. Reyes | [5] |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 3 | 2000 meters | Dirt | Clásico Ricardo Ortiz de Zevallos | GI | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 7.20 | 9 | 1 | 2:08.80 | 11⁄2 lengths | J. Reyes | [15] |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 3 | 2400 meters | Dirt | Derby Nacional | GI | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 3.40 | 10 | 1 | 2:34.85 | 6 lengths | J. Reyes | [16] |
| Jan 16, 2022 | 3 | 2000 meters | Dirt | Clásico Ciudad de Lima | GII | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 6 | 6 | 2:06.95 | (121⁄2 lengths) | J. Reyes | [17] | |
| Feb 20, 2022 | 3 | 2000 meters | Dirt | Clásico Benavides y Alfredo Benavides Diez Canseco | GIII | Hipódromo de Monterrico | 6.80 | 11 | 1 | 2:07.12 | 5 lengths | J. Reyes | [18] |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 3 | 2000 meters | Dirt | Gran Premio Latinoamericano | GI | Hipódromo Chile | 12.00 | 14 | 6 | 2:03.63 | (161⁄4 lengths) | J. Reyes | [19] |