Ted Noffey
American Thoroughbred racehorse
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Ted Noffey (foaled January 17, 2023) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old he won the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Hopeful Stakes and Breeders' Futurity,[2] and was named Champion Two-Year-Old Male at the 2025 Eclipse Awards.
| Ted Noffey | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sire | Into Mischief |
| Grandsire | Harlan's Holiday |
| Dam | Streak of Luck |
| Damsire | Old Fashioned |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | January 17, 2023[1] Kentucky, U.S. |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Gray or Roan |
| Breeder | Aaron & Marie Jones |
| Owner | Spendthrift Farm |
| Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Record | 4: 4 – 0 – 0 |
| Earnings | US$1,657,963[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Hopeful Stakes Breeders' Futurity Breeders' Cup Juvenile | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion 2-Year-Old Male (2025) | |
| Last updated on January 23, 2026 | |
Background
Ted Noffey is a Gray or Roan colt who was bred in Kentucky by Aaron and Marie Jones. He is out of the stakes-winning, graded-placed Old Fashioned mare Streak of Luck.[3] Streak of Luck finished second in the 2019 Grade II Buena Vista Stakes at Santa Anita Park to Vasilika at 53/1 odds.[4] Spendthrift Farm bought Ted Noffey for $650,000 from Taylor Made Sales Agency's consignment to the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.[3]
Ted Noffey'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.
Ted Noffey is named after a transposed social media post meant to describe Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey.[3]
Ted Noffey is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher.
Racing career
Following his championship season as a two-year-old, in late January 2026 the connections of Ted Noffey announced that the horse would be stood down from training for approximately 90 days because of bone bruising, taking him out of consideration for the races leading up to the Triple Crown.[5]
Statistics
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time |
Winning (Losing) Margin |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 – Two-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Aug 2, 2025 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Saratoga | 3.80 | 8 | 1[a] | 1:17.56 | 1+1⁄2 lengths | John R. Velazquez | [6] | |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 7 furlongs | Hopeful Stakes | I | Saratoga | 3.81 | 7 | 1 | 1:22.35 | 8+1⁄2 lengths | John R. Velazquez | [7] |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Breeders' Futurity | I | Keeneland | 0.92* | 6 | 1 | 1:43.98 | 2+3⁄4 lengths | John R. Velazquez | [8] |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Breeders' Cup Juvenile | I | Del Mar | 0.80* | 6 | 1 | 1:42.25 | 1 length | John R. Velazquez | [9] |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Ted Noffey was the post-time favourite.
- Ted Noffey ran as part of two horse entry with Abrigado who finished fifth
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 Streak of Luck (2015) |
Old Fashioned (2006) |
Unbridled's Song (1993) |
Unbridled (1987) |
| Trolley Song (1983) | |||
| Collect Call (1998) |
Meadowlake (1983) | ||
| Negative Pledge (1989) | |||
| Valeria (2007) |
Elusive Quality (1993) |
Gone West (1984) | |
| Touch Of Greatness (1986) | |||
| Lindsay Jean (1998) |
Saint Ballado (CAN) (1989) | ||
| Colony Bay (CAN) (1992) (family: 4-j)[10] |