Volatile (horse)

Volatile's first race was on July 13, 2019, at Ellis Park, where he came in first in a Maiden Special Weight race. He placed 2nd in an Allowance race on September 14, 2019, at Churchill Downs, then began a three race winstreak.^[1]

He grabbed an Allowance race victory on November 3, 2019, at Churchill Downs, and then picked up an Allowance Optional Claiming victory at Oaklawn Park on April 24, 2020.^[1]

Volatile picked up his first stakes win on June 6, 2020, at the Aristides Stakes. He came in as the 1:2 favorite and came within two one-hundredths of a second off of the track record during the win, defeating Honest Mischief and winning $100,000.^[2][3]

On July 25, 2020, at Saratoga, Volatile won the 2020 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap. Volatile came into the four horse field as the heavy favorite at 2/5 odds and defeated Whitmore, who came in 2nd.^[4][5]