Gio Ponti

9 Running on Thursday, October 03, 2024

Named for a well-known Italian artist and architect, Gio Ponti was the Champion Turf Horse in 2009 and 2010. He earned 6.1 million dollars in 28 starts, making him one of the richest Thoroughbreds in America of all time.

$135,000.00 1 Mile (Turf) Grade:

Year	Horse	Age	Weight	Time	Owner	Trainer	Jockey	Value
2024	Donegal Momentum	3	120	1:35.64	Donegal Racing	Thomas Morley	Kendrick Carmouche	$74,250
2023	Northern Invader	3	120	1:35.25	West Point Thoroughbreds and Ingordo, David	Cherie Devaux	Jose L. Ortiz	$74,250
2022	Churchtown	3	120	1:44.48	W.B. Harrigan and Mike Pietrangelo	Roger Atfield	Junior Alvarado	$74,250
2021	Never Surprised	3	120	1:40.75	Repole Stable	Todd A. Pletcher	Kendrick Carmouche	$82,500
2020	City Man	3	123	1:44.88	Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Searles, Peter and Searles, Patti	Christophe Clement	Junior Alvarado	$55,000
2019	Temple	3	118	1:44.32	Paradise Farms Corp. and Mad Dog Racing Stable	Michael J. Maker	Jorge Vargas Jr.	$82,500
-	Bal Harbour	3	123	1:37.21	Red Oak Stable	Todd Pletcher	Javier Castellano	90,000
2017	Small Bear	3	121	1:42.79	August Dawn Farm	Jeremiah C. Englehart	Rajiv Maragh	$150,000
2016	Catapult	-	119	1:44.75	Woodford Racing, LLC	Chad Brown	Javier Castellano	$90,000