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Group 1 winner · 2026 Global season
Always A Runner
3yo Filly by Gun Runner×Always Carina
G1 wins1
G1 places2
Last winKentucky Oaks 01.05.26
Official Rating104
Always A Runner

G1 record 2026

2026 Global season
1Win
2Placed
3Recorded G1 results
€1.0MPrize money
Recorded results are the Group 1 wins and placings in this database. Unplaced runs are not recorded, so no win rate is shown. Prize money is what the horse earned in these results; it stays empty where a prize is not on file.

G1 performance 2026

1 win · 2 places
Trainer / Jockey / Track
Coaching Club American Oaks1810 metres · €439,3002ndChad C BrownJose L Ortiz25.07.2026SaratogaPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
Acorn Stakes1810 metres · €426,2002ndChad C BrownJose L Ortiz05.06.2026SaratogaPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
Kentucky Oaks1810 metres · €1,318,0001stChad C BrownJose L Ortiz01.05.2026Churchill DownsPrize money €830,353Race detailsWatch

Total G1 career

G1 since 2026 · 1 win · 2 places
Trainer / Jockey / Track
20261 win · 2 places
Coaching Club American Oaks1810 metres · €439,3002ndChad C BrownJose L Ortiz25.07.2026SaratogaPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
Acorn Stakes1810 metres · €426,2002ndChad C BrownJose L Ortiz05.06.2026SaratogaPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
Kentucky Oaks1810 metres · €1,318,0001stChad C BrownJose L Ortiz01.05.2026Churchill DownsPrize money €830,353Race detailsWatch

G1 video record

3 races on film
Kentucky OaksAlways A Runner · Jose L OrtizRace details →
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Coaching Club American Oaks25.07.2026 · SaratogaWatch the Race
Acorn Stakes05.06.2026 · SaratogaWatch the Race

Pedigree

As of race day 01.05.26
Always A Runner
Gun RunnerSire
Always CarinaDamby Malibu Moon
DamAlways Carina

Always A Runner is out of Always Carina (Malibu Moon), who won her first two starts and achieved her best placing when second in the Grade 2 Mother Goose Stakes. She is a half-sister to Structor (Palace Malice), winner of the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

Second damMiss Always Ready

Second dam Miss Always Ready (More Than Ready).

Third damMiss Seffens

Third dam Miss Seffens (Dehere).

Next generation

Always Carina has a 2-year-old filly and a yearling colt, both by Gun Runner.

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Official Rating

at the time of each Group 1 run
Latest recorded rating10425.07.26
Highest recorded rating10425.07.26
Recorded ratings
SeasonSeason bestLast recorded
202610425.07.26 · Coaching Club American Oaks10425.07.26

Recorded values at the dates shown. The last entry is not a season-end rating.

Connections

TrainerChad C BrownProfile →
OwnerDouglas Scharbauer, Three Chimneys Farm & othersProfile →
BreederThree Chimneys Farm LLCProfile →
Group 1 jockeys
1Jose L Ortiz3 rides · 1 win

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