4yo Colt by Gun Runner×Simple Surprise
Official Rating115
Group 1 record 2023
2023 Global season1Win
2Placed
3Recorded G1 results
€818kPrize 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.
Group 1 performance 2023
1 win · 2 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
Breeders' Cup Sprint1207 metres · US$2,000,0002nd——04.11.2023Santa AnitaPrize money €351,472Race detailsWatch
Forego Stakes1408 metres · US$500,0001stSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione26.08.2023SaratogaPrize money €276,784Race detailsWatch
Dubai Golden Shaheen1200 metres · US$2,000,0003rdSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione25.03.2023MeydanPrize money €189,903Race detailsWatch
Total Group 1 career
Group 1 since 2021 · 2 wins · 3 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
20231 win · 2 places
Breeders' Cup Sprint1207 metres · US$2,000,0002ndSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione04.11.2023Santa AnitaPrize money €351,472Race detailsWatch
Forego Stakes1408 metres · US$500,0001stSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione26.08.2023SaratogaPrize money €276,784Race detailsWatch
Dubai Golden Shaheen1200 metres · US$2,000,0003rdSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione25.03.2023MeydanPrize money €189,903Race detailsWatch
20220 wins · 1 place
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile1609 metres · US$1,000,0004thSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione05.11.2022KeenelandPrize money €61,508Race detailsWatch
H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes1408 metres · US$500,0002ndSteve AsmussenTyler Gaffalione27.08.2022SaratogaPrize money €87,868Race detailsWatch
20211 win · 0 places
Champagne Stakes1609 metres · US$499,999—Steve AsmussenRicardo Santana Jr02.10.2021Belmont at AqueductPrize money —Race detailsWatch
Hopeful Stakes1408 metres · US$300,0001stSteve AsmussenRicardo Santana Jr.06.09.2021SaratogaPrize money —Race detailsWatch
Group 1 video record
7 races on filmMore Videos (6)
Breeders' Cup Sprint04.11.2023 · Santa AnitaWatch the Race
Dubai Golden Shaheen25.03.2023 · MeydanWatch the Race
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile05.11.2022 · KeenelandWatch the Race
H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes27.08.2022 · SaratogaWatch the Race
Champagne Stakes02.10.2021 · Belmont at AqueductWatch the Race
Hopeful Stakes06.09.2021 · SaratogaWatch the Race
Pedigree
As of race day 26.08.23Gunite
Gun RunnerSire
Simple SurpriseDamby Cowboy Cal
DamSimple Surprise
Gunite is the first foal of Simple Surprise (Cowboy Cal), a stakes winner at Saratoga, and so far her only runner.
Second damSimplify
Second dam Simplify (Pulpit) was likewise a stakes winner at Saratoga and was black-type placed six times. Her six other winners include the stakes winner Optionality (Gun Runner) and the stakes-placed Simply Sovereign (American Pharoah). She has a yearling colt by McKinzie.
Third damClassic Olympio
Third dam Classic Olympio (Olympio) won four stakes races. She also produced the stakes winner Classify (Unbridled's Song) and the grandam of the Grade 2 winner Air Strike.
Next generation
Younger foals of Simple Surprise are a yearling filly by Tapiture and a full brother to Gunite born in March 2023.