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Group 1 winner · 2025 Global season
Sandman
3yo Colt by Tapit×Distorted Music
G1 wins1
G1 places1
Last winArkansas Derby 29.03.25
Official Rating100
Sandman

G1 record 2025

2025 Global season
1Win
1Placed
2Recorded 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 2025

1 win · 1 place
Trainer / Jockey / Track
Preakness Stakes1911 metres · €1,757,4003rdMark CasseJohn R Velazquez17.05.2025PimlicoPrize money €175,736Race detailsWatch
Arkansas Derby1811 metres · €1,318,0001stMark CasseJose L Ortiz29.03.2025Oaklawn ParkPrize money €830,353Race detailsWatch

Total G1 career

G1 since 2025 · 1 win · 1 place
Trainer / Jockey / Track
20251 win · 1 place
Preakness Stakes1911 metres · €1,757,4003rdMark CasseJohn R Velazquez17.05.2025PimlicoPrize money €175,736Race detailsWatch
Kentucky Derby2012 metres · €4,393,4007thMark CasseJose L Ortiz03.05.2025Churchill DownsPrize money —Race detailsWatch
Arkansas Derby1811 metres · €1,318,0001stMark CasseJose L Ortiz29.03.2025Oaklawn ParkPrize money €830,353Race detailsWatch

G1 video record

3 races on film
Arkansas DerbySandman · Jose L OrtizRace details →
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Preakness Stakes17.05.2025 · PimlicoWatch the Race
Kentucky Derby03.05.2025 · Churchill DownsWatch the Race

Pedigree

As of race day 29.03.25
Sandman
TapitSire
Distorted MusicDamby Distorted Humor
DamDistorted Music

Sandman is one of three winners out of Distorted Music (Distorted Humor), a winner of three races, who is also the dam of She Can't Sing (Bernardini), a Grade 3 winner. His once-raced half-sister Blameitonthemusic (Blame) is the dam of the Listed-placed Curahee (War Of Will).

Second damMusic Room

Second dam Music Room (Unbridled's Song) was unraced and bred Zinzay (Smart Strike), Grade 3-placed and dam of Moon Over Miami, a Listed winner who was Grade 1-placed. She is also the second dam of the Listed winner Whiskey Decision (Into Mischief).

Third damNote Musicale

Third dam Note Musicale (Sadler's Wells) was unraced and produced Musical Chimes (In Excess), winner of the Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the Grade 1 John C Mabee Handicap, and Music Note (A.P. Indy), winner of the Grade 1 Gazelle Stakes. Music Note is the dam of Mystic Guide, winner of the Gr.1 Dubai World Cup, and Gershwin, who took the Grade 3 Penn Mile Stakes.

Next generation

Distorted Music has a two-year-old colt by Into Mischief.

Official Rating

at the time of each Group 1 run
Latest recorded rating10017.05.25
Highest recorded rating10729.03.25
Recorded ratings
SeasonSeason bestLast recorded
202510729.03.25 · Arkansas Derby10017.05.25

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

Connections

TrainerMark CasseProfile →
OwnerD J Stable Llc, St Elias Stable & othersProfile →
BreederLothenbach Stables at Chesapeake Farm(Drew Nardiello)Profile →
Group 1 jockeys
1Jose L Ortiz1 ride · 1 win
2John R Velazquez1 ride · 0 wins

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