We go long...

Along with Superheroes of  Racing, "We go long" has been one of Otsego Farms taglines for years.  It stems from our predilection towards breeding and acquiring distance racers.

Given this fondness for stayers, it should come as no surprise that the Breeders Cup Endurance is our favorite race.  In the last five years, we have had entries every year...

We hit the jackpot in 2018 when Otsego Farms became the first stable ever to finish 1st/2nd in this race.  3yo Le Chiffe, acquired as a unraced 2yo, and homebred 3yo Jackhammer pulled off this improbable feat.  Olmo Dorado had come close in 2013 with a 1st/3rd by Vindictive and Novice.  

In 2017, his final racing season, 5yo Alphabet finished 4th.  Ironically, recently acquired Sisqo Falls finished 3rd in this race.

5yo Refractor, purchased as an underachieving 3yo from Rainbow, finished 3rd in 2016, in his third and final attempt.

In 2015, Refractor finished 2nd.  Alphabet, who would later join our farm in a transaction with Foxies Lodge, won this race as a 3yo.

As a 3yo in 2014, Refractor won the Endurance, in just his 7th race for our stable.

So in the last 5 years, our record in this race has been 6-2-2-1-1.

Prior to the last 5 years, the last Otsego Farms horse to compete in the Endurance was Nightwing, who finished 2nd, 2nd, and 4th, in three consecutive appearance in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Barring injury, we expect both Le Chiffre and Jackhammer to return in 2019.  Le Chiffre will attempt to become the third horse to go back-to-back, with Braveheart and Vindictive being the first two to accomplish this feat.