Elite Power (foaled February 7, 2018) is a retired Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who the Grade I Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland, and the Grade II Vosburgh Stakes in 2022. Elite Power was awarded an Eclipse Award as American Champion Sprint Horse in 2022 and in 2023. In 2023 Elite Power repeated winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park. Background Elite Power is a chestnut colt that was bred in Kentucky by Alpha Delta Stables. His sire is Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 American Horse of the Year and stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms and his dam is Broadway's Alibi was a stakes winner a multiple graded stakes winner who finished second, beaten less than a length, to Believe You Can in the 2012 Kentucky Oaks. The following year Alpha Delta purchased her for $2.15 million at the Keeneland November sale of breeding stock.
Elite Power was purchased by Juddmonte Farms for US$900,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September yearling sale.
Elite Power was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer William I. Mott.
On October 24, 2023, Juddmonte Farms announced that after the Breeders' Cup Sprint of that year (of which he ultimately won), the horse will be retired to stud for a service fee of US$50,000.
After a successful campaign in 2023 Elite Power was awarded an Eclipse Award as the U.S. Champion Sprint Horse for the second time.
Statistics Date Distance Race Grade Track Odds Field Finish WinningTime Winning(Losing)Margin Jockey Ref2021 – Three-year-old season 6 furlongs Maiden Special Weight Churchill Downs 8.30 8 6 1:08.68 ( lengths) 1 mile Maiden Special Weight Churchill Downs 5.00 11 4 1:35.26 ( lengths) 2022 – Four-year-old season 6 furlongs Maiden Special Weight Churchill Downs 7.90 11 3 1:08.71 ( lengths) 7 furlongs Maiden Special Weight Churchill Downs 3.00 11 1 1:21.06 9 lengths 1 mile Allowance Churchill Downs 0.60* 9 1 1:34.19 lengths 6 furlongs Allowance Saratoga 1.10* 9 1 1:09.06 lengths 7 furlongs Vosburgh Stakes II Aqueduct 0.50* 5 1 1:23.98 6 furlongsBreeders' Cup Sprint I Keeneland5.55 11 11:09.11 lengths 2023 – Five-year-old season 1200 metresRiyadh Dirt Sprint IIIKing Abdulaziz Racetrack N/A 9 1 1:11.01 lengths furlongs True North Stakes II Belmont Park0.75* 6 11:15.65 lengths 6 furlongs Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap I Saratoga 1.10* 7 1 1:09.22 head 7 furlongs Forego Stakes I Saratoga 0.75* 5 2 1:21.53 ( lengths) 6 furlongsBreeders' Cup Sprint I Santa Anita1.70* 8 11:08.34 lengths
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An (*) asterisk after the odds means Elite Power was the post-time favorite.
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