Nysos (foaled 8 May 2021) is a retired multiple Grade winning American Thoroughbred racehorse and a current stud. As a four-year-old, won the Grade I Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
Background Nysos is a bay colt bred in Kentucky by Susie Atkins. His sire is Nyquist, winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby and his dam is Zetta Z who was sired by Bernardini never started in an event. In 2024 Coolmore Stud bought Zetta Z for $2 million during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale. Zetta Z's dam, Seresa's Spirit was also unraced. The third dam is Unbridled Elaine, who took the Pocahontas Stakes at two-year-old, and won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff as a three-tear-old.
Nysos was named after a demigod In Greek mythology, who lived on Mount Nysa, identified as modern day Mount Kithairon.
Nysos went through the auction sales ring three times before starting for his current owners Charles and Susan Chu's Baoma Corporation. At the Keeneland Breeding Stock 2021 November Sale as a weanling Nysos was sold to Cypress Creek for $130,000. The following year at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling sale Nysos was sold for $150,000 to Best Of Luck Farm. He was then purchased as a two-year-old at the Ocala Breeders Sale for $550,000.
Nysos is trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Bob Baffert.
In late 2025 after Nysos won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Coolmore Stud became registered lessee owners with Baoma.
Statistics Date Distance Race Grade Track Odds Field Finish WinningTime Winning(Losing)Margin Jockey Ref2023 – two-year-old season 6 furlongs Maiden Special Weight Santa Anita 6.40 10 1 1:08.97 7 furlongs Bob Hope Stakes III Del Mar 0.20* 4 1 1:21.71 lengths 2024 – three-year-old season 1 mile Robert B. Lewis Stakes III Santa Anita 0.10* 7 1 1:36.65 lengths 2025 – four-year-old season 7 furlongs Churchill Downs Stakes IChurchill Downs 6.54 11 2 1:22.64 (neck) 7 furlongs Triple Bend Stakes III Santa Anita 0.20* 4 1 1:21.28 lengths 1 mile San Diego Handicap II Del Mar 0.10* 6 1 1:42.61 lengths 1 mile Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile I Del Mar 0.70* 8 11:34.71 head miles Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes II Santa Anita 0.20* 6 1 1:42.36 head 2026 – five-year-old seasonFeb 14, 2026 1800 mSaudi CupIKing Abdulaziz -- 1421:51.21 (1 length)1 mileMetropolitan HandicapISaratoga2.45*711:34.854 lengths
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An (*) asterisk after the odds means Nysos was the post-time favourite.
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