Ron the Greek (foaled May 9, 2007) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2013

Jockey Club Gold Cup The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It has traditionally been the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the sp ...

Career

Ron the Greek's first race was on October 11, 2009 at

Hoosier Park Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino is a racino including a standardbred racetrack located in Anderson, Indiana, approximately 30 miles northeast of Indianapolis. It is owned and operated by Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment. The facility f ...

, which he won. Ron grabbed his first graded race win on January 23, 2019 at the

Lecomte Stakes The Lecomte Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenths miles on the dirt run annually in mid-January, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event c ...

, a grade 3 race. Ron picked up some minor wins in 2011, winning both the Queens County Stakes and the Sunny and Mild Stakes in late 2011. He then captured the biggest win of his career up to the point by winning the Grade 1 2012

Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up and was once considered the most important race for old ...

. The following month, he came in second at the 2012

Oaklawn Handicap The Oaklawn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in April at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A Grade II event raced on dirt, since 1984 it has been contested over a distance of miles (9 furlongs). It us ...

. Ron then captured another Grade 1 win, this time at the 2012

Stephen Foster Handicap The Stephen Foster Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt run annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is named in ho ...

. On September 28, 2013, Ron won the Grade 1 2013

. He then finished off his career by getting wins in January and February of 2015 in Saudi Arabia, winning the Crown Prince Cup and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist 2007 racehorse births