Tom's d'Etat (foaled March 7, 2013, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019

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and 2020

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Career

Tom's d'Etat's first race was on May 6, 2016, at Churchill Downs, where he came in 11th. He picked up his first win on August 5, 2016, at Saratoga. He spent 2017 and 2018 mostly competing in Allowance Optional Claiming races, picking up 4 wins in 5 races. He fractured his leg during the 2017 season, missing over a year. On December 22, 2018, he competed in and won his first

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at the age of 6, the Tenacious Stakes at

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. He was the favorite in the race at 7:10 odds.

6-year-old season

He started off the 2019 season by competing in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, but placed 9th. He did not pick up his first win for the 2019 season until he captured the 2019

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. He beat Wooderson by a length. He finished the 2019 season with two wins. He captured the

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on October 26, beating Mr Freeze by over four lengths in a sloppy race. Tom's d'Etat then captured the biggest win of his career on November 29, 2019, by winning the Grade 1

. He entered the race as a 9:10 favorite and defeated Owendale and Mr Freeze.

7-year-old season

Tom's d'Etat started off the 2020 season on April 11 when he captured the Oaklawn Mile Stakes, beating multiple Grade 1 winner Improbable by three-quarters of a length on a sloppy track. He then followed this victory up with a Grade 2 victory in the

on June 27, defeating another multiple graded stakes winner By My Standards.

Pedigree

References

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