Arrogate Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Arrogate
Arrogate with Mike Smith prior to the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
Sire	Unbridled's Song
Grandsire	Unbridled
Dam	Bubbler
Damsire	Distorted Humor
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	April 11, 2013
Died	June 2, 2020 (aged 7)
Country	United States
Color	Gray
Breeder	Clearsky Farms
Owner	Juddmonte Farms
Trainer	Bob Baffert
Record	11: 7–1–1
Earnings	$17,422,600
Major wins
Travers Stakes (2016) Breeders' Cup Classic (2016) Pegasus World Cup (2017) Dubai World Cup (2017)
Awards
American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2016) IFHA World's Best Racehorse (2016, 2017) Timeform rating: 139
Last updated on July 23, 2017

Arrogate (born April 11, 2013, died June 2, 2020) was a famous American Thoroughbred racehorse. He became well-known for winning the 2016 Travers Stakes in amazing record time. This was his very first big race! After that, he won the Breeders' Cup Classic. He was even named the best three-year-old male horse in America and the World's Best Racehorse for 2016.

When he turned four, Arrogate kept winning. He took home the 2017 Pegasus World Cup and then the Dubai World Cup. Both were huge wins! However, after returning to the United States, he didn't win his last three races. He retired with seven wins from eleven starts. Even with just a few major wins, the prize money was so big that he became the horse who earned the most money ever in North America!

Arrogate's Early Life and Training
Arrogate's Amazing Racing Career
- 2016: A Champion at Three Years Old
- 2017: Four-Year-Old Season and Record Earnings
Retirement and Legacy
- Arrogate's Famous Children
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Arrogate's Early Life and Training

Arrogate was a gray horse born in Kentucky. A farm called Clearsky Farms bred him. When he was a young horse (about one year old), he was sold for $560,000. A racing company called Juddmonte Farms bought him. They sent Arrogate to California to train with a famous trainer named Bob Baffert.

When Arrogate was a yearling, he had an accident. Another horse likely kicked him, pushing his front teeth back. One tooth got infected and had to be removed. This made him eat a bit slower, but it didn't affect his racing ability at all. Arrogate's father was a horse named Unbridled's Song. His mother, Bubbler, was also a successful racehorse. She won six of her nine races.

Arrogate's Amazing Racing Career

2016: A Champion at Three Years Old

Arrogate started his racing career on April 17, 2016. He ran in a short race (six furlongs) at Los Alamitos Race Course. He was expected to win but finished third. On June 5, he ran a longer race at Santa Anita Park and won easily. He led the whole way and won by two and a half horse lengths. He won again nineteen days later at the same track. He beat another horse by over five lengths. On August 4, he won another race at Del Mar.

His biggest test came on August 27 in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. This was a very important race! Other famous horses like Exaggerator and Creator were in it. Arrogate's usual jockey, Rafael Bejarano, rode another horse. So, veteran jockey Mike Smith rode Arrogate.

Arrogate started strong from the very beginning of the race. He ran incredibly fast. As they entered the final part of the race, he pulled far ahead of everyone else. He won by a huge thirteen and a half lengths! His stablemate, American Freedom, finished second.

Arrogate (#10) overtook California Chrome (#4) in the final yards of the race to win the Breeders' Cup Classic

Arrogate's time in the Travers Stakes was 1 minute, 59.36 seconds. This broke a track record that had stood for 37 years! Trainer Bob Baffert was amazed. He said, "I knew he was good, but I didn't know he was really, really that kind of good." This win made Arrogate a top contender for the best three-year-old horse award.

On November 5, Arrogate raced in the Breeders' Cup Classic. This was another huge race! He was the second favorite, behind a five-year-old horse named California Chrome. California Chrome led the race for a long time. Arrogate stayed close behind him. In the final stretch, Arrogate pushed ahead and won by half a length! The two horses were so far ahead of the others. California Chrome's trainer said, "That winner is the real McCoy." Arrogate was later named the best racehorse in the world for 2016. He also won the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.

2017: Four-Year-Old Season and Record Earnings

Arrogate started his four-year-old season in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup on January 28, 2017. This race was a final showdown with California Chrome, who was retiring after this race. Arrogate started from the inside position, which can be tricky. California Chrome started from the outside.

Arrogate quickly took the lead and won by almost five lengths! California Chrome had trouble during the race and finished ninth. The exact time of Arrogate's win was debated at first. But it was finally confirmed as 1 minute, 46.83 seconds. This set a new track record at Gulfstream Park!

Arrogate's next race was the Dubai World Cup on March 25. This race had a $10 million prize! Arrogate started poorly and got stuck between other horses. He fell to the very back of the fourteen-horse field. Trainer Bob Baffert thought Arrogate had no chance. But jockey Mike Smith stayed calm. He guided Arrogate to the outside and started to catch up.

As they entered the final stretch, Arrogate began to fly! He passed all the other horses and won by two and a quarter lengths. His share of the prize money made his total earnings over $17 million. This was a new record for North American horses! Baffert said, "Everybody who was here tonight is going to say, 'I'm glad I was here to see that.'"

After returning to the United States, Arrogate took a break. Then he raced in the San Diego Handicap on July 22. He was the heavy favorite to win. But he finished fourth, far behind the winner, Accelerate. Mike Smith was very surprised. He said, "I'm dumbfounded."

Arrogate then raced in the Pacific Classic on August 19. He chased his stablemate, Collected, for most of the race. But he couldn't catch him and finished second by half a length. Baffert said it felt "weird" that Collected won instead of Arrogate.

Arrogate's last race was the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic on November 4. He had been training well. But people worried about how he would run at the Del Mar track, where he had struggled before. Arrogate started from the inside again. He didn't run well and finished in a tie for fifth place. Mike Smith said Arrogate just didn't like that track. Baffert added that Arrogate was "just not the horse he was."

Retirement and Legacy

Arrogate retired from racing after the Breeders' Cup Classic. He became a breeding horse, also known as a sire. His fee for breeding was $75,000 in 2018.

In May 2020, Arrogate started having neck pain. He fell in his stall and couldn't get up. He was taken to a special clinic for treatment. After four days of tests and trying to help him, the difficult decision was made to put him to sleep on June 2, 2020. He was seven years old. Juddmonte Farms said that his strong will to fight, which helped him on the racetrack, made it hard to care for him when he was sick.

Arrogate's first child to win a race was a filly named Adversity in September 2021. Soon after, his second child, Affable Monarch, also won a race.

Arrogate's Famous Children

Arrogate had several famous children who became successful racehorses:

Fun To Dream (filly, born 2019) - Won the La Brea Stakes.
Secret Oath (filly, born 2019) - Won the Kentucky Oaks.
And Tell Me Nolies (filly, born 2020) - Won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes.
Cave Rock (colt, born 2020) - Won the Del Mar Futurity and American Pharoah Stakes.

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Arrogate with Mike Smith prior to the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
Arrogate (#10) overtook California Chrome (#4) in the final yards of the race to win the Breeders' Cup Classic

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