Vexatious (horse)

Vexatious (foaled April 9, 2014 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Personal Ensign Stakes.[1]

Vexatious
SireGiant's Causeway
GrandsireStorm Cat
DamDream of Summer
DamsireSiberian Summer
SexMare
FoaledApril 9, 2014
CountryUSA
BreederJames C. Weigel & Giant's Causeway Syndicate, LLC.
OwnerCalumet Farm
TrainerJack Sisterson
JockeyJose Lezcano
Record22:3-3-7
Earnings$448,985
Major wins
Personal Ensign Stakes (2020)
Dowager Stakes (2018)

Career

Vexatious's first race was on October 28, 2016, at Santa Anita, where he came in third. He picked up his first win in a Maiden Special Weight race on November 26, 2016, at Del Mar.[2]

He started competing in stakes races during the 2017 season. Through five stakes races, his best results were 3rd-place finishes at the Grade-2 April 1, 2017 Fair Grounds Oaks and the April 14th, 2017, Grade-3 Fantasy Stakes.[1]

Vexatious did not pick up another win until August 15, 2018, when he won the listed August 15, 2018, CTT and TOC Stakes (Black Type) at Del Mar.[1]

On October 21, 2018, he won his first graded stakes race when he won the Grade-3 2018 Dowager Stakes after Beach Flower was disqualified.[3] Vexatious came into the race at 4:1 odds and received $75,000 for the victory. He followed the victory up with a 3rd-place finish at the November 22nd, 2018, Grade-3 Red Carpet Handicap to close the 2018 season.

He had a disappointing 2019 season going winless. His best results were 2nd-place finishes at the Grade-3 July Modesty Handicap and the August Summer Colony Stakes.[1]

His 2020 season did not start out much better, as he was only able to manage a 5th-place finish in an Allowance Optional Claiming Race, a 3rd-place finish in an Allowance race and a 2nd-place finish at the Grade-2 Ruffian Stakes. His luck finally changed though on August 1, 2020. At 9:1 odds, he defeated favorite Midnight Bisou and captured his first ever Grade-1 victory by winning the Personal Ensign Stakes.[4][5]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Vexatious (USA), 2014[6]
Sire
Giants Causeway (USA)
b. 1997		 Storm Cat (USA)
b. 1983		 Storm Bird Northern Dancer
Bricks and Mortar
Terlingua Secretariat
Crimson Saint
Mariah's Storm (USA)
b. 1991		 Rahy Blushing Groom
Glorious Song
Immense Roberto
Imsodear
Dam
Dream of Summer (USA)
b. 1999		 Siberian Summer (USA)
b. 1989		 Siberian Express Caro
Indian Call
Mia Karina Icecapade
Basin
Marys Dream (USA)
b. 1990		 Skywalker Relaunch
Bold Captive
Proper Mary Properantes
My Mary

References
  1. "Vexatious". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. "Vexatious' Bumpy Ride to the Oaks". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. "Vexatious Elevated to Victory in Rood & Riddle Dowager". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. "Vexatious Upsets Midnight Bisou in Personal Ensign". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. "Giant's Causeway's Vexatious Gets Better of 'Bisou' in Personal Ensign". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. "Vexatious". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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