29 Facts About Arrogate

Arrogate was a Thoroughbred racehorse, and was the richest horse in equine history.

Arrogate won the 2016 Travers Stakes in a record time in his first stakes appearance.

Arrogate won the Breeders' Cup Classic and was named the American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and World's Best Racehorse of 2016.

Arrogate retired with a record of seven wins from eleven starts.

In 2023, Arrogate was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Arrogate was a gray horse bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms.

Arrogate was sent into training with Bob Baffert in California.

Arrogate was sired by the Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Unbridled's Song, whose other major winners have included Will Take Charge, the sprinter Zensational and Breeders' Cup winners Unrivaled Belle and Unbridled Elaine.

Arrogate's dam Bubbler was a successful racemare who won six of her nine races.

Arrogate made his track debut in a six-furlong maiden race at Los Alamitos Race Course on April 17,2016.

Arrogate was partnered in this race by Rafael Bejarano, who rode him in his next two races.

Nineteen days later, at the same track, Arrogate contested an allowance race against older horses and won again, beating Fusaichi Samurai by five and a quarter lengths after leading from the start.

California Chrome led from the outset, while Arrogate tracked in third.

The horses engaged in the homestretch and in the final yards, Arrogate surged ahead to defeat California Chrome by half a length.

Arrogate was voted the Eclipse Award as American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.

Arrogate was scheduled to begin his four-year-old campaign in the San Pasqual Stakes but heavy rains at Santa Anita caused Baffert to scratch from the race.

Arrogate drew post position one and risked getting trapped along the rail in traffic.

Arrogate eventually settled behind the early leaders alongside Arrogate but did not respond when the latter made his move, possibly having wrenched his leg early in the race.

Arrogate was eased to prevent the possibility of further injury and finished ninth.

Meanwhile, Arrogate swept to the lead and drew off to win by nearly five lengths over longshot Shaman Ghost.

The timing controversy caused the Beyer Speed Figure for Arrogate to be increased from 116 to 119.

Arrogate broke poorly and was then squeezed between other horses, causing him to drop to the back of the fourteen horse field.

Once Arrogate recovered his stride, Smith took him to the outside of the field and started to steadily make up ground.

However, Arrogate unexpectedly finished fourth, over fifteen lengths behind Accelerate.

Arrogate drew post position one for the race, and Smith announced his intention to be aggressive out of the starting gate in order to avoid being trapped on the rail.

However, Arrogate ducked in at the start and lost ground to the rest of the field.

Arrogate has just showed me time and time again that he wouldn't.

Notes: An asterisk after the odds means Arrogate was the post-time favorite.

In early June 2020, Juddmonte Farm reported that Arrogate had been euthanized.