Baeza

Baeza is a 3 year old colt and has raced from 2024 to 2025. He was sired by McKinzie out of the Big Brown mare Puca. He was trained by John A. Shirreffs and has raced for C R K Stable LLC and Grandview Equine, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Grandview Equine. Baeza has raced at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Parx Racing, Santa Anita, Saratoga with wins at Parx Racing, Santa Anita. His has a stakes win at the 2025 Pennsylvania Derby (G1).

Puca

Stakes Tracker - Probables
Date	Horse	Race	Status
11/1/25	Baeza	2025 Breeders Cup Classic G1	Probable

Baeza - Race Results, Speed Figures, and Past Performances
Date	Finish (speed) Fin	Trk	Distance	Surface	Race	1st (HRN Speed fig) Finish (HRN Speed)	2nd	3rd	Time
9/20/25	1st (127*)	PRX	1 1/8 m	Dirt-Fast	2025 Pennsylvania Derby (G1)	Baeza (127) Magnitude (126) Goal Oriented (123*)	Magnitude (126*)	Goal Oriented (123*)	1:48.03
7/26/25	2nd (134)	SAR	1 1/8 m	Dirt-Fast	2025 Jim Dandy (G2)	Sovereignty (136) Baeza (134) Hill Road (122)	Baeza (134)	Hill Road (122)	1:49.52
6/7/25	3rd (131)	SAR	1 1/4 m	Dirt-Good	2025 Belmont Stakes (G1)	Sovereignty (138) Journalism (135) Baeza (131)	Journalism (135)	Baeza (131)	2:00.69
5/3/25	3rd (129)	CD	1 1/4 m	Dirt-	2025 Kentucky Derby (G1)	Sovereignty (131) Journalism (129) Baeza (129)	Journalism (129)	Baeza (129)	2:02.31
4/5/25	2nd (119)	SA	1 1/8 m	Dirt-Fast	2025 Santa Anita Derby (G1)	Journalism (120) Baeza (119) Westwood (108)	Baeza (119)	Westwood (108)	1:49.56
2/14/25	1st (123)	SA	1 m	Dirt-Fast	Msw	Baeza (123) Mellencamp (116) Westwood (114)	Mellencamp (116)	Westwood (114)	1:37.84
1/4/25	2nd (111)	SA	1 m	Dirt-Fast	Msw	Rodriguez (121) Baeza (111) Rank (110)	Baeza (111)	Rank (110)	1:35.91
12/1/24	9th (93)	DMR	1 m	Turf-Firm	DMR MSW (12/01/2024-R9)	Charlie's to Blame (106) Muscled (101) Legitimate (97)	Muscled (101)	Legitimate (97)	1:35.82
*Indicates preliminary speed figures

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