Program Trading Explained

Horsename:Program Trading
Sire:Lope de Vega
Grandsire:Shamardal
Dam:Dreamlike
Damsire:Oasis Dream
Sex:Colt
Foaled:April 22, 2020[1]
Country:Great Britain
Breeder:Fittocks Stud & Arrow Farm Stud
Trainer:Chad C. Brown
Record:7: 5 - 1 - 0
Earnings:US$1,324,250[2]
Race:Saratoga Derby (2023)
Hollywood Derby (2023)
Turf Classic Stakes (2024)
Updated:June 10, 2024

Program Trading (foaled April 22, 2020) is a multiple Grade 1 winning British-bred American-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. The horse as a three-year-old in 2023 the horse won the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby at Saratoga Racetrack and the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Racetrack.

Background

Program Trading is a bay ridgling who was bred by Fittocks Stud, located in Upend in Cambridgeshire and Arrow Farm and Stud. Bloodstock agent Mike Ryan bought both Program Trading and Domestic Spending at the 2021 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale where they were consigned him to sale and Ryan purchased him for 250,000 guineas (US$356,551]).[3]

Program Trading is sired by Irish-bred Lope de Vega. Lope de Vega will stand for a 2024 stud fee of €125,000 at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland. Program Trading is the first stakes winner and one of two winners in three starters for the Oasis Dream mare Dreamlike. A winner once in six starts with three seconds, Dreamlike is a half sister to Group 2 Park Hill Stakes winner Silk Sari. Program Trading's third dam is Irish champion Gossamer, a full sister to 1994 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Barathea.

Program Trading is trained by Chad C. Brown and owned by Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables.[2]

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGroup
Grade
TrackOddsFieldFinishTimeWinning
(Losing)
Margin
JockeyRef
2023 – Three-year-old season
milesMaiden Special WeightMonmouth Park 3.001011:41.13[4]
milesAllowance Optional ClaimingBelmont Park 0.75*711:40.34[5]
miles ISaratoga 3.60 811:56.63 head[6]
miles IIIColonial Downs 0.70*921:46.41[7]
miles IDel Mar 0.90*711:47.82 neck[8]
2024 – Four-year-old season
miles IChurchill Downs 4.091011:50.30 head[9]
miles ISaratoga 2.75*851:51.94 (lengths)[10]
Legend:

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Program Trading was the post-time favourite.

Pedigree

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pedigree of Program Trading . Equineline . December 3, 2023.
  2. Web site: Profile of Program Trading (GB) . Equibase . June 10, 2024.
  3. Web site: Gantz . Tracy . Program Trading Bests Webslinger in Hollywood Derby; Shippers provide the same 1-2 finish as in August in the Saratoga Derby (G1T). . BloodHorse.com . 3 December 2023 . 2 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Chart of Maiden Special Weight at Monmouth Park, May 14, 2023 – (race 10) . Equibase . 14 May 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  5. Web site: Chart of Allowance Optional Claiming at Belmont Park, June 25, 2023 – (race 4) . Equibase . 25 June 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  6. Web site: 2023 Caesars Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes Grade 1 – (race 9) . Equibase . 5 August 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  7. Web site: 2023 New Kent County Virginia Derby Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 9 September 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  8. Web site: 2023 Hollywood Derby Grade 1 – (race 7) . Equibase . 2 December 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  9. Web site: 2024 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 – (race 11) . Equibase . 4 May 2023 . 7 May 2023.
  10. Web site: 2024 Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes Grade 1 – (race 11) . Equibase . 8 June 2024 . 10 June 2024.