California Burrito
Bay Colt / February 24th, 2022 in KY / by Army Mule out of Bluegrass Sunset
$169,997
2025 earnings
98
speed figure
33%
2025 wins
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
3
0
Seconds
1
0
Thirds
0
4
Unplaced
6
6
Starts
10
$169,997
Earnings
$240,989
$28,333
Earnings / Start
$24,099
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Bio
California Burrito, an Army Mule colt bred in Kentucky, finished a distant sixth in his debut race at Ellis Park in late July 2024 but then rebounded to dominate a seven-furlong maiden claiming race held Sept. 27 on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs by six lengths. The colt then finished a good second in a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming race at Churchill in November to eventual 2025 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes winner Magnitude.
California Burrito, an Army Mule colt bred in Kentucky, finished a distant sixth in his debut race at Ellis Park in late July 2024 but then rebounded to dominate a seven-furlong maiden claiming race held Sept. 27 on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs by six lengths. The colt then finished a good second in a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming race at Churchill in November to eventual 2025 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes winner Magnitude.
Trainer Tom Drury Jr. shipped California Burrito to Turfway Park for its winter meet, where he ran fourth in a one-mile allowance optional claiming race and then won one at the same distance by an overpowering 7 ¼ lengths to start his 3-year-old campaign in January 2025.
That set him up for a stakes debut in the 1 1/16-mile John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Feb. 22 at Turfway, a qualifying points race for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. Sent off as the 3.71-1 third betting choice in an 11-horse field, California Burrito set the early pace and gamely fended off a midstretch challenge from favored Baby Max to prevail by half-length. He earned 20 qualifying Derby points with the win.
California Burrito is out of the Hard Spun mare Bluegrass Sunset.
