Dr. Venkman
Bay Gelding / March 2nd, 2020 in KY / by Ghostzapper out of Theory of Change
$242,800
2025 earnings
116
speed figure
25%
2025 wins
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
Loading
1
Firsts
4
2
Seconds
4
0
Thirds
0
1
Unplaced
2
4
Starts
10
$242,800
Earnings
$661,300
$60,700
Earnings / Start
$66,130
Loading
Bio
Dr. Venkman emerged as a promising 3-year-old during summer 2023 racing in California, winning his first two races at 6 ½ and seven furlongs during the Del Mar meet. The bay gelding then was shipped to Kentucky for his stakes debut, and just missed in the seven-furlong Perryville Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 21, leading late but yielding to Raise Cain by a neck.
Dr. Venkman emerged as a promising 3-year-old during summer 2023 racing in California, winning his first two races at 6 ½ and seven furlongs during the Del Mar meet. The bay gelding then was shipped to Kentucky for his stakes debut, and just missed in the seven-furlong Perryville Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 21, leading late but yielding to Raise Cain by a neck.
After a break of over seven months, Dr. Venkman reappeared in the seven-furlong, Grade 2 Triple Bend Stakes June 1, 2024, at Santa Anita Park. He was no match for winner Happy Jack but ran well in finishing second considering the layoff.
That set Dr. Venkman up for a tougher test as he tried two turns for the first time in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar July 27. He pressed the early pace set by 2023 FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes winner Arabian Knight and dispatched that foe coming out of the far turn in the 1 1/8-mile San Diego, pulling clear and holding off longshot Katonah by a length for a breakthrough victory.
Dr. Venkman is trained by Mark Glatt. The cleverly-named colt in homage of a character in “Ghostbusters” is by Hall of Famer Ghostzapper and out of the winning Archarcharch mare Theory of Change. He is a half-brother to stakes winner Tranche.
