Excession
Bay Colt / February 25th, 2017 in KY / by Union Rags out of Draw It
$224,544
2020 earnings
100
speed figure
0%
2020 wins
racing Record
2020 Stats
Career Stats
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Firsts
1
2
Seconds
2
0
Thirds
3
4
Unplaced
6
6
Starts
12
$224,544
Earnings
$307,156
$37,424
Earnings / Start
$25,596
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Bio
Excession, a Union Rags colt owned by Calumet Farm and trained by Steve Asmussen, jumped onto the road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve with a valiant runner-up effort in the March 14 Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Prior to that, the colt had won one of eight career starts and disappointed in back-to-back graded stakes races at Fair Grounds, finishing seventh in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 18 and eighth in the second division of the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford on Feb. 15.
Excession, a Union Rags colt owned by Calumet Farm and trained by Steve Asmussen, jumped onto the road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve with a valiant runner-up effort in the March 14 Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
Prior to that, the colt had won one of eight career starts and disappointed in back-to-back graded stakes races at Fair Grounds, finishing seventh in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 18 and eighth in the second division of the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford on Feb. 15.
In the Rebel, Excession raced in last through six furlongs but then found a spot on the inside coming out of the far turn, swung out in midstretch under Tyler Baze, and nearly pulled off an 82.60-1 upset over favored Nadal, losing by three-quarters of a length. He earned 20 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby with his second-place finish.
