Sweet Azteca

Sweet Azteca won her career debut in her only start as a 3-year-old on May 2, 2023, at Churchill Downs. She made her second start with a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Las Flores Stakes on Jan. 1, 2024 at Santa Anita, then got back in the win column in her third start in an allowance optional claiming race on Feb. 2 at Santa Anita.

Sweet Azteca became a stakes winner for the first time when she won the Grade 1 $300,000 Beholder Mile Stakes on March 9, at Santa Anita. Sent off as the 3.40-1 second favorite on the tote board in a field of seven fillies and mares, Sweet Azteca went out to the lead and never looked back. She went wire-to-wire and beat favored Adare Manor by three-quarters of a length.

Sweet Azteca kept her winning ways going at Los Alamitos Race Course in her next start when she was victorious in the Grade 2 $202,500 Great Lady M. Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs on July 6. Sent off as the 0.70-1 favorite in a field of 10 fillies and mares, Sweet Azteca pressed the pace throughout, took command at the top of the stretch, and extended to an easy five-length win. The winning streak was extended to four with a facile front-running, seven-length runaway Aug. 25 at Del Mar in the Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo Handicap.

Sweet Azteca's winning streak came to an end when she finished last in a four-horse field at 1-9 odds on the tote board in the Grade 3 $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Oct. 5.

Sweet Azteca is trained by Michael McCarthty. She was bred in Kentucky by the sire Sharp Azteca out of the mare So Sweetitiz by Grand Slam.