Runninsonofagun

Runninsonofagun broke his maiden on Dec. 31, 2021, on the final day of his 2-year-old season in what was his second career race.  He won a six-furlong maiden claiming race at Aqueduct for trainer Bill Morey and was claimed out of that race by trainer John Toscano, who went on to turn Runninsonofagun into a graded stakes winning sprinter.

Runninsonofagun earned his second career victory in a seven-furlong optional claiming race at Parx on March 29, 2022.

After competing in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct on March 5, 2022, Runninsonofagun became a consistent check-earner in New York graded stakes races for 3-year-olds. During 2022, Runninsonofagun was second in the Grade 3 Dwyer, third in the Grade 2 Amsterdam, and third in the Grade 3 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial. He was also third in the Grade 2 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx on Sept. 24.

Runninsonofagun earned his first career graded stakes win on Oct. 29 at the Belmont at the Big A meet in the Grade 3 $200,000 Bold Ruler Stakes.  Runninsonofagun was sent off as the 5-2 co-favorite in the 10-horse field and won by a nose, running the six furlongs in a time of 1:10.07.

Runninsonofagun was winless through his first five races in 2024 until breaking through with a victory via DQ in the same race he had won the year before in the Grade 3 $175,000 Bold Ruler Stakes going six furlongs at Belmont at the Big A on Oct. 26. Sent off at 16-1 odds in a field of seven in the Bold Ruler, Runninsonofagun made a bold move to challenge the leader in the stretch and came-up short by a nose until a disqualification reversed the order of finish after it was ruled Runninsonofagun was interfered with at the sixteenth pole.

Runninsonofagun was bred in Kentucky by the sire Gun Runner, out of the mare Golden Artemis by Malibu Moon.