Bentornato
Dark Bay or Brown Ridgling / March 22nd, 2021 in FL / by Valiant Minister out of Her Special Way
$820,000
2024 earnings
112
speed figure
25%
2024 wins
racing Record
2024 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
5
2
Seconds
2
1
Thirds
2
0
Unplaced
0
4
Starts
9
$820,000
Earnings
$1,131,830
$205,000
Earnings / Start
$125,759
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Bio
Bentornato began his career with a win in his 2-year-old career debut in a Florida-bred maiden race going five furlongs at Gulfstream Park on July 1, 2023. He then promptly proceeded to reel off three sprint stakes wins in a row in the $90,000 Proud Man Stakes and the $100,000 Florida Stallion Dr Fager Stakes and then in the $200,000 Florida Stallion Affirmed division stakes on Oct. 21. He ended his juvenile campaign with a third-place finish in the $300,000 Florida In Reality division on De. 2.
Bentornato began his career with a win in his 2-year-old career debut in a Florida-bred maiden race going five furlongs at Gulfstream Park on July 1, 2023. He then promptly proceeded to reel off three sprint stakes wins in a row in the $90,000 Proud Man Stakes and the $100,000 Florida Stallion Dr Fager Stakes and then in the $200,000 Florida Stallion Affirmed division stakes on Oct. 21. He ended his juvenile campaign with a third-place finish in the $300,000 Florida In Reality division on De. 2.
Bentornato began his 2024 campaign in Saudi Arabia, where he earned a third-place finish in the Group 3 $1,500,000 Saudi Derby going one mile on Feb. 24. After that he returned to the United States and later became a graded stakes winner for the first time with a victory in the Grade 2 $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes going six furlongs at Parx on Sept. 21.
Bentornato is trained by Jose D'Angelo. He was bred in Florida by the sire Valliant Minister out of the mare Her Special Way by Put it Back.
