Casa Creed

Casa Creed won an off-the-turf maiden race in his second career race, edging away in the stretch to win by 1 ½ lengths in August 2018 at Saratoga.

Unplaced in two subsequent stakes races on the main track, Casa Creed returned to the turf for his 3-year-old bow and won the Kitten’s Joy Stakes in January at Gulfstream Park. Two starts later, the Jimmy Creed colt ran second in the Grade 3 Palm Beach Stakes at Gulfstream in March. After an unplaced finish in the Grade 2 American Turf Stakes Presented by Ram Trucks on the Kentucky Derby undercard, Casa Creed ran second in the Grade 2 Penn Mile in June and third by a half-length in the Manila Stakes in July.

Casa Creed earned a breakthrough graded stakes win in the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes on Aug. 2, 2019 at Saratoga. Casa Creed moved up to challenge for the lead entering the stretch and gamely outfinished Sombeyay by a head to prevail in a thrilling finish.

Casa Creed won stakes races in back-to-back starts in the spring of 2021. He won the Elusive Quality Stakes at Belmont Park on April 24, storming from behind to win by a head. He made a similar rally in the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes on June 5 to win in a 10.80-1 upset. Because the Jaipur is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Casa Creed earned a spot in the gate for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 7 with that win. 

During the remainder of 2021, Casa Creed ran creditably but was winless in three starts, finishing third in the Fourstardave Handicap, fifth in the FanDuel Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs, and then eighth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, but only beaten by 3 ½ lengths.

Casa Creed was him to the Middle East to kick off his 6-year-old campaign in 2022, and he finished second by a neck in a turf sprint at Saudi Arabia and then fifth in the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai before coming back to his New York base.

After some time off, Casa Creed attempted a repeat win in the Jaipur Stakes on June 11, 2022 as part of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets undercard. He saved ground through the turf of the six-furlong sprint with Luis Saez aboard, angled out in deep stretch, and ran down favored Arrest Me Red for an impressive victory. Casa Creed again earned a Breeders’ Cup berth with his Jaipur win, punching his ticket to the Turf Sprint at Keeneland in November. One start later, Casa Creed banked an expenses-paid berth in the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile with a last-to-first rally to win the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap Aug. 13 at Saratoga, completing the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race in 1:34.20 for one mile.

Eventually, Casa Creed chose to compete in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 5, and concluded his season with a ninth-place finish.

Casa Creed came back for his 7-year-old season and made his 2023 debut in the same Saudi Arabian sprint stakes race he competed in a year earlier, this time finishing second in an 11-horse field. He then returned stateside for his next outing and finished third, beaten just a length in the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes at Belmont Park on June 10.

Casa Creed got back into the winner's circle in his next start up in Saratoga when he won the Grade 3, $175,000 Kelso Stakes by a length atop a seven-horse field. He returned to Saratoga Race Course for his next start in an attempt for a repeat win in the $500,000 Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap on Aug. 12. Casa Creed accomplished his mission and again was victorious in the one-mile turf feature at Saratoga, taking care of business with a three-quarters of a length win with a closing burst of speed to pass the leader in deep stretch. The Fourstardave Handicap was a Breeders' Cup Challenge series "Win and You're In" race, and with his win, Casa Creed earned an expense-paid berth in the 2023 Breeders' Cup Mile.