The Chosen Vron

The Chosen Vron won his first stakes race in the Echo Eddie Stakes at Santa Anita Park on April 3, 2021. He closed from mid-pack to win by 1 1/4 lengths, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.80, for trainer Eric Kruijac and jockey Mike Smith.

The Chosen Vron made his graded stakes debut in the Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes at Santa Anita on May 15. He coasted home a winner, going 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:16.28 under Umberto Rispoli. The win improved his career record to 3-for-4 lifetime.

In the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes on June 13, The Chosen Vron stretched out around two turns for the first time. He handled the stretch-out easily, wearing down Defunded in the stretch to win.

After his victory in the Affirmed, The Chosen Vron finished second in the Real Good Deal Stakes before closing out his 3-year-old season with a win in the Hank Mills Sr. Stakes at Turf Paradise.

The Chosen Vron opened his 4-year-old season with a third-place finish on grass in the California Dreamin' Stakes at Del Mar before running fifth in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes three weeks later at the seaside track.

The Vronsky gelding then embarked upon an extended winning streak. He won three straight California-bred stakes to close out his 2022 season.

The Chosen Vron continued his winning ways into 2023 and showed some versatility along the way. He opened his 5-year-old campaign with a hard-fought victory by a neck in the Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint Stakes in January and followed with a front-running 6 ½-length romp in the Tiznow Stakes in February. He then picked up his second turf stakes win in the Sensational Star Stakes in march before returning to the main track to take the Thor's Echo Stakes back at three-quarters of a mile by 6 ½ lengths in May at Santa Anita.

With the winning streak at seven, The Chosen Vron returned to graded stakes competition for the $400,000, Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint in November. The Chosen Vron raced just in behind the early pacesetter, rallied into contention in early stretch, and then outfinished Anarchist and Dr. Schivel to score his first Grade 1 win.