The Pizza Man

The Pizza Man broke his maiden at Hawthorne Park in his second start to kick off a three-race win streak. After an unplaced finish in the American Derby, the gelding reeled off four straight wins. He rounded back into form in September 2013, winning two stakes to finish the season.

As a 5-year-old the Illinois-bred won the Black Tie Affair Handicap, the Grade 3 Stars and Stripes Stakes and the $400,000 American St. Leger on 2014 Arlington Million day.

The Pizza Man did one better the following year when he delivered in the Arlington Million, holding off a late charge from Big Blue Kitten to surpass the seven-figure plateau in career earnings.

The Pizza Man won his first two starts of 2015, including a game Grade 3 win in the Star and Stripes in his final prep for the Arlington Million, before earning a career defining victory in Arlington Park's signature race. He followed with a runner-up finish at Keeneland in the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes before finishing fifth in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf. The Pizza Man closed out his 2015 season with a win in the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes.

In his 2016 debut, The Pizza Man ran a dull fifth in the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. He did not regain his elite form in four subsequent starts, which included a sixth-place finish in his bid to repeat in the Arlington Million Stakes, before getting back on track with a game victory in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Presented by HPIBet at Woodbine.

The Pizza Man is by former turf star English Channel and out of the stakes-placed Lear Fan mare I Can Fan Fan.