Renegade (foaled January 25, 2023) is a multiple graded stakes winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2026 Arkansas Derby.
Background Renegade is a bay colt who was bred in Kentucky by Robert and Lawana Low. He is out of the Graded-winning Curlin mare Spice Is Nice. Spice Is Nice in 2021 won the Grade III Allaire duPont Distaff Match Series Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack. Renegade's great dam Dame Dorothy was a Grade I winner winning the 2015 Humana Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs. In her career Dame Dorothy won 7 events from twelve starts and was only unplaced twice in her racing career.
Mike Repole's Repole Stable bought into a 50/50 partnership with the Lows for $975,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for Renegade.
Renegade's sire is Into Mischief, a Grade I winner at the age of two who has been North America's leading sire by purse winnings in multiple years since 2018.
Renegade is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher.
Statistics Date Distance Race Grade Track Odds Field Finish WinningTime Winning(Losing)Margin Jockey Ref2025 – Two-year-old season furlongs Maiden Special Weight Saratoga 5.90 9 3 1:15.63 ( lengths) 1 mile Maiden Special Weight Aqueduct 4.93 7 2 1:36.11 head miles Remsen Stakes II Aqueduct 2.97 11 2 1:50.97 (2 lengths) 2026 – Three-year-old season miles Sam F. Davis Stakes Listed Tampa Bay Downs 1.20* 9 1 1:43.54 lengths miles Arkansas Derby I Oaklawn Park 1.00* 8 1 1:49.70 4 lengths miles Kentucky Derby I Churchill Downs 5.65 18 2 2:02.27 (neck) miles Belmont Stakes I Saratoga 1.75* 9 3 2:03.49 ( lengths) miles Jim Dandy Stakes II Saratoga 1.36 5 1 1:49.08 lengths miles Travers Stakes I Saratoga 3.22 10 8 2:02.98 ( lengths)
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An (*) asterisk after the odds means Renegade was the post-time favourite.
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