Connect

Connect (foaled May 6, 2013) is a retired racehorse who is best known for his wins in the grade II Pennsylvania Derby and grade I Cigar Mile Handicap. Background Connect is a dark bay with no face markings as well as no feet markings. He was bred by Fox Straus in Kentucky. He is owned by Paul P. Pompa, Jr, and he is trained by Chad Brown. He is sired by the legendary Curlin, who won the Breeders Cup Classic, Dubai World Cup, and Jockey Club Gold Cup. Curlin also sired such greats as five-time grade 1 winner Stellar Wind, and Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice. His dam, Bullville Belle, is by the great Holy Bull. Connect was bought for $150,000 at the 2014 Fasig Tipton Kentucky Select Yearling Sale. Foaled at Sparks View Farm in Paris Kentucky. Two-Year-Old Season Connect only ran once on December 5, 2015. Seven horses ran against Connect in this race. He broke fairly well, starting out in fifth place. He stayed on the outside going four wide at the start. He moved up to fourth, then third. He was four lengths behind the leaders and went four wide. But he did not move any closer to the leaders and stayed four lengths behind and finished third. Three-Year-Old Season Following his third-place finish, Connect took a six-month break from racing. After his break, Connect would try again to win his first race. At the start of the race, Connect dropped to fifth. For the first quarter of a mile, he stayed in fifth only two lengths. After that, he made a quick sweeping move just in front by a head. Right after that, he opened up his lead to win his first race by four lengths. Next up was an allowance less than two months later. At the start, he was sixth but quickly moved up to second. He comfortably stalked the leader Wake Up In Malibu until the homestretch, where he took over the lead and went on to win by three and three-quarter lengths.