HomebredKY-BredVA CertifiedMid-Atlantic
Horvath
Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, 2023 · Munnings — Randie's Legend, by Benchmark
3
Starts
1-1-1
Record
$29,414
Earnings
100%
In the Money
Horvath is a homebred Kentucky gelding by Munnings who has finished in the money in all three of his starts. After a rallying third and a clear second at Charles Town, he broke his maiden wire to wire on June 4 — sent out of the chute, widening on the turn, and drawing away by four lengths as the odds-on favorite. His profile is built on early speed and dirt aptitude.
| Start | 1/4 | Str | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 12½ | 13 | 14 |
| Fin | Horse | Odds | Beaten | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horvath | 4.60 | won by 4 | widened1/4,dominated |
| 2 | Fox Creek | 26.30 | 4 | press ins1/8,chased on |
| 3 | Danzante Bay | 2.90 | 6 | knifed in1/16,all-out |
| 4 | Zaptastic | 20.00 | 7 | outrun,6w,improved str |
| 5 | Now Teddy | 12.90 | 9 | chase3w1/4,no punch |
| 6 | El Rabano | 39.60 | 11 | drifted out1/8,faded |
| 7 | Shawnpatrick | 2.10 | 13 | stumble,chase,gaveway |
| 8 | Candyrific | 34.90 | 16 | stumble,4w1/4,weaken |
| Start | 1/4 | Str | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 32 | 2½ | 21½ |
| Fin | Horse | Odds | Beaten | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Lino | 0.50* | won by 1½ | pace inside, game str |
| 2 | Horvath | 1.80 | 1½ | 3w1/8,left-ld,chased |
| 3 | Zaptastic | 17.30 | 5 | roused5w1/8,all-out |
| 4 | Fox Creek | 20.60 | 7 | btw1/4,left-ld,improve |
| 5 | Woodella | 53.50 | 9 | press2w,lef-ld,faded |
| 6 | C'Est La Vie Nick | 12.50 | 11 | off pace4w,no factor |
| 7 | Thunder Pass | 89.20 | 18 | save ground, no threat |
| Start | 1/4 | Str | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 612¼ | 47 | 34¾ |
| Fin | Horse | Odds | Beaten | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titanio | 1.10* | won by 2½ | vied inside1/4,clr-drv |
| 2 | Zaptastic | 14.10 | 2½ | press ins1/4,all-out |
| 3 | Horvath | 2.60 | 4¾ | bobble,ins,lf-ld,rally |
| 4 | El Papacito | 1.80 | 6½ | vied2w1/4,no match,eve |
| 5 | Coco Sun | 17.40 | 9 | chase3w1/4,lf-ld,empty |
| 6 | Fox Creek | 87.30 | 14 | chase btw1/4,weakened |
Horvath combines the Speightstown branch of the Gone West sire line with a female family carrying Alydar, Danzig, Seattle Slew, and Mr. Prospector. The pedigree is directed toward speed and one-turn racing: Munnings was a graded stakes winner at seven furlongs and a Grade 1 performer from two through four, while Benchmark introduces a California-based branch of the Alydar line. The result is a structure built around several sources of speed, tactical pace, and dirt performance.
Munnings is by champion sprinter Speightstown out of La Comete, by Holy Bull. He won four of 14 starts and $742,640, taking the Grade 2 Woody Stephens, Tom Fool, and Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship — all at seven furlongs — and placing in the G1 Champagne at a mile and the G1 Haskell at nine furlongs, showing his speed could carry beyond a sprint. As a sire he has produced Grade 1 winners across dirt and turf including Jack Christopher, Kimari, Eda, El Deal, and I'm a Chatterbox, with a strong record of juvenile winners and an average winning distance of 6.47 furlongs.
Speightstown, sire of Munnings, won the Breeders' Cup Sprint and runs through Gone West to Mr. Prospector — connecting Horvath directly to one of the most prominent speed-producing branches in the American stud book.
Horvath is out of Randie's Legend, a daughter of Benchmark (by Alydar, out of Winters' Love by Danzig), placing Alydar, Raise a Native, and Danzig close to the front of his female family. Randie's Legend is out of Eternal Legend by Gold Legend — a son of Seattle Slew out of Gold Beauty, a daughter of Mr. Prospector — concentrating classic American dirt influence through Alydar, Danzig, Seattle Slew, and Mr. Prospector. The immediate female side supplies classic and stamina-oriented blood behind a speed-focused sire.
Horvath is inbred 4×5 to Mr. Prospector — through Gone West on the sire side and Gold Beauty on the dam side — with a Brilliant/Intermediate-weighted dosage (DI 6.67, CD +1.11) that aligns with his pronounced speed and one-turn aptitude, supported by enough Classic representation to extend that speed toward a mile. He can be presented as a Kentucky-bred winner from a proven commercial sire line, with a three-start foundation and a pedigree shaped by graded stakes speed and a broad base of dirt-oriented bloodlines.
