Mindframe (horse)
| Mindframe | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Constitution |
| Grandsire | Tapit |
| Dam | Walk of Stars |
| Damsire | Street Sense |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | May 13, 2021 Maryland, U.S.[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | R. Larry Johnson |
| Owner | Repole Stable & St. Elias Stables |
| Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Record | 7: 5 – 2 – 0 |
| Earnings | $1,844,580[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes (2025) Churchill Downs Stakes (2025) Stephen Foster Stakes (2025) | |
| Last updated on June 29, 2025 | |
Mindframe (foaled May 13, 2021)[2] is a multiple-Grade one winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Churchill Downs Stakes and Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs in 2025.
Background
Mindframe is a dark bay or brown colt bred in Maryland by R. Larry Johnson (1946-2025). His sire Constitution won the 2014 Florida Derby[3] Constitution, in 2025 stands for $110,000 at WinStar Farm.[3]
His dam, Walk of Stars[4], won five events including the 2015 Pink Ribbon Stakes at Charles Town race track. R. Larry Johnson also owned the mare as well as the second dam Star Kell[5] and the third dam Special Kell[6] who were both winners in their careers.
Mindframe was sold by his consigner Betz Thoroughbreds at the September yearling Keeneland Sales in 2022 for $600,000 to Repole Stable & St. Elias Stables.[3]
Racing career
Mindframe did not race as a two-year-old and began his three-year-old campaign with a win in a Maiden Special Weight event by 13+1⁄4 lengths and followed it up with an easy win in an Allowance Optional Claiming event at Churchill Downs.[2]
Connection then pointed Mindframe to the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, which in 2024 and 2025 was relocated to Saratoga and run at 1+1⁄4 miles instead of the usual 1+1⁄2 miles because of construction at Belmont Park. Sent off at 5-1 odds, Mindframe stalked the leaders Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey and Dornoch before being sent to the lead by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.. Mindframe challenged entering the stretch, briefly passing Dornoch. As Mindframe drifted in the stretch, Dornoch regained the lead and went on to win by a half length.[7]
Mindframe was then shipped to Monmouth Park to contest their signature race, the Haskell Stakes. Mindframe was sent off as the 4-5 favorite. Mindframe, who had stumbled at the start and Dornoch was sent to the lead and contested with second choice Timberlake on the far turn. Dornoch eventually turned back Timberlake and held off, to win the Haskell by 1+1⁄4 lengths with Mindframe in second place.[8]
Mindframe resume as a four-year-old with an comfortable win as the 1-10 odds-on favorite in the Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes stalking the leader Encino before sprinting away as the leader in the straight run before easing down for a 1+1⁄4 lengths victory.[9]
Mindframe then shortened up by winning the Grade I Churchill Downs Stakes over seven furlongs.[10]
On June 28, 2025 Mindframe won the Grade I Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs defeating the 2025 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sierra Leone and the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in a brilliant performance.[3]
Statistics
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time |
Winning (Losing) Margin |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 – Three-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Mar 30, 2024 | 7 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Gulfstream Park | 1.10* | 11 | 1 | 1:21.72 | 13+3⁄4 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [11] | |
| May 4, 2024 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Allowance Optional Claiming | Churchill Downs | 0.46* | 8 | 1 | 1:43.17 | 7+1⁄2 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [12] | |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 1+1⁄4 miles | Belmont Stakes | I | Saratoga | 5.00 | 10 | 2 | 2:01.64 | (1⁄2 length) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [7] |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Haskell Stakes | I | Monmouth Park | 0.80* | 7 | 2 | 1:50.31 | (1+1⁄4 lengths) | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [8] |
| 2025 – Four-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Mar 1, 2025 | 1 mile | Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes | II | Gulfstream Park | 0.10* | 8 | 1 | 1:36.25 | 1+1⁄4 lengths | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [9] |
| May 3, 2025 | 7 furlongs | Churchill Downs Stakes | I | Churchill Downs | 3.54 | 11 | 1 | 1:22.64 | neck | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [10] |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Stephen Foster Stakes | I | Churchill Downs | 1.88* | 6 | 1 | 1:47.48 | 1 length | Irad Ortiz Jr. | [13] |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Mindframe was the post-time favourite.
Pedigree
| Sire Constitution (2011) |
Tapit (2001) |
Pulpit (1994) |
A.P. Indy (1989) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preach (1989) | |||
| Tap Your Heels (1996) |
Unbridled (1987) | ||
| Ruby Slippers (1982) | |||
| Baffled (2005) |
Distorted Humor (1993) |
Forty Niner (1985) | |
| Danzig's Beauty (1987) | |||
| Surf Club (1998) |
Ocean Crest (1991) | ||
| Horns Gray (1991) | |||
| Dam Walk of Stars (2011) |
Street Sense (2004) |
Street Cry (IRE) (1998) |
Machiavellian (1987) |
| Helen Street (GB) (1982) | |||
| Bedazzle (1997) |
Dixieland Band (1980) | ||
| Majestic Legend (1985) | |||
| Star Kell (1997) |
Star de Naskra (1975) |
Naskra (1967) | |
| Candle Star (1967) | |||
| Special Kell (1987) |
Parfaitement (1980) | ||
| Ran's Chick (1976)[14] |
References
- ^ a b "Pedigree of Mindframe". Equineline. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Profile of Mindframe". Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Collins, Sean (June 28, 2025). "Mindframe Makes it Back-to-Back G1s in Stephen Foster; Four-year-old Constitution colt holds off Sierra Leone to win star-studded edition". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Walk of Stars (KY)". equibase. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Star Kell (MD)". equibase. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Special Kell (MD)". equibase. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ a b "Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets Grade 1 - (race 12)". Equibase. June 8, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes Grade 1 - (race 12)". Equibase. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "2025 Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes presented by Domestic Product Grade 2 (race 11)". Equibase. March 1, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 Churchill Downs S. presented by Ford Grade 1 - (race 8)". Equibase. May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Chart for Maiden Special Weight March 30, 2024 at Gulfstream Park". equibase.com. March 30, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Allowance Optional Claiming at Churchill Downs Race 3 on May 4, 2024". Equibase. May 3, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Stephen Foster Stakes Grade 1 (race 11)". Equibase. June 28, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Maniac (GB) – Family 4-c". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved June 29, 2025.