Captain Steve | |
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Sire | Fly So Free |
Grandsire | Time For A Change |
Dam | Sparkling Delite |
Damsire | Vice Regent |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1997 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Roger Laubach |
Owner | Michael E. Pegram |
Trainer | Bob Baffert |
Record | 25: 9-3-7 |
Earnings | $6,828,356 |
Major wins | |
Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1999) Hollywood Futurity (1999) Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1999) Swaps Stakes (2000) Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (2000) Iowa Derby (2000) Donn Handicap (2001) Dubai World Cup (2001) |
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Last updated on August 4, 2007 |
Captain Steve (1997 – April 21, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by Roger Laubach, raised by Cecil "Buddy" Williams, owned by Michael E. Pegram, and trained by Bob Baffert. A Chestnut foal by Fly So Free out of Sparkling Delite (by Vice Regent), he started 25 times, and earned $6,828,356.
At age 2, Captain Steve won the 1999 Grade II Breeders' Futurity Stakes, the Grade I Hollywood Futurity, and the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. He came in third in the Grade II Del Mar Futurity and the Grade III Best Pal Stakes.
At age 3, he won the 2000 Grade I Swaps Stakes, the Grade II Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap, and the Iowa Derby. He placed in the Grade I Haskell Invitational Handicap and the Grade II Goodwood Handicap, and came in third in the Grade I Breeders' Cup Classic, the Grade I Santa Anita Derby, the Grade II Louisiana Derby, and the Grade II Santa Catalina Stakes. Captain Steve finished eighth behind winner Fusaichi Pegasus in the 2000 Kentucky Derby.