Game Winner, earned over $2 million from four graded stakes wins, is by perennial leading sire and Lane’s End stallion Candy Ride. During his Championship season, Game Winner remained unbeaten with victories in the G1 Del Mar Futurity, G1 American Pharoah Stakes and G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs. As a three-year-old, Game Winner ran a terrific race in the G1 Kentucky Derby. Wide throughout, he finished fifth beaten just 3 ¾ lengths and good enough to earn the best Thorograph figure of .25 in the field. That same year, his graded stakes performances featured second-place finishes in the G2 Rebel Stakes and G1 Santa Anita Derby. He wrapped up his career winning the G3 Los Alamitos Derby.
Game Winner's first-crop yearlings were in demand with sales up to $600,000. He saw 15 six-figure sales and an average of $95,772 throughout the 2023 yearling sales. His first-crop two-year-olds made a splash in 2024 with Gaming, winner of the G1 Del Mar Futurity and a second place finish in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
WON Maiden Special Weight at Del Mar (6f, by 5 3/4 lengths, defeating Dueling, Street Class, No Treble, etc.) Del Mar Futurity S. [G1] (7f, by 1 1/2 lengths, defeating Rowayton, Roadster, Sigalert, etc.) American Pharoah S. [G1] (1 1/16 mi., by 4 1/2 lengths, defeating Gunmetal Gray, Rowayton, Jefe, etc.) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile [G1](1 1/16 mi., by 2 1/4 lengths, defeating Knicks Go, Signalman, Mr. Money, etc.)
WON Los Alamitos Derby [G3] (1 1/8 mi., by 5 lengths, defeating Parsimony, Kingly, Feeling Strong), 2nd Rebel S. [G2] (1 1/16 mi., defeating Market King, Gunmetal Gray, Jersey Agenda, etc.), 2nd Santa Anita Derby [G1] (1 1/8 mi., defeating Instagrand, Nolo Contesto, Synthesis, More Ice)
