Mighty Montador!

Godolphin's mighty Montador (pictured above) saw the year out in splendid fashion for the stable with a fantastic victory in the $100,000 Woodchopper Stakes at Fair grounds over the weekend.

Given a lovely positive ride by Brian Hernandez, Montador sat on the heels of the leaders until the far turn, where he began to make his move. At the top of the stretch, they kicked for home, ultimately coming clear of the rest by an easy looking 4 and 1/4 lengths in this turf race over 1 and 1/16th miles.

This three-year-old son of Nyquist has been brought along steadily by connections, breaking his maiden really nicely indeed in a valuable Maiden Special Weight at Kentucky Downs in August.

The ease with which Montador trounced this tidy looking field (to claim his first slice of valuable black type) suggests his future into 2026 could be very bright indeed!

And here's to the first stable entries of 2026:

Thursday

Fair Grounds

Geaux Geaux Tiger - Race 2, Maiden Claiming $20,000

Saturday

Fair Grounds

War Belle - Race 6, Maiden Special Weight