Racing Manager @MyRacehorse | GSW Trainer | Owner/Breeder | Native New Yorker | University of Arizona Alum | All views are my own.
Kentucky, USA
Joined September 2012
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Excited to be spending my Winter/Spring @OaklawnRacing. I will be represented by @GStevens_jockey. Ready to get started 🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻
Matthew O'Connor retweeted
BACIO, a 3yo Maclean's Music colt, averaged the highest speed (40.12 MPH) and reached the top speed (45.01 MPH) of ANY 2026 @BreedersCup winner!
His 126 Equibase Speed Figure is the highest ESF earned of any BC Turf Sprint winner in history 🏇💨
Bacio won the G1 BC Turf Sprint by 2 lengths for trainer Wesley Ward to give jockey @JJHernandezS19 his first career Breeders' Cup victory!
Bacio's Turf Sprint GPS Stats 📊
▪️Avg. Stride Length - 23.08 ft.
▪️Avg. Strides per Second - 2.53 (2nd among BC winners)
▪️Avg. Speed - 40.12 MPH (1st among BC winners)
▪️Top Speed - 45.01 MPH (1st among BC winners)
▪️Closing speed - 37.45 MPH
▪️Final Time (5.5F on Turf) - 1:02.11 (0.25 seconds off track record)
Check out the BC Turf Sprint GPS chart for more data:
equibase.com/static/chart/gp…
📸Eclipse Sportswire
Matthew O'Connor retweeted
World Class.
3YO BACIO, by @HillnDaleFarm’s Maclean’s Music, dominated his older rivals in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
BACIO 🚀 💋 @BreedersCup Champ! Congrats to team Ward and his @MyRacehorse owners and out partners! What. A. Horse!
He flies to the finish! 💨 BACIO wins the $1 Million @Prevagen #BreedersCup Turf Sprint!
Congrats to the connections!
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Matthew O'Connor retweeted
Bacio is ready for the @BreedersCup Turf Sprint ⚡️
Matthew O'Connor retweeted
Shezawildone defeats Lady Summer to win the finale, @micah_husbands aboard for trainer/owner @SaffieJosephJr, owners Miller Racing and @MyRacehorse, and breeders Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon. #GulfstreamPark #SunshineMeet
A tough beat for Conviction who ran too good to lose, but a valiant effort in career start ✌🏻
Watch the full replay as JUST FOR PIPA storms down the center of the track to impressively take the Bowman Mill at Keeneland! Trained by Greg Foley, ridden by Edgar Morales and owned Saints or Sinners (Hans and Ana Maron).
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Sea’s No Joke gets her diploma! Congratulations to all of her @MyRacehorse partners—no feeling like it! @OBSSales March purchase @joe_morann @Hinesite @BDiDonatoRacing 🏖️ 🏇
#1 SEA'S NO JOKE wins Race 3 at @santaanitapark for trainer Bob Baffert and @MyRacehorse. @JJHernandezS19 in the irons on the daughter of @coolmoreamerica Practical Joke.
Legend. My favorite sire of all time!
We are deeply saddened to report that #MedagliadOro passed away this morning at Jonabell Farm at the age of 27.
He will be greatly missed 💙
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Matthew O'Connor retweeted
🇨🇦 @MyRacehorse is expanding into Canada by partnering with @WoodbineTB Entertainment in order to give racing fans across the country the opportunity to experience Thoroughbred racing as owners.
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Matthew O'Connor retweeted
🔥 Five Fastest Maidens for the Week of Sept. 21-27: Who were the five fastest maidens based on the Beyer Speed Figures this week?
5⃣ Dontworryboutnothn
3⃣ Yo' Lion
3⃣ Ember Royale
2⃣ Deucari
1⃣ Native Brew
Sire: Yaupon @spendthriftfarm
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Matthew O'Connor retweeted
CITY OF FURY
2YO City of Light NY Bred Colt, leaving Ocala today to George Weaver’s barn at Saratoga for @JRRanch1802 & @MyRacehorse
Purchased at FT Midlantic 2YO Sale in a joint effort between @MarqueeAgency @Hinesite @joe_morann
Love Like Lucy as game as a racehorse comes. 2 wins, multiple stakes place, ITM 7 of 10 starts. Masterful training job by @SaffieJosephJr and his team. @OBSSales April 2025 purchase @Hinesite @BDiDonatoRacing @joe_morann
Love Like Lucy battles back to take race 8, ridden by @micah_husbands, trained by @SaffieJosephJr, owned by @MyRacehorse and Miller Racing, and bred by Brereton Jones. #GulfstreamPark #SunshineMeet
I will forever miss the old grounds of Belmont Park, but in a time where it seems a racetrack shutters its doors more and more often, it’s a blessing to have a new state of the art facility in NY. NY racing is not going anywhere—looking forward to the new age @TheNYRA!
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Conviction gets the job done on debut for @MyRacehorse and partners. Congratulations to @SaffieJosephJr and his team for their hard work. An $800K @OBSSales @SGVThoroughbred purchase for team MRH @Hinesite @joe_morann @BDiDonatoRacing
Matthew O'Connor retweeted
Bacio is a star sprinter. Brilliant out of the gate, opened clear lead, patiently ridden by Juan Hernandez, much the best in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York. Trainer Wesley Ward twice had been second in this race, now gets his Nunthorpe.
Matthew O'Connor retweeted
Bacio is the fastest over five furlongs at @yorkracecourse! ⚡️
He claims his #WinAndYoureIn ticket to the @Prevagen #BreedersCup Turf Sprint for #BC26!
Bacio is @BreedersCup bound for his @MyRacehorse owners! Hats off the the Ward team—what a horse!
Wow!
Bacio leads from pillar to post in the Group 1 @coolmorestud City Of Troy Nunthorpe Stakes under Juan Hernandez for Wesley Ward 🇺🇸 @yorkracecourse
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Matthew O'Connor retweeted
CALDERA (@myracehorse) broke his own track record at @ColonialDowns to win Race 3 on Thursday. The son of Liam's Map was ridden by @Pacolopez1018.