Pioneerof the Nile Videos

Pioneerof the Nile (foaled May 05, 2006 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is one of the favorites going into the May 2, 2009 Kentucky Derby. Bred and raced by Zayat Stables, he was sired by 2003 Belmont Stakes winner, Empire Maker, a son of the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Unbridled. Out of the stakes-winning mare, Star of Goshen, his damsire was Lord at War, a multiple grade I winner whose victories included the 1985 Santa Anita Handicap.

Trained by Bob Baffert, at age two Pioneerof the Nile won the Grade I CashCall Futurity. So far at age three, he has won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, San Felipe Stakes, and California’s most important race for his age group, the Santa Anita Derby.

Pioneerof the Nile’s next start will be in the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. It will mark his first-ever start on a natural dirt racetrack.