Segesta (USA)
b f Ghostzapper - Antonoe (First Defence)
Chad Brown
Segesta made her debut as a three-year-old in early 2024 at Gulfstream Park finishing unplaced. Her next run out, this time at Tampa Bay in March, saw her finish as runner -up, beaten only by a neck. She quickly followed this up with her maiden win over a mile at Keeneland in April.
She stepped up to Graded company in May, taking a half-length victory in the Gr.2 Wonder Again Stakes at Aqueduct. Her win earned her an automatic place in the Gr.1 Belmont Oaks Invitational at Aqueduct on 6th July. The Belmont Oaks saw her run a close second to European raider Cinderella's Dream.
Her 2025 season kicked off with two unplaced finishes in the Gr.3 Modesty Stakes and Gr.1 Just A Game Stakes at Churchill Downs and Saratoga respectively. She returned to the winner's circle in July with victory in the Gr.3 Matchmaker Stakes at Saratoga - a sixth consecutive win in the race for trainer Chad Brown. Always with the pacesetter No Mo Candy throughout the race, she made her move around the final turn, passing that horse and holding off a fast-finishing Sacred Wish to win by a neck.
Segesta is the third foal, and first stakes winner out of Gr.1 Just A Game Stakes winner Antonoe.