Intrepido horse trainer, jockey, owner for Kentucky Derby 2026

Intrepido

Exercise rider Alejandro Galindo with 2026 Kentucky Derby horse Intrepido on the track for a morning workout at Churchill Downs. The horse is trained by Jeff Mullins. The horse has earned $290,000 so far. April 22, 2026

Color: Bay.

Bred in: Kentucky.

Sire: Maximus Mischief.

Dam: Overly Indulgent, by Pleasantly Perfect.

Price tag: $385,000 at 2025 Ocala Breeders’ Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

Owners: Dutch Girl Holdings (Michele Arthur); Irving Ventures (Ruben Isla). First Derby for both.

Trainer: Jeff Mullins. He’s 0 for 4 in the Derby, best finish with Buzzards Bay (fifth) in 2005.

Jockey: Hector Berrios. First Derby.

Record: 2-1-0 in six starts.

Career earnings: $342,800.

Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 38 (No. 17).

Last race: Fourth in Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 4.

Running style: Has displayed early speed but raced off pace in Santa Anita Derby.

Notes: Intrepido has done all of his racing in California, winning as a 2-year old at Del Mar and Santa Anita. This year, he finished second in the Grade 3 Robert Lewis before heading to the Santa Anita Derby. … Mullins is in the Derby for the first time since 2005 but had the morning-line favorite in 2009 with I Want Revenge. He was scratched the morning of the race because of an ankle injury. … Intrepido is a ridgling, which means he has at least one undescended testicle.

What they’re saying: “I didn’t (expect that),” Mullins said after Intrepido worked a quick 47.4 seconds for four furlongs on April 19 at Santa Anita Park. “But we often get what we don’t expect.”

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com. Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ.

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