# Program Trading

Program Trading (foaled April 22, 2020) is a multiple Grade 1 winning British-bred American-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. The horse as a three-year-old in 2023 the horse won the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby at Saratoga Racetrack and the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Racetrack.

## Background

Program Trading is a bay ridgling who was bred by Fittocks Stud, located in Upend in Cambridgeshire and Arrow Farm and Stud. Bloodstock agent Mike Ryan bought both Program Trading and Domestic Spending at the 2021 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale where they were consigned him to sale and Ryan purchased him for 250,000 guineas (US$356,551]).
Program Trading is sired by Irish-bred Lope de Vega. Lope de Vega will stand for a 2024 stud fee of €125,000 at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland. Program Trading is the first stakes winner and one of two winners in three starters for the Oasis Dream mare Dreamlike. A winner once in six starts with three seconds, Dreamlike is a half sister to Group 2 Park Hill Stakes winner Silk Sari. Program Trading's third dam is Irish champion Gossamer, a full sister to 1994 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Barathea.
Program Trading is trained by Chad C. Brown and owned by Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables.

## Statistics

| Date | Distance | Race | Group Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Time | Winning (Losing) Margin | Jockey |
| 2023 – Three-year-old season ||||||||||||
| 14 May 2023 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Maiden Special Weight | | Monmouth Park | 3.00 | 10 | 1 | 1:41.13 | 5 lengths | Samy Camacho |
| 25 Jun 2023 | 1+1⁄16 miles | Allowance Optional Claiming | | Belmont Park | 0.75* | 7 | 1 | 1:40.34 | 2+1⁄4 lengths | Flavien Prat |
| 5 Aug 2023 | 1+3⁄16 miles | Saratoga Derby | I | Saratoga | 3.60 | 8 | 1 | 1:56.63 | head | Flavien Prat |
| 9 Sep 2023 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Virginia Derby | III | Colonial Downs | 0.70* | 9 | 2 | 1:46.41 | (1+1⁄4 lengths) | Flavien Prat |
| 2 Dec 2023 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Hollywood Derby | I | Del Mar | 0.90* | 7 | 1 | 1:47.82 | neck | Flavien Prat |
| 2024 – Four-year-old season ||||||||||||
| 4 May 2024 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Turf Classic Stakes | I | Churchill Downs | 4.09 | 10 | 1 | 1:50.30 | head | Flavien Prat |
| 8 Jun 2024 | 1+3⁄16 miles | Manhattan Stakes | I | Saratoga | 2.75* | 8 | 5 | 1:51.94 | (2+1⁄2 lengths) | Flavien Prat |
Legend:
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Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Program Trading was the post-time favourite.
* ↑ The winner Integration, set a new track record for the 1+1⁄8-mile distance at Colonial Downs

## Pedigree

Pedigree of Program Trading (GB), bay colt, April 20, 2020 :
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Shamardal (2002) | Giant's Causeway (1997) | Storm Cat (1983) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Shamardal (2002) | Giant's Causeway (1997) | Mariah's Storm (1991) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Shamardal (2002) | Helsinki (GB) (1993) | Machiavellian (1987) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Shamardal (2002) | Helsinki (GB) (1993) | Helen Street (GB) (1982) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Lady Vettori (GB) (1997) | Vettori (IRE) (1992) | Machiavellian (1987) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Lady Vettori (GB) (1997) | Vettori (IRE) (1992) | Air Distingue (1980) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Lady Vettori (GB) (1997) | Lady Golconda (FR) (1992) | Kendor (FR) (1986) |
| Sire Lope de Vega (IRE) (2007) | Lady Vettori (GB) (1997) | Lady Golconda (FR) (1992) | Lady Sharp (FR) (1981) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | Oasis Dream (GB) (2000) | Green Desert (1983) | Danzig (1977) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | Oasis Dream (GB) (2000) | Green Desert (1983) | Foreign Courier (1979) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | Oasis Dream (GB) (2000) | Hope (IRE) (1991) | Dancing Brave (1983) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | Oasis Dream (GB) (2000) | Hope (IRE) (1991) | Bahamian (IRE) (1985) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | So Silk GB) (2004) | Rainbow Quest (1981) | Blushing Groom (FR) (1974) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | So Silk GB) (2004) | Rainbow Quest (1981) | I Will Follow (1975) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | So Silk GB) (2004) | Gossamer (GB) (1999) | Sadlers Wells (1981) |
| Dam Dreamlike (GB) (2012) | So Silk GB) (2004) | Gossamer (GB) (1999) | Brocade (1981) (family: 14-a) |
* Through his sire, Product Trading was inbred 4s × 4s to Machiavellian, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.