Not all champions showcase their potential at the start of their training. Hezgotthelook Z, a 2022 model, has dominated every race he enters, but his trainer, Toby Keeton with Triple One Ranch LLC, did not think this horse had a champion heart in the beginning.
“He didn’t impress me at all,” Keeton said.
Luckily with persistence, and castration, Hezgotthelook Z blossomed in Keeton’s training program and has taken the racing industry by a storm. The equine talent took home the gold in the Ruidoso Futurity and later won Rainbow Futurity by a landslide in the 400 yards race crossing the timer at 19.3-seconds.
The horse has already won over $852,000 with his next race coming up in a couple of weeks in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Hezgotthelook Z would not be the champion he is without the perfect driver. Bryan Candanosa, a million-dollar jockey, holds several prestigious titles himself. The talent
“I think going forward, he’s (Hezgotthelook Z) has it,” Candanosa said. “Because this horse is steadily getting better every time he steps on the track.”
