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By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

PHOENIX, AZ—DECEMBER 31, 2025—Paradise Pete ended the 2025 season with an exclamation mark on Wednesday, earning his first black type score with a minor upset in the $67,875 AQRA–Turf Paradise Open Quarter Horse Derby at Turf Paradise.

Breaking fifth from the gates under Luis Martinez, Paradise Pete quickly made that early position irrelevant. The three-year-old gelding gathered himself within a few strides, powered to the front at the first call and kept right on going, drawing clear late for a length victory over Cd Favorite Lady.

He missed wiping the standing 400-yard track record by only 4/1000ths of a second, stopping the clock in 19.488 seconds and earning a 107 speed index, just a blink away from the 19.484 mark set in 2019 by " name="twitter:description" /> By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

PHOENIX, AZ—DECEMBER 31, 2025—Paradise Pete ended the 2025 season with an exclamation mark on Wednesday, earning his first black type score with a minor upset in the $67,875 AQRA–Turf Paradise Open Quarter Horse Derby at Turf Paradise.

Breaking fifth from the gates under Luis Martinez, Paradise Pete quickly made that early position irrelevant. The three-year-old gelding gathered himself within a few strides, powered to the front at the first call and kept right on going, drawing clear late for a length victory over Cd Favorite Lady.

He missed wiping the standing 400-yard track record by only 4/1000ths of a second, stopping the clock in 19.488 seconds and earning a 107 speed index, just a blink away from the 19.484 mark set in 2019 by " />