Don Paco (foaled April 23, 2008) is a race horse who won the Puerto Rican Triple Crown as well as racking up 13 straight victories from the age of 2 to 3. History 2-year-old season At the age of 2, Don Paco would race a total of 5 times with mild success but nothing like what was to come. His first start he tried chasing the leaders but weakened and wasn't able to do better than 3rd. However, his next start making up a 3 length gap between him and the leaders and holding off all comers to win his first race 1 3/4 lengths. The race was so impressive that he was put in stakes company in just his third career start running in the Puerto Rico Futurity. In the first quarter, he was over 10 lengths behind the leaders and simply was not able to make to much ground and was a very well-beaten third place. Losing by a 7 whole lengths behind El Negro Torres and Tono M. But that would be the last loss of his 2-year-old year a win in an allowance race was a good prep for his final and biggest win of his 2-year-old year the Copa Navidad. He would have a rematch with Tono M and this time he didn't drop as far back going only 7 1/2 lengths behind. By the far turn, he swept by the entire field and held off Tono M to win the race by 1 1/4 lengths. Triple Crown Bid Going into the race Don Paco would not run in any stakes races instead he ran in 4 allowances races prepping up for the Puerto Rican Derby. In-fact his first start was a match race that he won by going gate to wire a far cry from his normal style of coming from the back. He would have more horses race against him in the following 3 match races however they simply were not a challenge he would cruise home every single time. Puerto Rican Derby The Puerto Rican Derby was not a huge field just like Don Paco's previous races that year, and the race seemed on paper to be just as easy as before. None of the horses were stakes winners except for him. The race was on he was a close third for the race sitting comfortably in third place for most of