Phoenix, Arizona—The first career victory by Reno, a six-figure yearling from the inaugural foal crop of Rancho San Miguel stallion Collected, turned into a history-making outing at Turf Paradise on April 8, as the Brereton Jones-bred gelding shattered the track’s longstanding record for races conducted at 4 1/2 furlongs.

In a scorching display of speed that prompted race announcer Vic Stauffer to exclaim “Look at Reno fly!,” the heavily backed 1-5 favorite carried jockey Alex Cruz through eye-opening fractions of :21.64 for the opening quarter-mile and :43.62 for the half, ultimately reaching the wire of the maiden event a dominating five lengths ahead of his closest rival while stopping the clock in :49.64 — marking the fastest time any horse has run the distance at the Arizona track since Iron Halo (Arg) set the previous dirt record of :50 in 2006.

The current North American record for 4 1/2 furlongs is :49.

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A $240,000 graduate of the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Kentucky-bred Reno is trained by M.L. Pierce for owners Brian Hayes, Upendranath Gunnala and Purple Rose Ranch. His dam is the Indian Charlie mare Incarnate Memories.

Pacific Classic (G1) winner and $2,975,500-earner Collected, by City Zip, ranks as California’s leading sire of 2026 by graded stakes winners (1), black-type performers (5), winners (31) and progeny earnings ($1,502,918) through the conclusion of racing on April 8.

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