Diamante Negro (foaled February 25, 2010)[1] is a Mexican-bred racehorse most famous for winning the Handicap de las Américas in three consecutive years.
Things would improve for him at the age of 3 as despite a 4th in his seasonal debut race he would run in the first jewel of the Mexican triple crown the Stakes Jockey Club Mexicano.
However, such a pace and margin cannot last forever and the two tire out by the time they reach the home stretch giving Diamante Rubio the chance to take the lead on the rail.
After the triple crown, he managed two very solid returning first a run in the Clásico Kremlin where after a fast early pace he easily zoomed from the far outside to win by over 4 lengths.
Leading up to the race the entire racetrack had been flooded with heavy rains making the track incredibly sloppy.
With all other opponents unable to catch her Jubillee Queen seemed home free with no horse on camera making a move on her late stretch.
Both Jubilee Queen and Diamante Negro opened up multiple lengths on the rest of there rivals.
Jubilee Queen desperately tried to hold him off but Diamante Negro's late burst of speed was too much as he managed to win by half a length.
However, travailing back from The Dominican Republic took some time to get used to as his returning race in the Handicap Gay Dalton finishing an underwhelming 5th.
The race was playing out as normal with front runners fading and other horses moving up to take the lead.
In the home stretch, El Indu took the lead and began to open up with Diamante Negro a distant 4th by nearly 10 lengths.
But despite such a huge margin El Indu blew all his energy just trying to take the lead in the stretch and was beginning to stagger Diamante Negro took the moment of weakness as his shot as he flew across the track and got up in the final strides to win by three-quarters of a length.
The race started with a handful of frontrunners setting a fast pace with a huge gap to the rest of the pack.
A historical third Handicap de las Américas a feat that had never been achieved by any horse in the history of the race.
After that the race was over no one could catch him Diamante Negro easily ran home, making history.