1944: two-year-old season Pavot was undefeated in eight starts as a two-year-old in 1944. He was ridden by
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey
George Woolf in six of those wins including for his most important races including the
Saratoga Special Stakes in which he set a stakes record time that stood for the next thirty-one years. Pavot finished racing early that year with earnings totalling US$180,350 after his resounding win in the September 30th
Belmont Futurity from which he emerged with a badly cut hoof that kept him out of racing until June of the following year.
1945: three-year-old season In late April 1945, Pavot was being made ready to run in the
Kentucky Derby, delayed that year by a month due to government imposed
wartime restrictions. However, he stepped on a pin which interrupted his race conditioning and as a result only made his first start as a three-year-old on June 6, 1945. After more than an eight-month absence from racing, the colt suffered the first loss of his career when he finished second by a nose to
Polynesian in the
Withers Mile at
Belmont Park. Not entered in the mile and a quarter Kentucky Derby, on June 16 Pavot was sent to
Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course to prepare for the 55th running of the
Preakness Stakes. The colt showed he could handle the 1 3/16 miles Preakness distance with a workout of that length in 1:59 1/5. However, in the race, under jockey George Woolf he finished fifth to winner Polynesian. Shipped to
Elmont, New York for the mile and a half
Belmont Stakes, Pavot was ridden by
Eddie Arcaro who guided him to a five-length win of the third and longest leg of the Triple Crown series. In his next outing, Pavot finished last in the July 15
Dwyer Stakes and was fourth in the August 11
Travers Stakes, run that year at Belmont Park. The Belmont Stakes would be Pavot's only major win of 1945 but in addition to the runner-up in the Withers Mile, he also earned seconds in both the
Whitney Handicap and the
Empire City Handicap 1946: four-year-old season On April 25, Pavot made his first start of 1946, winning the Choptank Purse at
Havre de Grace Racetrack in
Maryland. In mid June, he won the
Sussex Handicap at
Delaware Park Racetrack, defeating future Hall of Fame inductees,
Stymie and
Gallorette. and on July 6 captured the
Massachusetts Handicap at
Suffolk Downs in
Boston. In early August Pavot won the
Wilson Stakes and in the September 14
Narragansett Special he ran second to
Lucky Draw in a
World Record time of 1:54 3/5 for 1 3/16 miles on dirt. Eleven days later, Pavot was second again, this time to Stymie in the
Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park. In his last win of the year, on October 5 Pavot won the gruelling two-mile
Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. ==Stud record==