Congratulations to the 2025 Aiken Trained Horse of the Year, Tirupati! Tirupati was trained at Mason Springs Training Center which is owned and operated by Marcus and Crystal Ryan in Aiken, South Carolina. They trained Private Creed, the 2022 & 2023 Aiken Trained Horse of the Year.

Tirupati won the 2025 Wilshire stakes (Gr. 3) and placed second in the Buena Vista Stakes (Gr. 2) finishing behind winner, Liguria by a head. The 5-year-old raced five times in 2025 with two wins, one second and one third. She has $129,420 in earnings for the year and $218,176 career earnings

She was bred by Spendthrift Farm, LLC and foaled in 2021 in Kentucky. The bay mare is by Mitole – Nora’s Joy, by Street Sense. Tirupati was purchased for $90,000 by Brian DiDonato for Franklin Ave. Equine at the 2022 Keeneland September Sales.

DiDonato sent the filly to train at Mason Springs Training Center and the Aiken Training Track. After completing her training at Mason Springs, the 5-year-old filly was then purchased for $230,000 by trainer, Jonathan Thomas for Augustin Stables at the Fasig-Tipton Two-Year-Olds in Training Sales in 2023.
Augustin lost Tirupati on a $25,000 claim on October 3, 2024 at Woodbine but re-acquired her for $50,000 in her next start on October 26, 2024 at Woodbine.