What is "verrazano"

Verrazano may refer to:

• Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian explorer
• Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City
• Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)
• Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge in Rhode Island
• Verrazano (horse), American race horse

Verrazano (foaled 27 January 2010) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2013, trained by Todd Pletcher, he established himself as one of the leading three-year-old colts with early wins in the Tampa Bay Derby and Wood Memorial Stakes. He finished fourteenth in the Kentucky Derby and missed the remaining two legs of the Triple Crown but returned to prominence later in the summer with wins in the Pegasus Stakes and the Haskell Invitational Stakes. In his four-year-old year, he was campaigned in Europe, trained by Aidan O'Brien.