Early Career
Initially trained as a juvenile by Gary Contessa, Peace Rules broke his maiden by four lengths on the turf. He was then sold to Edmund A. Gann and transferred to Hall of Famer Robert Frankel. Peace Rules won five times in nine starts before he met Funny Cide in the 2003 Kentucky Derby. Overshadowed in Frankel’s barn by Empire Maker, Frankel’s pick to win that year’s Derby, Peace Rules had won the Grade II Louisiana Derby, beating Funny Cide (second after a late rally), before Empire Maker won a single stakes race. He then won the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes gate to wire, beating Offlee Wild.
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