Finnick the Fierce won his career debut in June 2019 at Indiana Grand by 1 ¼ lengths and followed with a fourth-place finish in an allowance-optional claiming race at Churchill Downs Nov. 9. He made his stakes debut in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Nov. 30 and rallied powerfully to finish second to Silver Prospector, edging favored Tiz the Law for second.