Gun Runner To Debut at $70K at Three Chimneys
Gun Runner winning the Classic | Horsephotos
Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}–Quiet Giant, by Giant’s Causeway), who concluded what is likely to be a Horse of the Year campaign with his front-running tour-de-force in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 4, will enter stud at Three Chimneys following a programmed start in the $16-million Pegasus World Cup and will command a first-season fee of $70,000.
Campaigned by Three Chimneys and Winchell Thoroughbreds, Gun Runner was overhauled by Arrogate in the late stages of the G1 Dubai World Cup in late March, his only loss of the season. Returned to the U.S., the slick chestnut colt won the GI Stephen Foster H., the GI Whitney S. and the GI Woodward S. over the summer and set a searching pace in the Classic en route to a 1 1/2-length victory. He sports a career record of 18-11-3-2 for earnings of $8,998,500.
Gun Runner was flown to Kentucky and is currently available for inspection at Three Chimneys through Friday, Nov. 10. He will then ship to trainer Steve Asmussen’s barn at the Fair Grounds to begin preparations for the Pegasus.
Arrogate to Stand for $75K
Arrogate | Coglianese
‘TDN Rising Star‘ Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song–Bubbler, by Distorted Humor), who concluded his career with a North American earnings record of $17,422,600, will stand his first year at stud at Juddmonte Farms in 2018 for a fee of $75,000, stands and nurses. His book will be restricted to 142 mares, according to a release.
“Our goal is always to provide the best value to our breeders,” said Garrett O’Rourke, manager U.S. operations for Prince Khalid Abdullah’s operation. “We will select the highest quality of mares to offer Arrogate the best chance to be as great a sire as he was a racehorse.”
Bred by Clearsky Farms, the $560,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase went on a run for the ages with victories in the 2016 GI Travers S. prior to besting California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. The gray was the easy winner of the inaugural GI Pegasus World Cup last January, then overcame a world of trouble to defeat recent Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the G1 Dubai World Cup.
Among the mares already booked for Arrogate are Juddmonte’s MGISWs Paulassilverlining (Ghostzapper) and By The Moon (Malibu Moon).
‘Knight’ to Stand at Irish National Stud
Decorated Knight | Racing Post
Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo {Ire}–Pearling, by Storm Cat), who races for breeders Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar, will retire to the Irish National Stud for 2018, joining fellow new recruit G1SW National Defense (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). A limited number of breeding rights will be available in the three-time Group 1 winner and his fee will be announced in the coming days.
Bred at his owners’ Blue Diamond Stud, the Roger Charlton trainee enjoyed his best season at the races in 2017, taking the G1 Jebel Hatta at Meydan to join the ranks of Group 1 winners, and upped his top-flight tally to two when favoured in The Curragh’s Tattersalls Gold Cup over 1 1/4 miles at the end of May. The 5-year-old continued to perform with credit throughout the season, and scored by a half-length in the G1 QIPCO Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown on Irish Champions Weekend in September. A winner of the 2016 G3 Meld S., Decorated Knight was also runner-up to Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the 2017 G1 Prince Of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot. Last seen competing in the GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 4, he retires to the Irish National Stud with a record of 19-8-4-1 and prize money of $1,786,522.
“The Irish National Stud are thrilled to add a high class son of Galileo to our burgeoning roster,” said Cathal Beale CEO of the Irish National Stud. “With performance, physical and pedigree to die for, Decorated Knight ticks all the boxes.”
The first foal out of a full-sister to European Horse of the Year and U.S. champion sire Giant’s Causeway and MGSW You’resothrilling, Decorated Knight’s second dam is the MGSW Mariah’s Storm (Rahy). You’resothrilling has already produced European champion and dual Classic hero Gleneagles (Ire), this year’s MG1SW Happily (Ire), G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Marvellous (Ire) and GSW & GISP Coolmore (Ire), all to the cover of Galileo (Ire).
“Decorated Knight has the distinction of being the best horse bred by Blue Diamond Stud and we’re delighted that he is to stand at the Irish National Stud,” said Tony Nerses, advisor to Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar. “He possesses an excellent turn of foot as well as durability that saw him win three Group 1 races this season. He is also a member of one of the most influential families of the modern era, behing out of a sister to champion sire Giant’s Causeway and multiple Group 1 producer You’resothrilling. We look forward to supporting him at stud.”
fonte : TDN
