The son of Candy Ride currently ranks second on the general leading sires list. His grade 1-winning millionaire son Gun Pilot also will join the farm's stallion roster next year.
Fourteen dams represented by a seven-figure yearling in the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale are back with offspring in Books 1 and 2 for the sale that begins Sept. 9.
The New York-bred colt prevails by a head at the wire of the Aug. 16 Skidmore Stakes and survives a claim of foul for interference to become the first black-type winner for his sire and dam.
The North American Thoroughbred foal crop is officially a predominantly commercial product. Actually foals born in 2021 in the United States and Canada first claimed this distinction.
The trainer blames contamination at an Aqueduct receiving barn, which he said did not have adequate bathrooms for hundreds of grooms, hotwalkers, and track employees. He was suspended for 15 days and fined $1,000.