Gufo, a multiple Grade 1 winner, has been retired and will ship to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., where he will be available for sale as a stallion prospect, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.
Trainer Christophe Clement told the TDN that the 6-year-old Declaration of War horse suffered a minor training setback, and he would leave Clement's southern Florida base at Payson Park on Tuesday to ship to WinStar Farm. Gufo will be available for inspection at WinStar by appointment after he arrives on Wednesday.
Racing as a homebred for Stephen Cainelli's Otter Bend Stables, Gufo retired with nine wins in 21 starts for earnings of $2,176,530.
He established himself as a turf horse to be reckoned with during the summer of his 3-year-old campaign, with victories in the English Channel Stakes at Gulfstream Park and the Grade 3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park, followed by a runner-up effort in the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes. Gufo took it up another level during the autumn portion of his sophomore year, earning his first Grade 1 victory in the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes.
Gufo ran consistently in graded stakes competition as he entered his later seasons, highlighted by back-to-back triumphs in the G1 Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga in 2021 and 2022.
Gufo is out of the Petionville mare Floy, making him a half-brother to multiple Grade 3 winner Hogy.
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