Jackie's Warrior, the five-time Grade 1 winner and reigning champion sprinter; and Cyberknife, the multiple Grade 1-winning 3-year-old by Gun Runner, are both at Spendthrift Farm and are available for inspection to breeders Nov. 9-15 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
Both set to stand at stud in 2023, Jackie's Warrior has been retired from racing and has taken up residency at the Lexington-based farm, while Cyberknife will return to training with Brad Cox after Nov. 15 to finish out the season.
“Jackie's Warrior has settled in nicely at the farm and is such an impressive specimen, especially for a horse coming off a pretty hard campaign. It's special to be able to add another great champion to our stallion ranks and we're excited to be able to show him off to breeders,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general manager. “Cyberknife ran great to finish a head behind older horse Cody's Wish in the Dirt Mile, and he came to the farm looking well and with good energy. He is set to run again before retiring, however, it was important for us to be able to show him to breeders over the course of the next week before he goes back to Brad Cox.”
Jackie's Warrior will stand his first season for a fee of $50,000 S&N. The supremely talented son of Maclean's Music retires as the first champion sprinter in 34 years to win five Grade 1s. Earlier this year, he became the only horse in the storied history of Saratoga to win a Grade 1 stakes in three consecutive years when he captured the Grade 1Vanderbilt in dominant fashion.
Trained by Steve Asmussen, Jackie's Warrior also became the first 2-year-old since champion Dehere in 1993 to win all three of New York's premier races for juveniles, including the G1 Hopeful – breaking a 28-year-old stakes record – and G2 Saratoga Special at Saratoga followed by the G1 Champagne at Belmont. At three, he outdueled multiple Grade 1 winner Life Is Good to win the G1 Allen Jerkens, along with knocking down fast victories in the G2 Amsterdam and G2 Gallant Bob, on his way to winning the 2021 Eclipse Award for champion male sprinter. This year, Jackie's Warrior won the G1 Churchill Downs Stakes, G2 True North and G3 Count Fleet on top of his Vanderbilt score.
Jackie's Warrior won 12 of 18 starts and earned $2,959,164 for owners Kirk and Judy Robison.
Cyberknife takes a quick break at Spendthrift fresh off a narrow runner-up performance to Cody's Wish in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland. The talented son of Gun Runner became his sire's first multiple Grade 1-winning colt after winning two of the biggest races for 3-year-olds in 2022 – the G1 Arkansas Derby and G1 Haskell Invitational. In the latter, he out-finished multiple Grade 1 winners Taiba and Jack Christopher in track-record time of 1:46.24, breaking a 37-year-old mark for 1 1/8 miles previously held by Spend a Buck.
Cyberknife also won the G3 Matt Winn this summer and was runner-up in the prestigious G1 Travers. He's the most accomplished son of Gun Runner to date, with earnings of $2,087,520 for Al Gold's Gold Square LLC.
Upon retirement, Cyberknife will stand his debut season in 2023 for a fee of $30,000 S&N.
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