Barkley, one of the top runners at Emerald Downs over the past half-decade, has been retired from racing, and he will enter stud at El Dorado Farms in Enumclaw, Wash., for the 2021 breeding season. He will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000.
The 7-year-old son of Munnings retires with 10 wins in 20 starts for earnings of $368,425.
Barkley won his first six career starts – three of them in stakes competition – and he never finished worse than fourth until his final start. His career highlight came in the Grade 3 Longacres Mile Handicap in 2018, when he drew off in the stretch to win by 1 1/2 lengths.
Barkley was trained by Howard Belvoir for owner Rising Star Stable.
Bred in Kentucky by Candy Meadows, Barkley is the first foal out of the unraced Medaglia d'Oro mare Numero d'Oro, who has since had a Frosted colt bring $250,000 as a yearling in 2019, and a Practical Joke colt bring $525,000 earlier this year. His second dam is the multiple Grade 2-placed stakes winner Numero Uno.
El Dorado Farms will offer a discount to breeders booking multiple mares to Barkley.
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