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Gainesway has announced its stallion roster and fees for the 2023 breeding season, led once again by the world-renowned sire Tapit, who will remain at $185,000.

Three-time champion sire Tapit is the leading active sire by Grade 1 winners (29), Grade 1 performers (62), graded stakes winners (96), graded stakes performers (184), stakes winners (154), and stakes performers (299), and he is the all-time leading sire by lifetime progeny earnings ($188,654,112).

Tapit's runners have been led in 2022 by the unbeaten Flightline, whose dominant victories in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and G1 Pacific Classic Stakes have made him a towering favorite for this year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

As a sire-of-sires, Tapit's top sons at stud include Constitution, Tonalist, Tapiture, Essential Quality, Frosted and the promising young sire Tapwrit.

The brilliantly fast McKinzie will stand for $30,000 in his third year at stud, with the weanlings from his well-supported first book of mares on display at the 2022 fall mixed sales. Street Sense's best son, McKinzie posted 11 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures in a career that saw him win top-level races at two, three, and four. Included in those Grade 1 victories was an impressive ¼ Ragozin in the G1 Whitney Stakes.

Joining him with first weanlings at this fall's breeding stock sales is Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Spun to Run. Hailing from the influential Danzig sire line, Spun to Run showed remarkable speed during his 3-year-old campaign, collecting three consecutive triple-digit Beyers and five times ran a “0” on his Thoro-Graph chart. Spun to Run will stand for $10,000 in 2023.

A $1.2-million yearling, Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit's first foals will be 3-year-olds of 2023. His freshman crop of juveniles has posted wins around the globe, including maiden special weight winners at Monmouth Park, Keeneland, Colonial Downs, Delaware Park, and Lone Star Park. Tapwrit will stand for $10,000 in 2023.

Breeders' Cup Mile winner Karakontie, standing for $10,000 in 2023, has continued to establish himself as one of the best values in Central Kentucky. This year's runners have been led by Spendarella, winner of the G1 Del Mar Oaks, G2 Appalachian Stakes, G3 and Herecomesthebride Stakes, along with a thrilling runner-up effort in the G1 Coronation Stakes during the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting.

Raging Bull (FR), a multiple Grade 1-winning son of top international sire Dark Angel, will stand his second season at stud for $10,000.

A $1.6-million earner, Raging Bull (FR) proved to be a consistently talented racehorse who competed at the top of his division over four racing seasons. He made 18 consecutive graded stakes starts, winning or placing in nine of 14 Grade 1 events, including victories in the G1 Hollywood Derby, G1 Shoemaker Mile Stakes and G1 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes.

Gainesway will add two new stallions to its roster for the 2023 breeding season, Olympiad and Drain the Clock.

Olympiad, a five-time graded stakes winner by Speightstown, has been one of North America's top older males of 2022, and he will make his next start in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland.

His year started with a track-record setting performance over 1 1/16 miles in the G3 Mineshaft Stakes at the Fair Grounds, and his resume expanded later in the year with headline-grabbing scores in the G2 New Orleans Classic Stakes, G2 Stephen Foster Stakes, and the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes. He has earned triple-digit Beyers on seven occasions, and won from seven furlongs to 1 ¼ miles.

Drain the Clock stood out as one of the top sprinters of his class, highlighted by his duel with champion sprinter Jackie's Warrior in the G1 Woody Stephens Stakes, where he prevailed by a neck and handed Jackie's Warrior his first defeat around one turn.

The son of Maclean's Music also picked up victories in the G3 Swale Stakes and the G3 Bay Shore Stakes, and he showed precocity winning six of his first eight career starts. Drain the Clock will stand for $10,000.

Gainesway will host a stallion open house from Nov. 7-11 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hot lunch will be served each day.

Following is the complete Gainesway stallion roster and their advertised fees for the 2023 breeding season:

Tapit – $185,000

McKinzie – $30,000

Drain the Clock (NEW) – $10,000

Karakontie – $10,000

Raging Bull – $10,000

Spun to Run – $10,000

Tapwrit – $10,000

Olympiad (NEW) – TBD

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A fractional share in the undefeated Breeders' Cup Classic contender Flightline will be offered on Monday, Nov. 7 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Flightline has earned nearly $1.4 million and is being pointed for the $6-million Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 5 at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. He will enter stud as the property of a syndicate at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Ky., upon the conclusion of his racing career.

On Monday, Nov. 7 at the start of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, a 2.5 percent fractional interest in Flightline will be auctioned, subject to Keeneland's Conditions of Sale.

Interested bidders must register in advance, have established credit with Keeneland Sales, and meet such additional requirements as Keeneland or Lane's End may request. Qualified bidders may bid on the fractional interest in-person at Keeneland, via Keeneland's online auction platform, or by phone.

The fractional interest is offered by West Point Thoroughbreds, one of five ownership groups in Flightline. It is expected to be the only opportunity to buy into Flightline before he retires to stud. Should Flightline continue to race beyond the Breeders' Cup, the purchaser of the fractional interest will also be a part of his racing ownership.

At the conclusion of the auction, the winning bidder will own 2.5 percent of Flightline and have all rights, benefits, and obligations of a co-owner of the horse pursuant to the Syndicate Agreement. All racing and breeding decisions will be made as provided in the Syndicate Agreement available for inspection by qualified bidders.

It will be decided after the Breeders' Cup whether Flightline races next year at age five or retires to stud.

“Flightline's stud fee has yet to be determined,” said Bill Farish of Lane's End, “but he will surely retire as one of the most valuable Thoroughbred stallion prospects in recent memory. He'll be an historic addition to the Lane's End roster and the syndicate model is an exciting way for more people to participate in a sport that otherwise has a high barrier to entry.”

For more information or to pre-register to bid, please visit www.keeneland.com/flightline.

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The Jockey Club today released Report of Mares Bred (RMB) statistics for the 2022 breeding season. Based on RMBs received through Oct. 18, 2022, The Jockey Club reports that 925 stallions covered 27,163 mares in North America during 2022.

The Jockey Club estimates an additional 2,500 to 3,500 mares will be reported as bred during the 2022 breeding season.

RMB statistics for all reported stallions in 2022 are available through the Fact Book section of The Jockey Club's website at jockeyclub.com.

Kentucky traditionally leads North America in Thoroughbred breeding activity. During 2022, Kentucky's 196 reported stallions covered 16,689 mares, or 61.4 percent of all of the mares reported bred in North America. The number of mares bred to Kentucky stallions decreased 0.2 percent compared with the 16,727 reported at this time last year.

Of the top 10 states and provinces by number of mares reported bred in 2022, stallions in New York and Indiana covered more mares in 2022 than in 2021, as reported at this time last year. The following table shows the top 10 states and provinces ranked by number of mares reported bred in 2022:

State/Province	2021 Stallions	2022 Stallions	Pct. Change	2021 Mares Bred	2022 Mares Bred	Pct. Change
Kentucky	200	196	-2.0%	16,727	16,689	-0.2%
California	104	99	-4.8%	1,843	1,781	-3.4%
Florida	62	59	-4.8%	1,562	1,495	-4.3%
New York	38	38	0.0%	948	973	2.6%
Louisiana	64	52	-18.8%	890	842	-5.4%
Maryland	25	26	4.0%	778	741	-4.8%
Ontario	27	25	-7.4%	591	530	-10.3%
Indiana	45	39	-13.3%	475	496	4.4%
Oklahoma	46	38	-17.4%	441	401	-9.1%
Pennsylvania	29	25	-13.8%	524	398	-24.0%

Note: Each incident in which a mare was bred to more than one stallion and appeared on multiple RMBs is counted separately. As such, mares bred totals listed in the table above may differ slightly from counts of distinct mares bred.

In addition, Report of Mares Bred information on stallions that bred mares in North America is available through report 36P or a subscription service at equineline.com/ReportOfMaresBred.

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Upon his retirement from racing, Olympiad will take up stallion duties at historic Gainesway Farm.

To date, Olympiad has won eight of 12 career starts, including five graded stakes victories, highlighted by the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes at Saratoga. He possesses both speed and stamina, having won from seven furlongs to 1 1/4 miles, earning more than $2 million in the process.

The 4-year-old colt by sire-of-sires Speightstown has been one of North America's top older males in 2022, boasting six wins from seven starts this season. He is a leading candidate for both champion older horse and Horse of the Year with a scheduled next start in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

A precocious juvenile conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, Olympiad broke his maiden at Saratoga by open lengths at two, defeating future graded stakes winners Greatest Honour and Officiating, as well as Caddo River.

Olympiad's five graded victories this season began with the G3 Mineshaft Stakes at Fair Grounds, where he set a track record for 1 1/16 miles, finishing in 1:42.01. He followed up at the same track with a 2-length score in the G2 New Orleans Classic Stakes, running the 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.74 – just missing the track record by a tenth of a second.

His terrific campaign continued to Churchill Downs, where he triumphed in the G2 Alysheba Stakes, defeating two other Grade 1 winners. In his next start, Olympiad won the G2 Stephen Foster Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths in 1:47.66. He registered a 111 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort while beating a classic winner, another Grade 1 winner, and two other graded stakes winners.

His summer culminated at Saratoga with a decisive win in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, topping a field of six other graded winners.

Olympiad is campaigned by owners Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable and LNJ Foxwoods.

Bred by Emory Hamilton, Olympiad is out of the Grade 3-placed Medaglia d'Oro mare Tokyo Time. This is the immediate family of Grade 1 winner and foundation mare Chic Shirine, from whom 20 graded stakes winners descend. He was purchased from the Gainesway consignment as a yearling for $700,000 by Solis/Litt.

“I have been a huge fan of Olympiad since selling him as a yearling in 2019,” said Gainesway General Manager Brian Graves. “Olympiad has backed up his exceptional looks and pedigree with a tremendous race record. I couldn't be more excited to stand a horse of his quality and talent at Gainesway.”

An advertised fee for Olympiad's first season will be announced at a later date.

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