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Shancelot Available for Inspection Jan. 22

Graded stakes winner Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby–True Kiss, by Is It True) will be available for inspection at Buck Pond Farm Jan. 22. An open house is scheduled at the Versailles, Kentucky farm between noon and 3 p.m. Chili and desserts will be served and those in attendance will be able to register for a chance at a free season to the stallion.

Winner of the 2019 GII Amsterdam S., Shancelot was second in that year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint and GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. He was also third in the GI H. Allen Jerkens S.

Shancelot will stand at Buck Pond Farm in 2021 for a stud fee of $7,500 LFSN.

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Shancelot to Buck Pond Farm

Graded stakes winner Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby–True Kiss, by Is It True), who was retired from racing Thursday, will stand at Buck Pond Farm in Kentucky for a fee of $7,500 in 2021.

“We’re excited to stand Shancelot in Kentucky where we recently purchased a farm close by,” said Al Crawford of Crawford Farms Racing. “We feel his incredible speed will attract a lot of breeders and we are very actively purchasing mares at the Keeneland January Sale to support him ourselves.”

A history-making sprinter when winning the GII Amsterdam S. by 12 1/2 lengths with a 121 Beyer Speed Figure–the highest Beyer ever by a 3-year-old sprinter–Shancelot won his first three races by a combined 19 lengths. In his six starts, Shancelot never finished worse than third and registered four career triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures. After his Amsterdam victory, the dark bay was a hard-fought second in both the GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. and GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

Bred in Kentucky by Charles Muth and Patrick Murphy, Shancelot retired with a record of 6-3-2-1 and earnings of $624,300.

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Grade 2 Winner Shancelot Retired To Buck Pond Farm

A history-making sprinter when winning the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes with a 121 Beyer Speed Figure – the highest Beyer by a 3-year-old sprinter in history – Shancelot has been retired to Buck Pond Farm, Crawford Farms Racing announced Jan. 11. He will stand for a fee of $7,500 in 2021.

“We're excited to stand Shancelot in Kentucky where we recently purchased a farm close by,” said Al Crawford of Crawford Farms Racing. “We feel his incredible speed will attract a lot of breeders and we are very actively purchasing mares at the Keeneland January Sale to support him ourselves.”

Shancelot showed speed from the start when winning his first three races by a combined 19 lengths. In his six starts, Shancelot never finished worse than third and registered four career triple digit Beyer Speed Figures against the best horses in the sprint division. His record-breaking 121 Beyer Speed Figure is bested only by Arrogate in the 2015 Travers at ten furlongs (122) and Holy Bull in the 1994 Met Mile at eight furlongs (122) by 3-year-old colts.

Breaking his maiden over Grade 1 winner Bodexpress in his debut at Gulfstream Park, Shancelot romped to a 6 1/4-length victory in his second start before stepping up to stakes company that summer. The colt made history in his next start in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes with a 12 1/2 length victory to burst onto the sprinting scene with the aforementioned 121 Beyer Speed Figure.

That Beyer proved to be better than any other top sprinter that year, including champion sprinter Mitole ($15,000 stud fee), whose career best Beyer Speed Figure of 112 came in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Mitole's fellow Eclipse sprint male finalists World of Trouble ($15,000 stud fee) and Imperial Hint registered career dirt race bests of 109 and 114 respectively.

Following his Amsterdam romp, Shancelot ran exclusively in Grade 1 company from then on, coming just a head away from a Grade 1 victory in the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes next out behind Mind Control.

Shipping to the West Coast for the first time, Shancelot ran a game second in the G1 Santa Anita Sprint Handicap. Racing in his traditional spot on the lead, he was collared near the wire by multiple Grade 1 winner Omaha Beach ($35,000 stud fee) to lose by a just head.

Shancelot ended his career with a determined second in the Breeders' Cup Sprint to eventual Eclipse champion Mitole. Shancalot broke into triple digit Beyer Speed Figures for the fourth time in the race with a 110. A winner of half his starts, Shancelot retires with $624,300 in earnings.

“He is an absolutely gorgeous horse,” said trainer Steve Asmussen, “He had limitless ability. He was mentally talented with a great disposition. I am looking forward to seeing his offspring.”

By champion 2-year-old colt Shanghai Bobby, Shancelot is one of four stakes horses for the stakes-winning mare True Kiss. That mare is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Silver Max and a three-quarter sister to Grade 1 winner and successful sire Yes It's True.

“Shancelot could be a breed-changer with his speed. He was brilliantly fast, and comes from a fast family with a lot of class. He showed that class when competing among an incredibly strong division of sprinters,” added Buck Pond Farm's Doug Arnold.

Currently located at Fair Grounds with trainer Steve Asmussen, Shancelot is expected to ship to Kentucky soon and will be available for inspection at Buck Pond Farm upon his arrival.

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V. E. Day’s First Crop of Kentucky-Breds Bound for Fasig-Tipton

Grade I-winning millionaire V. E. Day will be represented by his first crop of Kentucky-bred yearlings at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale scheduled to be held Oct. 26 through 29.

Owned by Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant, the son of English Channel won the Curlin S. at three before capturing the 2014 GI Travers over Wicked Strong (Hard Spun). At four, he ran second in the GII Brooklyn Invitational S. He stood his first season at stud at Waldorf Farm in New York before relocating to Doug Arnold’s Buck Pond Farm for the 2018 season.

Arnold says that while V. E. Day hasn’t yet bred an abundance of mares, his first few crops have proven to be classic-looking individuals.

“As a group, they’re very good,” Arnold said. “He’s producing size in his foals, as well as big shoulders and big hips. They look like they’ll be able to run late in their 2-year-old year and be more of two-turn-type horses going forward. All the foals look like him. He’s a beautiful horse. All the things you need to have to be a good sire–wide chest, plenty of bone, good feet–he’s throwing.”

Arnold added that he believes the millionaire’s pedigree has all the makings of a successful sire. His second dam, Our Dear Sue (Roberto), is a stakes producer and full sister to Champion grass horse Sunshine Forever.

“V. E. Day comes from a great stallion family,” Arnold said. “The blood in the family is impeccable. English Channel has ended up being a great sire of horses that have an outstanding turn of foot on the turf. A lot of the genetics on both sides are incredibly strong towards producing a big-time stallion.”

Six yearlings by V. E. Day will be offered through the Buck Pond consignment at the Kentucky October Yearlings Sale.

Arnold said that while the entire group shows promise, he finds Hip 116 to be a particular standout.

The yearling filly is out of the Irish-bred mare Hope Cross (Cape Cross), a Grade III-placed winner of over $250,000 that hails from the family of British-raced Group 3 winners Sir Ron Priestley (Australia) and Subjectivist (Teofilo).

“Hope Cross is a lovely mare and this filly is a very classic, two-turn-looking filly that I think is a great representation of the best parts of V. E. Day,” Arnold said.

Johnathan Miller serves as advisor to Bryant and co-owns a Fasig-bound yearling with the stallion owner. The colt out of the Holy Bull mare Holy Beast will sell as Hip 105.

“This is only her third foal, but Doug told me he’s an absolutely awesome-looking horse,” Miller said. “Of the six V. E. Day yearlings that are selling, this is one of the ones we’re highest on.”

While the dual stakes winner shone brightest on the dirt, V. E. Day was also a winner on the turf and his sire line shows all the potential for him to pass on such versatility.

“We’re hoping that not only can they be precocious enough to win at two, but also that they can follow in their father’s footsteps and be able to run a Classic distance,” Arnold said. “Hopefully they’ll run on the dirt and the turf as the English Channels have.”

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