Pulpit Half-Brother to California’s Daehling Ranch

Pontiff (Giant's Causeway–Preach, by Mr. Prospector) has been relocated from Washington to Daehling Ranch in Northern California. Pontiff was bred in Kentucky by Claiborne Farm and ran in Orb's GI Florida Derby in 2013 as a maiden in just his third lifetime start. Pontiff campaigned for five years, retiring after his 2017 season with a record of 35-3-10-7 and earnings of $126,481. His wins came on both the turf and the dirt.

A half-brother to the late Pulpit, whose sons at stud include leading sire Tapit, Pontiff will stand in 2022 for $2,500, live foal guarantee. His oldest foals are current 2-year-olds.

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Pontiff, Half-Brother To Pulpit, Moves To Daehling Ranch In California

Pontiff, a winning son of multiple leading sire Giant's Causeway and half-brother to major sire Pulpit, has relocated from Washington to stand at Daehling Ranch in Northern California for the 2022 breeding season. His fee is $2,500, live foal guarantee.

Bred in Kentucky by Claiborne Farm and sold for $310,000 as a Keeneland yearling in 2011, Pontiff was rated highly enough by original trainer Dale Romans and former owner Donegal Racing to contest Gulfstream Park's $1-million Grade 1 Florida Derby in his third lifetime start as a 3-year-old maiden in 2013, in a race that was won by subsequent Kentucky Derby winner Orb. Following an unplaced finish in that early test, he went on to record victories on dirt in Oklahoma and on turf in Minnesota and Texas, excelling at two-turn distances as an older horse.

Pontiff retired from racing in 2017 with three wins and 17 placings from 35 career starts, and total earnings of $126,481.

He initiated his stallion career in Washington in 2018, and recently stood at Warlock Stables in Spokane. He has 24 registered foals: 14 juveniles and 10 yearlings, with one placed runner.

Produced by the breed-shaping matriarch Preach, a Grade 1-winning daughter of Mr. Prospector, Pontiff is a half-brother to the successful, late sire Pulpit, whose sons at stud include multiple leading sire Tapit. Among the other notable stallions in his family, which features more than 30 black-type horses under his first two dams, are Fed Biz, Johannesburg and Tale of the Cat.

“We are excited to move Pontiff to California, in order to take advantage of the state's lucrative breeding and racing program,” said Warlock Stables owner Tim Floyd, who manages the 11-year-old stallion for a partnership that now includes Daehling Ranch owners Justin and Julia (Daehling) Oldfield and California Chrome's former co-owner Perry Martin. “The Washington breeding industry has shrunk significantly over the past 20 years, so his opportunities here as a young, well-bred stallion are extremely limited.”

“With his extraordinary pedigree, we believe Pontiff deserves a chance to court a better and more abundant broodmare colony in California,” Floyd added. “He is a handsome, charismatic stallion whose early foals really look the part, and whose best-bred foals are in his upcoming crops.”

Pontiff arrived at Daehling Ranch on August 16. He will be featured in a Northern California Stallion Tour on October 2.

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Faversham, Full-Brother To California Chrome, Enters Stud At Daehling Ranch In California

Faversham, a multiple winner and the only full-brother to two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, has been retired from racing to stand at Daehling Ranch in Northern California. His 2021 fee is $2,000, live foal guarantee. Lifetime breeding rights are available for $4,500.

A 5-year-old son of the late Lucky Pulpit, California's leading sire by progeny earnings in 2014 and 2016, Faversham was campaigned by his co-breeders, Perry and Denise Martin of Martin Racing, who also co-bred and raced California Chrome. Like his wildly famous older sibling, Faversham is a California-bred who won races on two different surfaces.

California Chrome won the 2014 Kentucky Derby, the 2016 Dubai World Cup and five additional Grade 1 races on dirt and turf before he retired to the breeding shed in 2017 with Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year for 2014 and 2016, and a career bankroll of $14,752,650 that ranked him as the highest-earning North American runner in history. After standing his first three breeding seasons in Kentucky, with two additional Southern Hemisphere stints in Chile, California Chrome was purchased privately in late 2019 by Japan-based connections, and stood at Arrow Stud in that country this year.

The 9-year-old stallion is represented by eight winners from his first crop of 2-year-olds in 2020, led by his Grade 1-placed filly, Cilla.

Faversham and California Chrome were produced by two-time California Broodmare of the Year Love the Chase, a winning daughter of 12-time leading Maryland sire Not For Love.

“Faversham overcame several obstacles, including a torn tendon, to win races in California and Kentucky for us,” Perry Martin said of the Santa Anita Park and Turfway Park winner. “He always tried his best and managed to carve his own identity from the immense shadow cast by his big brother, who was the rarest of all Thoroughbreds — the horse of a lifetime.”

“We are thrilled to bring him home to California, where the legendary story of California Chrome started, and to offer his proven bloodlines at an affordable price for breeders on a budget.”

Faversham successfully covered a small group of test mares privately late last spring, and will be available to outside mare owners in 2021 as a registered California stallion nominated to Breeders' Cup.

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California Chrome Full Sibling Enters Stud in California

Faversham (Lucky Pulpit–Love the Chase, by  Not For Love), a two-time winner and full-brother to two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, has been retired from racing to stand at Daehling Ranch in Northern California. His 2021 fee is $2,000, live foal guarantee. Lifetime breeding rights are available for $4,500.

The 5-year-old was campaigned by his co-breeders, Perry and Denise Martin of Martin Racing, who also co-bred and raced California Chrome.

After standing his first three seasons in Kentucky, with two additional Southern Hemisphere stints in Chile, California Chrome was purchased privately in late 2019 by Japan-based connections, and stood at Arrow Stud in that country this year.

“Faversham overcame several obstacles, including a torn tendon, to win races in California and Kentucky for us,” Perry Martin said. “He always tried his best and managed to carve his own identity from the immense shadow cast by his big brother, who was the rarest of all Thoroughbreds–the horse of a lifetime.”

“We are thrilled to bring him home to California, where the legendary story of California Chrome started, and to offer his proven bloodlines at an affordable price for breeders on a budget.”

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