Grade 2 winner Air Strike (Street Sense-Omnitap by Tapit) has been acquired by Daryl and Sally Duncan and will enter stud at their Duncan Farms in Warsaw, Ohio in 2021.
Raced in partnership by Sol Kumin's Madaket Stables, Slam Dunk Racing and Michael Nentwig, Air Strike won the Grade 2 Triple Bend at Santa Anita (seven furlongs on the dirt), defeating the likes of multiple-graded stakes winners Cistron and American Anthem. He also twice finished fourth in the G1 Bing Crosby at Del Mar and the G1 Forego at Saratoga; the latter behind champion Mitole. He retired with career earnings of $338,810.
“We were looking to add a true dirt-sprint pedigree with some depth on the dam side, and we found it in Air Strike,” said Daryl Duncan.
That depth comes from his first dam, Omnitap by Tapit, who is a half-sister to three black type performers including multiple stakes winner Classify (by Unbridled's Song), stakes winner and multiple stakes placed Simplify (by Pulpit), and Grade 2-placed Seeker (by Hard Spun). Those stakes performers are all out of Air Strike's second dam, Classic Olympio (by Olympio), who won four stakes races and was multiple graded stakes-placed, all in dirt sprints.
Air Strike joins Duncan Farms' other graded stakes-winning stallions, Corfu (Grade 2 winner by Malibu Moon), and Fort Larned (three-time Grade 1 winner, Breeders' Cup Classic winner, and earner of over $4 million). He will stand his first season for $2,000 Live Foal.
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