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Grade 1 Winner Echo Town Retired To Ashford Stud

Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes winner Echo Town has been retired from racing and will stand at a fee of $10,000.

“We are delighted that Echo Town will be coming to Ashford,” said Ashford's director of sales Charlie O'Connor. “He's a very good-looking horse and Speightstown is making an impression as a sire of sires. As one of the best sprinters of his generation we think Echo Town offers a similar profile to our own Munnings who continues to go from strength to strength.”

Echo Town broke his maiden at the first time of asking at Fair Grounds for Steve Asmussen earning TDN Rising Star Status in the process. Two more convincing wins followed at Oaklawn Park and Churchill Downs before he ran second to No Parole in the Woody Stephens in his first start against Grade 1 company. Next time out in the G1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga, he turned the tables on his Woody Stephens rival in no uncertain fashion drawing off to a 3 1/2-length score.

“We are extremely excited for Echo Town to stand at Coolmore America,” said co-owner Michael Levinson of L&N Racing. “He has been a star on the racetrack, and we're confident Coolmore will give him every opportunity to succeed as a stallion, we look forward to seeing his foals hit the ground in 2022.”

A son of the G2 Forward Gal Stakes winner Letgomyecho, Echo Town is a half-brother to J Boys Echo, victorious in the G3 Gotham Stakes and to Grade 3-placed juvenile Unbridled Outlaw.

Echo Town is already at Ashford and available for inspection by appointment.

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Echo Town Retired to Ashford

Grade I winner Echo Town (Speightstown–Letgomyecho, by Menifee) has been retired from racing and will stand for a fee of $10,000 at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud.

“We are delighted that Echo Town will be coming to Ashford,” said Ashford’s Director of Sales Charlie O’Connor. “He’s a very good-looking horse and Speightstown is making an impression as a sire of sires. As one of the best sprinters of his generation we think Echo Town offers a similar profile to our own Munnings who continues to go from strength to strength.”

Echo Town broke his maiden first out at Fair Grounds for Steve Asmussen, earning ‘TDN Rising Star’ status in the process. Two more convincing wins followed at Oaklawn Park and Churchill Downs before he was second in the GI Woody Stephens S. at Belmont. Next time out in the GI H. Allen Jerkens S. at Saratoga, he turned the tables on Woody Stephens victor No Parole (Violence) with a convincing 3 1/2-length score (video).

“We are extremely excited for Echo Town to stand at Coolmore America,” said co-owner Michael Levinson of L&N Racing. “He has been a star on the racetrack, and we’re confident Coolmore will give him every opportunity to succeed as a stallion. We look forward to seeing his foals hit the ground in 2022.”

A son of GII Forward Gal S. winner Letgomyecho, Echo Town is a half-brother to GSW J Boys Echo (Mineshaft) and GSP placed Unbridled Outlaw (Unbridled’s Song).

Echo Town is already at Ashford and available for inspection by appointment.

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Uncle Mo, Justify Top 2021 Ashford Stud Roster

Coolmore America has announced its fees for the 2021 breeding season.

Joining the roster are Grade 1 Allen Jerkens winner Echo Town and multiple G1SW Maximum Security whose fees will be announced upon retirement. Also new is Caravaggio who re-locates to Kentucky from Coolmore's headquarters in Ireland.

“Our established sires have enjoyed great success on the racetrack this year, but in recognition of the challenging times we find ourselves in, we have reduced the fees of all of our sires yet to have runners with the one exception of Mendelssohn who we have probably under-priced all along,” said Ashford's director of sales Charlie O'Connor. “We have three exciting new additions to our roster and we look forward to watching Echo Town and Maximum Security continue to show their brilliance on the racecourse before they retire.”

Following are the advertised fees for Ashford Stud's 2021 stallion roster:

Air Force Blue – $10,000
American Pharoah – $100,000
Caravaggio (NEW) – $25,000
Classic Empire – $17,500
Competitive Edge – $5,000
Cupid – $5,000
Echo Town (NEW) – TBA
Justify – $125,000
Lookin at Lucky – $20,000
Maximum Security (NEW) – TBA
Mendelssohn – $35,000
Mo Town – $7,500
Munnings – $40,000
Practical Joke – $22,500
Tale of the Cat – $12,500
Uncle Mo – $175,000

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Versatile Diamond Oops Runs Down Longshot Empire Of Gold In Phoenix

Last-out winner of the G2 Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs, the versatile 3-1 favorite Diamond Oops made the switch back to the dirt on Friday when he won the G3 Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland. The 5-year-old son of Lookin at Lucky ran six furlongs over the fast dirt in 1:09.24, besting 51-1 longshot Empire of Gold by three-quarters of a length on the wire. Trained by Pat Biancone and ridden by Florent Geroux, Diamond Oops is campaigned by the Diamond 100 Racing Club, Amy Dunne, D P Racing and Patrick L. Biancone Racing.

The victory earned Diamond Oops an expenses-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Sprint next month, also at Keeneland.

Grade 1 winner No Parole sped out of the starting gate to grab the early lead, while Remington Park invader Empire of Gold moved up to add pressure through early fractions of :22.24 and :44.73. Echo Town and Diamond Oops were just behind the frontrunners early, while veteran Whitmore and Ohio-bred millionaire Mo Don't No tracked in mid-pack.

Rounding the far turn, Empire of Gold grabbed the lead away from No Parole and opened up by several lengths. Diamond Oops took up the chase, but looked to have too much to do with three-sixteenths of a mile to run.

Instead, when Geroux gave the gelding his cue, Diamond Oops dug in gamely and drew even with his rival. Empire of Gold switched to the wrong lead late, trying to find more, but Diamond Oops pushed past to hit the wire three-quarters of a length in front. Empire of Gold had to settle for second, while Echo Town was game late to deny Whitmore for third. Absolutely Aiden was fifth.

Bred in Kentucky by Kin Hui Racing Stables, Diamond Oops is out of the stakes-winning Whywhywhy mare Patriotic Viva. He started showing up in a big way last year, winning the G3 Smile Sprint on dirt before running second in both the G1 Vanderbilt (dirt) and the G1 Shadwell Turf Mile. He was eighth in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile before rebounding to win the G3 Mr. Prospector.

This year, Diamond Oops has not finished worse than fourth in four starts, and his overall record stands at 7-3-1 from 16 starts for earnings of over $1 million.

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