Reliance Ranches, LLC of Guthrie, Okla., announces the purchase of American Anthem, by Arkansas Derby winner and classic-placed sire Bodemeister.
American Anthem, a multiple graded stakes winner began his career by winning his first start at two and following up with a successful 3-year-old season posting back-to-back graded victories in the Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera Stakes at Santa Anita and the G2 Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont. He followed his graded wins with third-place finishes in the G1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga and the G1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship.
As a 4-year-old, he won the Grade 2 San Carlos Stakes and raced into his 6-year-old year, finishing third in the G1 Runhappy Carter Stakes in 2020. American Anthem finished on the board in 16 of 21 starts and earned a total of $848,490.00.
Bred in Kentucky by Winstar Farm, American Anthem won his stakes races wearing the silks of China Horse Club and Winstar Farm, et al.
The sale of American Anthem for stud duty was brokered by Patrick Morell of Morell Bloodstock, LLC.
He will stand at Sierra Blanca Equine in Alamogordo, N.M.
Contact Kim Saunders at Sierra Blanca for stud fee pricing.
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