Breeders’ Cup Winner Four Wheel Drive Retired To Stand In Japan

Four Wheel Drive, the winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, has been retired from racing, sold to Japan's Thoroughbred Breeders Club, and he will begin stud duty in that country in 2021, BloodHorse reports.

The 4-year-old colt from the first crop of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah ends his career with three wins in four starts, and earnings of $693,385. He was trained by Wesley Ward for owner Breeze Easy LLC.

Four Wheel Drive went unbeaten in three starts during his juvenile season, winning the Rosie's Stakes at Colonial Downs in his debut, then taking the G3 Futurity Stakes before winning the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Santa Anita Park. He raced only once at three, finishing seventh in a Churchill Downs allowance.

Bred in Kentucky by Glenvale Stud, Four Wheel Drive is out of the stakes-winning More Than Ready mare Funfair

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Flashback, Dortmund Sold To Stand In Korea

The Korean stallion ranks will gain a pair of notable members from America's Mid-Atlantic region in 2021, with the recent import of Flashback and Dortmund.

According to records kept by the Korea Racing Authority, the stallions arrived in the country on Jan. 19.

Flashback, an 11-year-old son of Tapit, previously stood at Diamond B Farms in Pennsylvania after beginning his stud career at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Kentucky.

He is best known as the sire of British Idiom, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2019, who secured the Eclipse Award off a campaign that included victories in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes.

Flashback has sired four crops of racing age, with 88 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $5.4 million. Beyond British Idiom, his most successful runners include Grade 1-placed Boujie Girl, Grade 3-placed Tripwire, and stakes winner Richiesgotgame.

Flashback won two of seven starts during his racing career, earning $405,730 highlighted by a victory in the G2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes. His three additional graded stakes placings include a runner-up effort in the G1 Santa Anita Derby.

Bred in Kentucky by William Andrade M.D. and Michael Hernon, Flashback is out of the Mr. Greeley mare Rhumb Line, making him a full-brother to Grade 1 winner Zazu.

Dortmund, a 9-year-old son of Big Brown previously stood at Bonita Farm in Maryland, where he entered stud in 2018. His first foals will be 2-year-olds of 2021.

One of the top runners of his crop, Dortmund won eight of 16 starts for earnings of $1,987,505. He entered the 2015 Kentucky Derby unbeaten in his first six starts, which included the G1 Santa Anita Derby and Los Alamitos Futurity, the G2 San Felipe Stakes, and the G3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes.

Dortmund left the gate in the Kentucky Derby as the betting public's second choice, and he finished third behind eventual winner American Pharoah. He then finished fourth behind the eventual Triple Crown winner in the Preakness Stakes before getting some time off for the rest of the summer. The colt finished the seasons with wins in the non-graded Big Bear Stakes and the G3 Native Diver Stakes.

Dortmund was never able to capture the same spark in later campaigns, though he hit the board in three graded stakes at age four, including the G1 Pacific Classic and Awesome Again Stakes, before finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita Park.

Bred in Kentucky by Emilie Fojan, Dortmund is out of the stakes-winning Tale of the Cat mare Our Josephina.

Flashback and Dortmund will join multiple Grade 2 winner Race Day, also a son of Tapit, among Korea's incoming stallions of 2021 with prior experience standing in the U.S. Race Day arrived in the country in December.

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Grade 2 Winner Race Day Exported To Korea

Race Day, a multiple Grade 2-winning son of Tapit, has been exported to continue his stallion career in Korea.

According to Korea Racing Authority records, the 9-year-old was imported to his new home on Dec. 9. He previously stood at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he began his stallion career in 2016.

Race Day's top runners include stakes winners Gee She Sparkles, Mom's Red Lipstick, and Race Home. He is also the sire of Puerto Rican Group 3 winner Consultora.

On his own accord, Race Day won six of 12 starts for earnings of $748,000. His career was highlighted by victories in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap and Fayette Stakes, along with the G3 Razorback Handicap. He also finished third in the G3 Fred W. Hooper Stakes.

Race Day is out of the winning More Than Ready mare Rebalite, whose four foals to race are all winners, also including multiple stakes-placed Banded. His extended family includes Kentucky Oaks winner Lite Light.

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Tapizar, Sire Of Monomoy Girl, Moves To Japan For 2021

Tapizar, a Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner and sire of champion Monomoy Girl, will relocate to Yushun Stallion Station in Japan for the 2021 breeding season, Racing Post reports.

The 12-year-old son of Tapit previously stood at Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2013. From five crops of racing age, he has sired 231 winners and his runners have earned more than $22.4 million.

His most successful offspring is Monomoy Girl, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2018 and likely champion older mare of 2020. She won the Breeders' Cup Distaff during both campaigns, and her nine career graded stakes wins also includes the 2018 Kentucky Oaks. Last month, she sold to Spendthrift Farm for $9.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale, and she will remain in training for 2021.

Other runners of note by Tapizar include Grade 2 winners Jeltrin and Amalfi Coast, and Grade 3 winners Honey Bunny, Project Whiskey, and Solidify.

Tapizar is best known during his own on-track career for his victory in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita Park. All three of his career graded stakes wins came at Santa Anita, also adding the G3 Sham Stakes and G2 San Fernando Stakes. In total, he won six of 14 starts for $972,632.

Tapizar is expected to arrive at his new farm in mid-January.

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