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Gun Runner Season To Benefit Tornado-Ravaged Western KY

A no-guarantee season to record-setting first-crop sire Gun Runner will be auctioned off at the conclusion of the opening session of next month's Keeneland January Sale Jan. 10, with all proceeds to benefit victims of deadly tornadoes that struck Western Kentucky earlier this month.

“It is unimaginable the damage and suffering wreaked upon so many of the communities and good people of Western Kentucky,” said Three Chimneys Chairman Goncalo Torrealba. “Three Chimneys, our partner Ron Winchell, and the entire Thoroughbred horse industry share the grief of those whose lives have been impacted and this is a way we felt we could directly help.”

The price of the nomination is expected to exceed $100,000. Three Chimneys and Kentucky Downs will add an additional $100,000 for a total of at least $200,000.

Ron Winchell, who owns Kentucky Downs and who campaigned Gun Runner, added, “With Kentucky Downs and Three Chimneys additional donations, it shows the commitment the racing industry has to those affected by the devastation in Western Kentucky.”

All proceeds will go directly to local communities in the affected counties. Inquiries may be directed to the Three Chimneys' farm office at (859) 873-7053 or to the Keeneland sales office for those interested in phone or online bidding on the season.

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Season 5 of Foal Patrol Debuts

Season 5 of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's live webcam series Foal Patrol will debut online at www.foalpatrol.com Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Season 5 will feature in-foal mares at Claiborne Farm, Gainesway Farm, Safari North at Pauls Mill Farm, Three Chimneys Farm and Old Tavern Farm in New York.

The participants are MGISW Elate (Medaglia d'Oro) at Claiborne, who is carrying her second foal by Speightstown; Gainesway's Spanish Bunny (Unusual Heat), who is in foal to Uncle Mo; Traveling Tiger (Candy Ride {Arg}), in foal to Audible, at Safari North; Repeta (Broken Vow) at Three Chimneys, who is in foal to Volatile; and Floripa (Tapit) at Old Tavern Farm, who is in foal to Vekoma.

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Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Albert The Great Euthanized At 23

Multiple graded stakes winner Albert the Great was euthanized November 19 at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm based in Georgetown, KY, where he has been pensioned since 2017.

According to attending veterinarian Dr. Bryan Waldridge, the 23-year-old stallion was euthanized due to chronic sinus infection.

Campaigned by owner Tracy Farmer and trainer Nick Zito, the son of Go for Gin had a short but very prestigious career. He earned his first graded stakes as a 3-year-old capturing the GR2 Dwyer Stakes in 2000 and, later that year, the GR1 Jockey Club Gold Cup. At Saratoga that summer he fell just a stride or two short of victory in the GR1 Travers Stakes.

At 4 he captured the Widener Handicap (G3) at Hialeah Park, the Suburban and Brooklyn Handicaps (G2) at Belmont Park, and ran second in four other GR1 contests, including the GR1 Woodward and Whitney Stakes.

Albert the Great retired from racing in 2001 following a third place finish in the Breeders' Cup Classic with a 8-6-4 record from 22 starts, 15 of which were made in graded stakes. His lifetime earnings totaled $3,012,490. He entered stud in 2002 at Three Chimneys Farm before relocating to Pin Oak Lane in 2008.

He sired such GR1 winners as Moonshine Mullin, Albertus Maximus, and Nobiz Like Shobiz, who is currently retired at Old Friends.

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“Albert the Great was aptly named,” said Old Friends founder and President Michael Blowen. “He was the master and everyone else was just a serf. He didn't need you to be his friend, just his servant. He was certainly a unique iconoclast and he'll be missed. Our thanks to Three Chimneys, Tracy and Carol Farmer, and Nick Zito,” Blowen added. “They raised a great one.”

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Beholder To Be Bred To Gun Runner In 2022

Three Chimneys announced today that future Hall of Famer Beholder will be bred to Leading Sire Gun Runner for the 2022 breeding season.

One of the greatest race mares of all time and the recipient of the coveted Eclipse Award four times – Champion 2-Year-Old Filly, Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, and Champion Older Mare twice – compiled a record of 18 wins and 6 seconds from 26 starts with career earnings of $6,156,600. The remarkable mare notched an unprecedented 10 Grade 1 wins and is one of only two mares in the history of the Breeders' Cup to win three times. A singular performer on the track, she boasts perhaps the most prominent pedigree currently in the stud book. She is a half-sister to both super sire Into Mischief as well as to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner and promising young sire Mendelssohn.

“Beholder is the crown jewel of an extraordinary book for Gun Runner. The whole Gun Runner team is excited and appreciative that she is coming. Three Chimneys will be rolling out the red carpet for her,” said Doug Cauthen, managing partner at Doug Cauthen Thoroughbred Management LLC., and Vice Chairman at Three Chimneys.

Horse of the Year Gun Runner is off to one of the most remarkable starts to a stud career in recent memory. He is the sire of 5 individual stakes winners. The undefeated and unchallenged Echo Zulu distinguished herself as the best of her generation compiling Grade 1 wins in the Spinaway, the Frizette, and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Gun Runner's other standout performers among his 20 first crop winners include G1 Hopeful Winner Gunite, G2 Best Pal winner, and G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Pappacap, G2 Adirondack winner Wicked Halo, and stakes winner Concept.

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