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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:44 am

B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired the breeding rights to multiple Gr1 winner and Kentucky Derby contender Gormley, who on Saturday captured the $1 million Gr1 Santa Anita Derby. The 3YO son of Malibu Moon will stand at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky when he retires. “Malibu Moon has been A.P. Indy’s best sire over the course of the last decade, and now we’re starting to see him develop into a sire to sires through popular sons like Orb. We’ve waited for the right son to come along that we could bring to stud to stand alongside Malibu Moon. We are thrilled for that to be Gormley, whose precociousness, athleticism, class and good looks make him an exciting stallion prospect,” said Spendthrift owner B. Wayne Hughes. Trained by John Shirreffs, Gormley now heads to Louisville as potentially one of only three multiple Grade 1-winning colts in this year’s Kentucky Derby field. “Gormley is the best colt by Malibu Moon I’ve seen at the yearling sales, and John (Shirreffs) fell in love with him at Keeneland,” said bloodstock agent David Ingordo. “Now, he’s a Grade 1 winner at two, a Santa Anita Derby (Gr1) winner at three, and he comes into the Triple Crown as a major contender.” A winner of 4 of his 6 starts for over US$900,000 in earnings, Gormley’s other Gr1 victory came in the Frontrunner Stakes at Santa Anita in October. Gormely’s second dam, Miss Mambo, was third in the French 1,000 Guineas, and his fourth dam is multiple Grade 1 winner Estrapade. Reply
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