Blazing Sevens , winner of the 2022 Champagne Stakes (G1) at 2 and second within the 2023 Preakness Stakes (G1) as a 3-year-old, will stand at Darby Dan Farm in 2025. A stud price for the precocious son of the Eclipse champion and prime stallion Good Magic will probably be introduced on the conclusion of his racing profession. Plans name for Blazing Sevens to be syndicated within the close to future.
Peter Bradley, bloodstock adviser for proprietor Rodeo Creek Racing, brokered the deal to face Blazing Sevens at Darby Dan.
“Blazing Sevens was an distinctive racehorse at two and was unfortunate to not have received the Preakness Stakes at three,” mentioned Bradley. “At 16.2 fingers, Blazing Sevens is an A+ bodily and has each likelihood to turn into a prime stallion.”
Blazing Sevens broke his maiden at Saratoga Race Course at first asking, successful by 6 1/4 lengths. In his second race, he completed a rallying third within the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga over a sloppy observe. Within the Champagne at Belmont Park, Blazing Sevens overcame a troubled begin, made a sweeping transfer five-wide on the far flip, and stormed by the leaders in deep stretch to attain by 3 1/4 lengths for coach Chad Brown.
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Blazing Sevens’ sire is a son of champion and elite stallion Curlin . Good Magic received the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and was named that yr’s champion 2-year-old male. At 3, Good Magic received the Blue Grass Stakes (G2), was runner-up within the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1), and received the Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1). He has sired 5 grade 1 winners from his first two crops and is already the sire of two Eclipse Award finalists, together with 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage . This yr, Good Magic is represented by Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth , an Eclipse Award finalist final yr at 2; Pacific Basic Stakes (G1) winner Mixto ; and Belmont Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes winner Dornoch .
“We’re thrilled to announce the addition of a precocious grade 1 son of Good Magic to our roster,” mentioned Stuart Fitzgibbon, stallion director at Darby Dan Farm. “Blazing Sevens was a real standout in his 2- and 3-year-old racing seasons. Coupled along with his distinctive conformation and pedigree, Blazing Sevens is a extremely fascinating stallion. Blazing Sevens beat or positioned in opposition to the best possible of his era, simply lacking a basic, the 2023 Preakness Stakes, by a head to Nationwide Treasure.”
Blazing Sevens is out of the successful Warrior’s Reward mare Trophy Woman , a half sister to grade 1 winner King David and stakes winner Bertsgoldenmissile . Bred in Kentucky by distinguished breeder Tracy Farmer, Blazing Sevens was a $225,000 graduate of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s choose yearling sale.
Blazing Seven is 1-for-3 this yr, successful an allowance elective claiming race at Aqueduct Racetrack in his first begin of the yr, following by an unplaced end in June 8 Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Saratoga. He has been breezing usually in current weeks at Belmont Park. He’s 3-1-3 in 11 begins with earnings of $994,850.
This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Workers.
