Claiborne Farm has secured the breeding rights to Prince of Monaco , one of many prime dust sprinters of his class and the one son of prime sire Speightstown to win a grade 1 at age 2. He’ll enter stud on the Paris, Ky., farm upon his retirement from racing.
The three-year-old is concentrating on the Breeders’ Cup Dash (G1) Nov. 2 at Del Mar for his subsequent begin.
After promoting as a yearling for $950,000 at Fasig-Tipton’s 2022 The Saratoga Sale, Prince of Monaco was positioned within the barn of Corridor of Fame coach Bob Baffert, the place he gained his first three begins.
Prince of Monaco captured his debut sprinting 5 furlongs on the dust at Los Alamitos Race Course, which he gained by a widening eight lengths because the 1-20 favourite. He then made a simple soar into graded stakes competitors with a dominant 4 1/4-length rating within the Greatest Pal Stakes (G3) at Del Mar, finishing the six-furlong race in a stakes-record time of 1:09.19. Subsequent a number of grade 1 winner Muth and grade 2 winner Raging Torrent completed second and third, respectively.
Prince of Monaco’s 2-year-old marketing campaign was highlighted by yet one more graded victory within the Del Mar Futurity (G1).
After standing out on the West Coast at 2, Prince of Monaco has proven elite type on the East Coast as a 3-year-old, ending second by a half-length within the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course following a seven-month layoff. He was runner-up once more a month later, by a neck behind Home Product , within the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1), by which he earned a 107 Equibase Pace Determine.
“Working a 103 Beyer (within the Greatest Pal) as a 2-year-old is a big achievement and an incredible barometer of expertise and talent,” mentioned Walker Hancock. “Moreover, he was solely overwhelmed a mixed three-quarters of a size in two premier grade 1 races at Saratoga this summer season, whereas coping with troubled journeys. Now we have an incredible quantity of respect for Stonestreet’s breeding program and we’re excited so as to add one other considered one of their homebreds in Prince of Monaco to our stallion roster.”
Prince of Monaco races for the partnership of SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Robert Masterson, Waves Edge Capital, Catherine Donovan, and Tom Ryan.
“SF Bloodstock has been Speightstown’s largest fan and supporters for occurring twenty years now,” mentioned Tom Ryan. “On the heels of getting Charlatan, we’re very excited to be related to Speightstown’s quickest 2-year-old ever in Prince of Monaco. You’d be hard-pressed to discover a better-looking animal and we’re staunch in our beliefs that he’ll fall into the profitable footsteps of his father.”
Bred in Kentucky by Barbara Banke’s vaunted Stonestreet program, Prince of Monaco is out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Rainier, who’s a half sister to stakes winners Laurie’s Rocket and Greeley’s Rocket.
“I’m excited for what lies forward,” added Banke. “Prince of Monaco has been a standout since delivery, along with his pure expertise and athleticism evident from the beginning. His pace, coronary heart, and sheer brilliance on the observe will make him a rare stallion. He is the whole bundle, and I am unable to wait to see him cross on that distinctive expertise to future generations.”
This press launch has been edited for content material and magnificence by BloodHorse Workers.
