Three-time Grade 1 winner Flat Out will enter stud for 2014
at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. An earner of $3,645,383
on the track, the bay recently retired on a high note after impressively
winning the Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap on November 30 at Aqueduct.
He will
participate in Spendthrift’s Share The Upside program and stand for a fee of
$10,000.
“Flat Out has proven himself to be among the elite racehorses we’ve seen over
the course of the last three years,” said Ned Toffey, general manager at
Spendthrift. “His brilliant win recently over five Grade 1 winners in the Cigar
Mile is a fitting way for him to close out his tremendous racing career, and it
showed he was top class among the best milers and best classic horses around.
“Physically, he’s an awesome individual who’s very well-balanced, handsome and
correct, and his A.P. Indy sire line is obviously the preeminent sire line in
North America today. We believe breeders are going to like him, and we invite
everyone to come out to the farm to see him.”
As a two-year-old, Flat Out broke his maiden second-time out at Fair Grounds
before jumping onto the Derby trail with a 3 1/2-length win in the one-mile Smarty
Jones S. at Oaklawn in just his third start. He would go on to become one of the
top handicap horses in North America from 2011 to present, winning six graded
stakes — including the prestigious Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup twice
— and defeating 14 Grade 1 winners in his victories along the way.
Flat Out
also earned more than a million dollars in each of the last three years, joining
champion Royal Delta as the only two horses in the world to accomplish that feat
in U.S. dollars.
Campaigned by Preston Stables LLC, Flat Out recorded 18 triple-digit BRIS
Speed figures during his time on track,
including the fastest BRIS Speed number of 2012 in a stakes when he earned a 117
rating for defending his title in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He also won the
Grade 2 Suburban Handicap for the second time this year before capping off his career with a Cigar
Mile victory over five Grade 1 winners.
“Flat Out possesses the tremendous heart and talent that is only found in the
truly top-class racehorses, and he proved that with his honesty, consistency,
and ability to overcome. I’d have to rank him number one among the most exciting
horses I’ve raced,” said owner Art Preston, who has also campaigned such
racehorses as champion Victory Gallop.
“Spendthrift is an established stud farm
with great history and class, and Wayne (Hughes) has been an innovator with his
breeding programs. I’m making a plan to breed some mares to Flat Out and it
should be a lot of fun.”
By A.P. Indy’s son Flatter, Flat Out retires sound with a record of 9-5-5 from
29 starts. He is available for inspection at Spendthrift.
For more information
on Flat Out or Spendthrift’s Share The Upside Program, please contact Ken
Wilkins, Des Dempsey or Mark Toothaker at 859-294-0030, or visit
SpendthriftFarm.com.
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