KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER TO STUD 17 Aug 2020 12:31
Country House, the winner of the
2019 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and an earner of
$2,120,175, will take up stud duty at John Phillips’ Darby Dan Farm in
Lexington to stand the 2021 breeding season.
“Country House is an
absolutely gorgeous horse that was just coming into his own when he ran in the
Kentucky Derby,” his trainer Bill Mott said. “We always felt the best
was yet to come.”
Country House opened his
3-year-old season by breaking his maiden with an eye-catching 3 1/2-length
score over 1 1/16 miles at Gulfstream Park. He then finished a fast-closing second
to eventual classic winner War of Will in the Risen Star Stakes Presented by
Lamarque Ford (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots before finishing
fourth in the TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2). In his final prep before the
145th Kentucky Derby, Country House finished a determined third behind Omaha
Beach and Improbable in the Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park.
Country House finished second in
the Run for the Roses behind Maximum Security but was elevated to first via
disqualification.
A son of champion Lookin At
Lucky, Country House is out of the War Chant mare Quake Lake.
