Flat Out to Move to Mighty Acres in Oklahoma

Multiple grade 1 winner Flat Out , a leading third-crop sire of 2019, has been sold to continue his stud career at Dr. Warren Center's Mighty Acres near Pryor, Okla., in a deal brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock.

Flat Out is the leading third-crop sire of 2019 by winners with 89 individual scorers through Sept. 22. Progeny earnings of more than $3.7 million for 2019 also make the 13-year-old son of Flatter  a top-three U.S.-based third-crop sire. Those earnings are ahead of all current Oklahoma-based stallions this year. 

Already the sire of six stakes winners from his time at Spendthrift Farm, including successful 2-year-olds Flat Out Speed, recent winner of the Iowa Sorority Stakes; grade 3-placed Pacific Gale, and stakes-winning sprinter Wendell Fong, Flat Out is responsible for 18 black-type horses. With a crop of 106 yearlings in the pipeline, the stallion is primed for further success.

Flat Out retired with a record of nine wins from 29 races and $3,645,383 in earnings. His victories included two renewals of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) in which he defeated the likes of Drosselmeyer, Stay Thirsty , and Fort Larned , and the 2013 Cigar Mile (G1), in which he defeated Private Zone and Verrazano . He was also grade 1-placed on a further eight occasions, notably when he placed third in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Bred by Nikolaus Bock in Florida, Flat Out is descends from the A.P. Indy sire line and is a half brother to Lil Indy, dam of two-time grade 1 winner Maximum Security. His dam is the stakes-winning Cresta Lil, by Cresta Rider.

A 2020 stud fee for Flat Out will be announced at a later date. Flat Out will stand alongside Den's Legacy , Liaison , Pollard's Vision , and The Visualiser at Mighty Acres.