Flameaway to Shuttle to Chile's Haras Dadinco

Flameaway , Darby Dan Farm's graded stakes-winning son of Scat Daddy, is shuttling to South America to stand at Haras Dadinco in Chile for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season, Darby Dan announced July 9. In the deal brokered by Matt Bowling Bloodstock and Sullivan Bloodstock, Flameaway will stand alongside Aragorn, Newfoundland, and Van Nistelrooy, among others.

"We are thrilled to partner with Haras Dadinco," said Ryan Norton, the stallion director at Darby Dan Farm. "Flameaway was a versatile racehorse, and he has a stallion's pedigree. He generated a lot of interest in his first season at stud, and we believe it's an exciting situation for our young stallion, as well as for Southern Hemisphere breeders."

An earner of $911,634 for owner John Oxley and trainer Mark Casse, Flameaway was a stakes winner every year from 2 to 4, winning on dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces at distances of 4 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. He won five stakes, including the Dixiana Bourbon Stakes (G3) at Keeneland and the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga Race Course after breaking his maiden on debut.

At 3, he captured the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, defeating subsequent grade 1 winners Catholic Boy  and Vino Rosso . He also won the Kitten's Joy Stakes on turf at Gulfstream Park and the 2019 Challenger Stakes at Tampa.

His win in the Sam F. Davis was followed by seconds in both the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) to earn a spot in the starting gate of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). He was retired with nine first- or second-place finishes in 18 starts.

At stud, Flameaway proved popular at Darby Dan, breeding 183 mares in his first Northern Hemisphere season, the farm said.