Blended Citizen to Stand in Oklahoma

Blended Citizen , a three-time graded stakes winner, has been purchased by DMW Racing Stables and will enter stud in Oklahoma for the 2021 breeding season at Collett Equine Veterinary Service for an introductory fee of $2,000.

Mike Recio brokered the transaction for the 5-year-old son of Proud Citizen on behalf of owners Sayjay Racing, Greg Hall, and Brooke Hubbard.

The 5-year-old horse won two graded stakes two years ago at 3, taking the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) on Polytrack at Turfway Park for trainer Doug O'Neill and later adding the Peter Pan Stakes (G3) on dirt at Belmont Park. He was also ninth that year in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1).

This year under the direction of Brad Cox, who began training him in late 2019, the horse won the Louisiana Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots via the disqualification of Silver Dust. His last start came when fourth in the Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park March 14.

In total, he won five of 22 starts and $558,230, victorious on dirt, turf, and synthetic. He also placed in two other stakes, the Tenacious Stakes at Fair Grounds this year and the 2018 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields.

"Blended Citizen was an incredibly talented and versatile individual," said Hubbard, who purchased the horse at the Ocala Breeders' Sale Company's 2017 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training for $85,000 from Wavertree's consignment. "He showed tremendous ability to win on three different surfaces and to win graded stakes races on both dirt and synthetic against some of the top horses of his generation. We are excited about his future and his first crop of foals in 2022."

Blended Citizen is bred on the same cross that produced 2008 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Proud Spell. Bred in Kentucky by Ray Hanson out of the stakes-winning Langfuhr mare Langara Lass, he is related to two other stakes winners, grade 1-placed runners Battlefield Angel and Lookin At Lee . The latter, who also heads to stud next year, was second in the 2017 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), making over $1.3 million.

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"We could not be more pleased to acquire an exceptional horse like Blended Citizen," said Matt Wilkett of the Tulsa, Okla.-based DMW Racing Stables. "We think a horse with his depth of pedigree, paired with his ability to win as a 2-year-old and at the graded stakes level at 3, makes him an attractive horse for breeders in Oklahoma at the southwest region."

There will be a limited number of lifetime breeding rights available to the first 20 mares that are booked for Blended Citizen's first season.