Combatant Seeks to Repeat His Sire's Success in Chile

Rockridge Stud's first-year sire Combatant  , a grade 1-winning son of Scat Daddy , will shuttle to Haras Porta Pia in Chile, the farm announced July 22.

Combatant's sire line should be well received by Chilean breeders. Scat Daddy sired 40 Southern Hemisphere black-type winners, which include 11 champions in Chile. Among his best runners are Horses of the Year and multiple champions Il Campione  and Solaria  and two-time champion Dacita .

A $320,000 yearling at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Combatant raced for Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing. The colt became a winner in his second start at 2 and was second in the Remington Springboard Mile Stakes. He was competitive in graded company, placing in three graded stakes at 3. Without a stakes win, he was entered in the 2019 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, where agent David Ingordo picked him up for $220,000 for Hronis Racing. At 5, Combatant broke through with a win in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1). He retired with a 4-5-6 record from 30 starts and career earnings of $1,062,915.

Combatant was syndicated and entered stud at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y., for $7,500. The deal to stand the stallion in Chile was brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock, Colt Pike, and J.P. Sullivan of Sullivan Bloodstock.