Olympiad to Enter Stud at Gainesway Upon Retirement

Upon his retirement from racing, Olympiad   will take up stallion duties at Gainesway. To date, the 4-year-old son of Speightstown has won eight of 12 career starts, including five graded stakes, highlighted by the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. He possesses both speed and stamina, having won from seven furlongs to 1 1/4 miles and to date has earned just over $2 million.

Olympiad has been one of this year's top older males with six wins from seven starts, making him a leading candidate for Eclipse Award honors as champion older horse and Horse of the Year with his next scheduled start in the Nov. 5 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.

A precocious juvenile conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, Olympiad broke his maiden at Saratoga by 2 3/4 lengths at 2, defeating future graded stakes winners Greatest Honour   and Officiating , as well as Caddo River .

Olympiad's five graded victories this season began with the Mineshaft Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, where he set a track record for 1 1/16 miles, finishing in 1:42.01. He followed up at the same track with a two-length score in the New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2), running the 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.74—just missing the track record by a tenth of a second.

His winning streak continued at Churchill Downs, where he triumphed in the Alysheba Stakes Presented by Sentient Jet (G2), defeating two other grade 1 stakes winners. In his next start, Olympiad won the Stephen Foster Stakes (G2) by 2 1/4 lengths in 1:47.66. He registered a 123 Equibase Speed Rating for the effort while beating an American classic winner, another grade 1 winner, and two other graded stakes winners.

His summer culminated at Saratoga with a two-length win in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1), topping a field of six other graded winners.

Olympiad is campaigned by owners Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable, and LNJ Foxwoods.

Emory Hamilton bred Olympiad in Kentucky out of the winning grade 3-placed Medaglia d'Oro   mare Tokyo Time. He is the product of a family nurtured by Hamilton from her foundation mare and grade 1 winner Chic Shirine. The family has also produced grade 1 winners Preservationist  , Queena , Keen Ice  , Harmonize , Serra Lake , Somali Lemonade , and Verrazano ; along with grade 1-placed, multiple grade 2 winner Hungry Island ; and multiple graded stakes winners Cappuchino  and Al Khali .

Olympiad was purchased from Gainesway's consignment at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $700,000 by agents Alex Solis II and Jason Litt.

"I have been a huge fan of Olympiad since selling him as a yearling in 2019," said Gainesway general manager Brian Graves. "Olympiad has backed up his exceptional looks and pedigree with a tremendous race record. I couldn't be more excited to stand a horse of his quality and talent at Gainesway."

An advertised fee for Olympiad's first season will be announced at a later date.