Stonestreet, e Five Racing Buy $800,000 Kantharos Colt

A fleet Kantharos  colt tied the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training top price—later eclipsed by a Medaglia d'Oro filly—when bloodstock agent John Moynihan went to $800,000 to secure the colt for the partnership of Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Stables and Bob Edwards' e Five Racing. These partners also campaign top Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) contender and champion Good Magic.

Ocala Stud, which bred and consigned the colt as Hip 1164, stood Kantharos from 2013-16 for Stonestreet, which campaigned the multiple graded stakes winner by Lion Heart. Kantharos has since been relocated to Hill 'n' Dale Farms near Lexington.

"We believed in the colt, which is Ocala Stud-bred through and through, by a stallion we stood and have a ton of confidence in," said David O'Farrell with Ocala Stud. "Kantharos gets a high volume of runners, a lot of winners, a lot of stakes winners—they carry their speed, and they stay sound. The biggest and best is yet to come from him." 

The colt, out of the Concorde's Tune mare Valid Concorde, attracted attention during the under tack show, working a quarter in :20 4/5 and galloping out in :44 and change.

"What I loved the most about him is that he is a taller, leaner version of his father. Looks more like him than any other horse I've seen by Kantharos," said Moynihan. "David (O'Farrell) mentioned him in March and said we needed to be here in April. He was very fast, but who consigns the horse makes a difference. We started Kantharos with Ocala Stud, and they were responsible for the horse being able to move to Kentucky."