Ami's Flatter Retired to Ocala Stud
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Ami's Flatter wins the 2016 Commonwealth Stakes in near-stakes-record time at Keeneland
Ivan Dalos' Ami's Flatter , winner of the 2016 Commonwealth Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, has been retired and will stand the 2019 breeding season at Ocala Stud in Florida, the farm announced Oct. 11. A fee will be announced at a later date, and he is available for inspection.
"We are looking forward to working with Mr. Dalos on standing Ami's Flatter," said Ocala Stud's David O'Farrell. "He is an accomplished racehorse with tremendous sprinter speed and versatility. He possesses sire power, his female family is loaded with runners of the highest quality, and he has a great physical to match."
Bred by Dalos' Tall Oaks Farm, one of the most successful breeding operations in Canada, Ami's Flatter is by Flatter , the sire of 2017 3-year-old champion West Coast and millionaire Flat Out . He was produced from the Victory Gallop mare Galloping Ami, who was named the 2016 Broodmare of the Year in Canada. Galloping Ami is a full sister to stakes winner Victorious Ami, who produced grade 1-placed, multiple graded stakes winner Ami's Mesa, who was named 2017 champion female sprinter and older female in Canada. Victorious Ami is the dam of graded stakes winner Ami's Holiday , too.
An earner of $536,931 for trainer Josie Carroll, Ami's Flatter defeated a competitive and classy field in the Commonwealth, sweeping past the pacesetters into the lane and beating graded stakes winner Ready for Rye by 2 3/4 lengths. His final time of 1:21.66 for seven furlongs earned an Equibase Speed Rating of 114 and just missed Taris' 2014 track record of 1:21.32.
Ami's Flatter was precocious, winning his 2-year-old debut over Woodbine's all-weather surface. At 3, he finished second to Carpe Diem in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and third behind Materiality and Upstart in the $1 million Besilu Stables Florida Derby (G1). At 4, he finished third to grade 1 winner A. P. Indian and multiple grade 1-placed, four-time graded stakes winner Limousine Liberal in the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland.