Klimt Gets First Reported Foal in New York
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Photo: Courtesy of Mahoney Eden Manor
The colt was born Jan. 5 at Britt Wadsworth's Mahoney Eden Manor and was bred by Randy Brandon
Darby Dan Farm's Klimt , a grade 1-winning juvenile by Quality Road , sired his first reported foal Jan. 5 at Britt Wadsworth's Mahoney Eden Manor near Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Bred by Randy Brandon, the colt is the third foal produced by the winning Medaglia d'Oro mare D'Orsay, who is out of the Argentina-bred Roar mare Forty Marchanta, a multiple group 1 winner and champion 3-year-old filly in Argentina.
Klimt was one of America's best 2-year-olds of 2016. He captured the Best Pal Stakes (G2) by 2 3/4 lengths in just his third career start, before rolling to a dominant 4 1/4-length victory in the Del Mar Futurity (G1), where he ran seven furlongs in 1:21.80, marking the second-fastest Del Mar Futurity in over a dozen years. Raced by Kaleem Shah, Klimt also placed in two other graded stakes on his way to earning $468,960.
"The future is bright for Klimt," said Ryan Norton, stallion director at Darby Dan. "He was an accomplished racehorse, he possesses a stallion's pedigree, and has a great physical to match. He bred a strong first book of mares, and his first foal looks the part."
Klimt is out of the stakes-placed Dixie Union mare Inventive and hails from the immediate family of Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Concern. He covered 222 mares in his initial book—the third most popular sire of 2018—and he stands his second season at stud for $10,000.