The Lieutenant to Shuttle to Peru's Haras Barlovento
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The Lieutenant wins the All American Stakes at Golden Gate Fields
Becky Thomas and Boris Schwartzman announced May 31 that graded stakes winner The Lieutenant will stand the 2019 Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Haras Barlovento in Peru.
The bay horse by champion 2-year-old and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Street Sense retired with $345,882 in earnings. Trained in California by Mike McCarthy for Mr. & Mrs. William Warren, The Lieutenant won at Del Mar, Los Alamitos Race Course, Santa Anita Park, and Golden Gate Fields. In the All American Stakes (G3) at Golden Gate, he defeated six graded performers. The Lieutenant placed second to multiple grade 1 winner Diversify in the Suburban Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park, outrunning grade 1 winners Hoppertunity, Tapwrit, and Discreet Lover, as well as grade 2 winner War Story. He also placed in Santa Anita's Californian Stakes (G2), besting group 1 winner Full of Luck and grade 3 winner Curlin Road.
Out of Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Stage Magic, by Ghostzapper , The Lieutenant is a half brother to undefeated Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Justify . His first crop will arrive in 2020.
The Lieutenant, who currently stands at Sequel Stallions New York, will shuttle for the first time after his first breeding season in the U.S. He will go into quarantine at the end of June.
"We are so excited for The Lieutenant to have a summer job at a leading stud farm in Peru," Sequel's Becky Thomas said. "The team at Haras Barlovento has just been great, and they have a superb broodmare band. He will be bred to beautiful mares by leading American sires Smart Strike, Unbridled, Giant's Causeway, Candy Ride , Freud , Quiet American, Vindication, Stormy Atlantic , Mineshaft, Harlan's Holiday, Johannesburg, Kitten's Joy , Exchange Rate, Lookin At Lucky , Forest Wildcat, Dynaformer, Malibu Moon , Forestry, Pure Prize, Broken Vow , Sky Mesa , El Corredor, and Grand Slam.
"We are grateful to Marette Farrell for giving The Lieutenant another opportunity to prove himself as a sire. Given the success of Street Sense and his incredible family, we are sure The Lieutenant will become a highly sought-after sire."