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Gunite

Fee for 2026 $25,000

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Fee for 2026
$25,000
Bay 2019
16.1 hh
Pedigree
Gun Runner - Simple Surprise (Cowboy Cal)
Distance won over
6f. to 7f.
Gunite conformation shot
Gunite Paddock
Gunite leading in hand
Gunite Head Shot 1200 x 800
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ONE OF THE BEST, FASTEST & MOST PRECOCIOUS SONS OF GUN RUNNER..

 

  • Gr.1 winner as a 2YO

  • Gr.2-winning sprinter as a 3YO

  • Gr.1-winning sprinter as a 4YO

 

And The Pedigree to Match…

 

  • Dual Gr.1 winner by Gun Runner

  • His first 3 dams are all Stakes winners

 

First foals have already sold for $350,000, $340,000, $335,000, $310,000, $290,000 etc.

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“His first three dams are Stakes winner, and who wouldn’t like a Gun Runner precocious enough to win the G1 Hopeful, yet hardy enough to return at four and beat Elite Power in the G1 Forego?”

Pedigree

GuniteGun Runner (USA)Simple Surprise (USA)Candy Ride (ARG)Quiet Giant (USA)Cowboy Cal (USA)Simplify (USA)Ride the Rails (USA)Candy Girl (ARG)Giant's Causeway (USA)Quiet Dance (USA)Giant's Causeway (USA)Texas Tammy (USA)Pulpit (USA)Classic Olympio (USA)

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Race Record

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES

Gr.1 winner as a 2YO

1st Hopeful Stakes-Gr.1, 7f., Saratoga by 5¾ lengths, in a faster time than leading sire Practical Joke

1st MSW, 6f., Churchill Downs by 1½ lengths

 

Gr.2-winning sprinter as a 3YO

1st AmsterdamStakes-Gr.2, 6½f., Saratoga

1st Maxfield Stakes, 7f., Churchill Downs

1st Harrods Creek Stakes, 7f., Churchill Downs, by 3 lengths

1st Perryville Stakes, 7f., Keeneland, by 3¾ lengths

2nd H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes-Gr.1, 7f., Saratoga to Jack Christopher

Gr.1-winning sprinter as a 4YO

1st Forego Stakes-Gr.1, 7f., Saratoga, by 1¾ lengths, defeating Champion Sprinter Elite Power

1st King Cotton Stakes, 6f., Oaklawn Park, by 4 lengths

1st Aristides Stakes, 6f., Churchill Downs, by 1¾ lengths

2nd Breeders’ Cup Sprint-Gr.1, 6f., Santa Anita, to Elite Power

2nd Alfred G Vanderbilt H-Gr.1, 6f., Saratoga, beaten only a head by Elite Power

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