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Sierra Leone

Fee for 2026 $75,000

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Fee for 2026
$75,000
Bay 2021
16.3 hh
Pedigree
Gun Runner - Heavenly Love (Malibu Moon)
Distance won over
1m. to 1m¼
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Sierra Leone Morning Track Workd
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Winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic as a 3YO, defeating 10 winners of 19 Grade 1 races


BRILLIANT SON OF THE RED-HOT GUN RUNNER!

 

Ultra Consistent! Never out of the placings in his 14 starts, 13 of those in Gr.2 & Gr.1 company!

 

Out of Gr.1 Alcibiades Stakes winner HEAVENLY DARLING and from the family of Gr.1 winners ROAMIN RACHEL & ZENNO ROB ROY.

 

A $2,300,000 yearling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale!

 

A dominant winner of the Gr.1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.

 

Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic as a 3YO, defeating 10 winners of 19 Grade 1 races.

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Andy Beyer

“Sierra Leone never runs a bad race”

Pedigree

Sierra LeoneGUN RUNNER (USA)HEAVENLY LOVE (USA)CANDY RIDE (ARG)QUIET GIANT (USA)MALIBU MOON (USA)DARLING MY DARLING (USA)RIDE THE RAILS (USA)CANDY GIRL (ARG)GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (USA)QUIET DANCE (USA)A P INDY (USA)MACOUMBA (USA)DEPUTY MINISTER (USA)ROAMIN RACHEL (USA)

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Race Record

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES

Impressive 2YO

1st Maiden Special Weight, Aqueduct, 1m, by 1¼ lengths, ahead of Change of Command & Ignite The Light

2nd Remsen Stakes-Gr.2, Aqueduct, 11/8m, beaten a nose by subsequent dual Gr.1 winner Dornoch

 

Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner at 3

1st Breeders’ Cup Classic-Gr.1, Del Mar, 1¼m, by 1½ lengths, beating Fierceness and Forever Young

1st Blue Grass Stakes-Gr.1, Keeneland, 11/8m, by 1½ lengths, beating Just A Touch, Dornoch & Seize The Grey

1st Risen Star Stakes-Gr.2, Fairgrounds, 11/8m, beating Track Phantom, Catching Freedom & Resilience

2nd Kentucky Derby-Gr.1, Churchill Downs, 1¼m, by a nose, to Mystic Dan, from Forever Young, with Gr.1 winners Stronghold, Dornoch, Domestic Product & Fierceness further behind

2nd Jim Dandy Stakes-Gr.2, Saratoga, 11/8m, by a length, to Fierceness, from Batten Down & Seize The Grey

3rd Belmont Stakes-Gr.1, Saratoga, 1¼m, by 1½ lengths, to Dornoch & Mindframe, ahead of Gr.1 winners Seize The Grey & Mystic Dan

3rd Travers Stakes-Gr.1, Saratoga, 1¼m, by 2 lengths, to Fierceness & Thorpedo Anna, from Dornoch

 

Top Class 4YO

1st Whitney Stakes-Gr.1, Saratoga, 11/8m, by 1 length, beating Highland Falls and Disarm

2nd Breeders’ Cup Classic-Gr.1, Del Mar, 1¼m, by ½ length to Forever Young, ahead of Gr.1 winners Fierceness, Journalism, Mindframe, Baeza, Nevada Beach, & Antiquarian

2nd Stephen Foster Stakes-Gr.1, Churchill Downs, 11/8m, to Mindframe

2nd Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes-Gr.1, Saratoga, 1¼m, to Antiquarian

3rd New Orleans Classic Stakes-Gr.2, Fairgrounds, 11/8m, to Touchuponastar and Hall Of Fame

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