The Peacock household has began welcoming the subsequent technology of its homebred grade 1 winner Senor Buscador , with the stallion’s first homebred foal arriving Feb. 7 at Shawhan Place close to Paris, Ky.
The bay filly is the primary foal out of the successful Munnings mare Subject Lass, who the Peacock household purchased for $50,000 through the 2024 Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale. Subject Lass is amongst 13 mares the household purchased to help Senor Buscador, who entered stud final 12 months at Lane’s Finish.
Eight of the mares acquired had been purchased on the 2024 Keeneland November sale with the steering of bloodstock agent Marette Farrell.
“Marette did all of the bloodstock work, searching for pedigrees that crossed properly with Senor Buscador and evaluated all of the physicals to ensure they had been an excellent match,” stated Joey Peacock Jr., who co-bred Senor Buscador along with his late father, Joey Sr. “Primarily we had been searching for mares that had produced precocious runners and/or had been early and precocious themselves.”
Subject Lass gained at 2 and three and is a half sister to stakes-placed winner Mrs. Mendelssohn (Mendelssohn), who was runner-up at 2 within the My Trusty Cat Stakes. These two are out of the Medicean winner Moanin, who was an allowance-level winner at 2.Join BloodHorse Day by day
A number of the different mares acquired at Keeneland included Sweet Kitty, a daughter of Lemon Drop Child and a stakes winner at 2 and three. She gained the Wait a Whereas Stakes at 2 and the Ginger Brew Stakes at 3, each at Gulfstream Park. Sweet Kitty has produced 4 winners up to now, led by group 3-placed stakes winner Cigamia (Karakontie ). The Peacocks additionally purchased grade 2 winner Sarach (Arch), who has additionally produced 4 winners to this point, led by French stakes-placed winner Saramouche.
“It’s good to start out getting the foals on the bottom,” Peacock stated. “Courtney Schneider, who foals all of the mares at Shawhan Place, stated this one was an exquisite filly and an excellent particular person, so hopefully we get extra of these.”
Whereas the timeframe is sort of early, Peacock stated the plan is to maintain a few of the foals to race and to supply some at public sale, probably as yearlings.
“We’ll preserve some as a result of we need to make certain they get each likelihood as racehorses, and we’ll put them in Todd Fincher’s fingers,” he stated. “As of proper now, I’d assume we might promote them as yearlings quite than weanlings as a result of I believe they’ll turn into very nice physicals, like Senor Buscador.”
Joey Peacock Sr. selected the mating that produced Senor Buscador, a son of Mineshaft out of the household’s a number of stakes winner and a number of stakes producer, Rose’s Desert (Desert God). The mare has produced three different stakes winners, together with 2018 Sunland Derby (G3) winner Runaway Ghost (Ghostzapper ). Runaway Ghost turned the Texas household’s first stallion enterprise, standing him at Double LL Farm in New Mexico.
With Fincher, Senor Buscador gained his racing debut in November of his 2-year-old season at Remington Park by 2 1/2 lengths and instantly jumped into stakes competitors. He captured the 2020 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes by 5 3/4 lengths in his second begin. He would go on to compile a 7-2-3 file from 23 begins at 13 totally different racetracks. His greatest wins got here within the 2024 $20 million Saudi Cup (G1), 2023 San Diego Handicap (G2), and 2022 Ack Ack Stakes (G3). He additionally positioned in 5 different graded stakes that included a second within the 2024 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) by a neck behind Nationwide Treasure and a 3rd within the 2024 Dubai World Cup (G1).
Senor Buscador retired with greater than $12.9 million in earnings and entered stud at Lane’s Finish at $7,500, which is his charge for this 12 months.
“It’s a actual supply of satisfaction for the farm. When he obtained off the van, he took our breath away,” stated Lane’s Finish farm supervisor Peter Sheehan final 12 months, quickly after the stallion had arrived on the farm close to Versailles, Ky.
“He’s an exquisite, tall, scopey horse and really elegant with a variety of bone and substance. He has nice stability,” Sheehan continued. “His race file speaks for itself and he has the appears to be like to go along with it. With earnings of almost $13 million, he’s the very best earner we have ever stood at Lane’s Finish.”
