Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic winner Sierra Leone will race subsequent 12 months as a 4-year-old, Coolmore America introduced in a social media submit Nov. 7.
His house owners – Peter Brant, Brook Smith, and Coolmore-affiliated pursuits – had taken the times after the Breeders’ Cup Basic to evaluate and formally announce his future.
Along with his effectiveness as a racehorse, which has earned him a 4-3-2 report in 9 begins and earnings of $6,008,000, Sierra Leone holds immense worth as a stallion prospect. He’s an in-demand 3-year-old son of Gun Runner, one so nicely bred and putting that he offered at public sale as a yearling for $2.3 million.
Coolmore wrote on X that “Sierra Leone arrived in Kentucky on Monday and is now having fun with a while off at Ashford Stud, the place he’ll relaxation and recharge earlier than returning to the observe.”
Coolmore thanked coach Chad Brown and his total crew “for all their arduous work and unwavering perception in ‘Sierra,’ significantly his work rider Kriss Bon, his groom Edgar Orantes Payeras, and Chad’s assistant coach Baldo Hernandez.”
The farm indicated no definitive race plans for Sierra Leone have been established.
Sierra Leone’s return at age 4 signifies that the highest two Breeders’ Cup Basic finishers will return to race in 2025. Proprietor Mike Repole of Repole Steady beforehand introduced that Longines Basic runner-up and DraftKings Travers Stakes winner Fierceness would race as a 4-year-old.
They’re anticipated to be joined in motion subsequent 12 months by Mystik Dan, who defeated Sierra Leone and the Japanese-trained Eternally Younger in a photograph end within the Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve.