To Honor and Serve retired to stud at Antony Beck's Gainesway Farm
Live Oak Plantation’s 4-year-old colt, To Honor and Serve, after three years of racing have been retired to stand at Antony Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington, and right now the fee is not announced.
Trained by Bill Mott, To Honor and Serve is the son of Bernardini, out of Deputy Minister’s mare Pilfer, the 4-year-colt was bred in Kentucky by Larry A. Byer, Twin Creeks Farm, and Rancho San Miguel, as he started his racing career back in 2010 as a 2-year-old.
To Honor and Serve burst into the racing scene winning back-to-back graded stakes events, and showed immense promise to become one of the most notable runners of his time, when he broke his maiden at only second asking and went on to win the Grade 2 Nashua Stakes, and then in his second consecutive start won the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes, both races were held at Aqueduct racetrack.
As a sophomore, To Honor and Serve had a difficult start to the 2011 season, as he failed to down either the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes or the Grade 1 Florida Derby, but landed another graded stakes victory when he won the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby, and capped off the season with victory in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile.
As a 4-year-old, Bill Mott’s trainee was well-grown and mature to take on tougher opponents, and he did so, when he defeated Mucho Macho Man to win the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga, and in his career’s second Breeders’ Cup Classic finished 10th to winner, Fort Larned, and that was the last time he will show up on a race course for racing purposes.
"He's a beautiful horse and has all the attributes to be a top stallion--performance, physique, and pedigree, " said Gainesway director of sales Michael Hernon. "He's from the same female family as Dynaformer, going back to Darby Dan's great broodmare Golden Trail."
Overall, To Honor and Serve won 8, finished second once, and third thrice in 17 starts, which shot up his career bankroll to $1,798,840, and he was sold as the highest-price Bernardini colt at $575,000.
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