Rockridge Stud’s freshman male Fight a boy who won first prize in grade 1 of Go, dad will shuttle to Haras Porta Pia in Chile, the farm announced on July 22.
Combatant sire lines should be well received by Chilean breeders. Scat Daddy selected 40 Southern Hemisphere black winners, including 11 champions in Chile. Among his best runners are Horse of the Year and many champions Il Campione and Solaria and two-time champion Dacita .
An aspirational $320,000 at the 2016 Keeneland Sales September 2016, Combatant raced for Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing. The foal became the winner of the second start at age 2 and finished second in the Remington Springboard Mile Stakes. He competed in the classified company, placing in three shares rated at 3. Had he not won the bet, he was entered into the November 2019 Keeneland Livestock Sale, where dealer David Ingordo picked him up for $220,000 for Hronis Racing. At the age of 5, Combatant broke through with a win in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1). He retired with a 4-5-6 record in 30 starts and a career income of $1,062,915.
Combatant was syndicated and enrolled at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, NY, for $7,500. The deal to stand the horse in Chile was brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock, Colt Pike and JP Sullivan of Sullivan Bloodstock.
