Lubash arrives at Old Friends in Kentucky

Multiple graded stakes-winning New York-bred millionaire Lubash has arrived at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky., where he will reside as a retiree.

The 11-year-old son of perennial New York leading sire Freud was retired last summer by owner and breeder Leonard Pivnick.

“He’s been absolutely great to all of us involved,” trainer Christophe Clement said at the time of the gelding’s retirement. Clement had handled Lubash since 2012.

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“He did not do his entire career with me, but he did some of his career with us and I’m very proud of him. He was a very tough campaigner. He’s perfectly sound and is retiring as a sound horse.”

Lubash put together a career record of 54-18-9-7 and earned $1,515,139. The gelding owns a trio of Grade 3 victories, having taken the 2013 Fort Marcy at Belmont, and the 2014 and 2016 Tropical Turf Handicap at Gulfstream. He crossed the line second in 2016 but was elevated to first via disqualification.

A perennial force in the New York turf ranks, Lubash’s 12 stakes victories included two each in the West Point at Saratoga and the Ashley T. Cole at Belmont. He placed in 15 stakes races.