Plainsman retires from racing, will stand at stud

Multiple graded stakes winner Plainsman has been retired from racing and will stand at stud next season, owner John Ed Anthony said Tuesday.

Plainsman is a 7-year-old son of Flatter who earned more than $1.4 million. He was the favorite in the $175,000 Governor’s Cup in his most recent start Aug. 19 at Remington Park and finished a distant sixth to winner Rated R Superstar.

“We were intending to retire him at the end of this year, but he told us he was tired of doing what he was doing,” Anthony said of Plainsman. “The last race there was uncharacteristic.”

Anthony said the process of determining where the horse will stand at stud has begun, with two or three smaller farms in Kentucky in discussion for Plainsman.

“He’ll be at stud next season, and there will be an announcement as to where he will be standing before long – probably around sale time,” Anthony said.

“We have a substantial broodmare band and intend to breed to him pretty strongly. I have a lot of confidence in the Flatter line, where he's going as a sire of stallions. I think [Plainsman] will be very useful.”

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Plainsman won five stakes during his career, including the Grade 3 Discovery in 2018 at Aqueduct, the Grade 3 Ack Ack in 2021 at Churchill Downs, and the Grade 3 Razorback in February at Oaklawn. He battled for a neck win in the latter race and earned one of his best career Beyer Speed Figures, a 99.

“I think his race at Oaklawn this spring, the Razorback, was a very strong race,” Anthony said. “I was really proud of him that day.”

Plainsman became Grade 1-placed last December, when third in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. Overall, he was 9 for 32.

“He’s a big, strong, good-looking horse who also is sound,” Anthony said. “I’m looking forward to his stud career.”