Rock Your World retired, will stand stud at Spendthrift Farm

Rock Your World, winner of this year's Santa Anita Derby, has been retired and will stand at Spendthrift Farm in 2022.

Rock Your World, a Candy Ride colt campaigned by Hronis Racing and Talla Racing, won his first three starts, including the Pasadena Stakes on turf and then the Santa Anita Derby by 4 1/4 lengths over Medina Spirit in his dirt debut. That proved to be his final victory.

He finished 17th in the Kentucky Derby after being roughed near the start, and was sixth in the Belmont Stakes. He was second to Medina Spirit in the Shared Belief Stakes in August at Del Mar, but finished ninth after flashing speed in the Grade 2 Twilight Derby on turf at Santa Anita in what proved his final start.

Rock Your World will stand for a standard fee of $10,000. Spendthrift, which acquired the colt's rights prior to the Derby, also will offer the prospect via its groundbreaking "Share the Upside" program for a fee of $12,500 for a two-year commitment.

“Rock Your World is a fast Santa Anita Derby winner with a wonderful blend of looks, pedigree, and sire power,” Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey said in a press release. “He’s a $650,000 yearling, and you can see why. He’s one imposing individual, and as good-looking of a Candy Ride as you’ll find. Rock Your World possesses a true classic dirt pedigree, with Empire Maker and Giant’s Causeway as his first two broodmare sires. We believe there’s a lot to like, especially through our Share the Upside program."