Silver Train going to Vinery for stud

Silver Train, winner of Monday's Metropolitan Handicap, will head for stud at Vinery in Lexington, Ky., when his racing career is over.

, who also won last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint, will stand at the Kentucky division of Tom Simon's Vinery operation. He will be syndicated, according to one of the farm's general managers, Tom Ludt.

Vinery privately purchased the breeding rights to Silver Train.

Buckram Oak Farm campaigns Silver Train, a 4-year-old Old Trieste colt. To date, he has compiled a record of 5-3-3 from 14 starts and $1,127,345 in earnings.

A $140,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling, Silver Train is out of the stakes-placed Cormorant mare Ridden in Thestars.

Vinery will announce Silver Train's stud fee at the end of his racing career, Ludt said.