Speedway Stable lands coveted Gun Runner filly

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner’s Speedway Stable, with Marette Farrell acting as agent, made the most of a second opportunity to acquire a daughter of leading young sire Gun Runner they fancied. They were the underbidders last fall, when Dell Ennis purchased the weanling filly for $625,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale.

“We followed her and saw her here,” Farrell said of the filly.

Speedway had to stretch even further in the September yearling market, but wasn’t missing out, as Farrell signed the $1.2 million ticket Tuesday.

“Shes so athletic and so light on her feet and has an amazing demeanor,” Farrell said.

This filly is part of the long game for Speedway, which is looking to acquire fillies to eventually support its young stallions after their racing careers. Former Speedway Grade 1 winner Collected stood his fifth season this year at Airdrie Stud, while Eclipse Award champion Corniche, at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, and Grade 1 winner Roadster, at Ocala Stud, both entered stud in 2023.

“Physically and on paper, she will [cross well] with any of the stallions,” Farrell said. “She should be a ready-made broodmare for them.”

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