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Hot Rod Charlie arrives at Japan’s Shadai Stallion Station


The person who made $5.6 million in the classic position Charlie’s Hot Stick will join this year’s stallion team at Shadai Stallion Station, the Japanese stud farm announced early on Jan. 10. He will stand to receive the advertised fee of 2 million yen (US$15,162). .

The stallion agreement depends on the son of Taurus through all terms of sale.

Shadai Stallion Station previously purchased top racehorses from the United States that became successful stallions in Japan, chief among them the 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Silence Sunday silence.

Hot Rod Charlie’s move to Japan ended a racing career in which he set a 5-5-4 record in 19 starts for coach Doug O’Neill and the Roadrunner owners. Racing, Boat Racing, Gainesway Stable and Strauss Bros Racing.

“I guess we have to say goodbye to ‘Charlie from America and take him to Japan,'” said Mike Helm, Roadrunner Racing’s head of partnership. “He’s been in possession for a pretty long ride for three years.”

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Senior 2 to 4 years old, Hot Rod Charlie caught the 2021 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at The Parx . Race and raised his reputation with some close defeats. He finished second at Breeders’ Cup 2020 for minors (G1) at Keeneland and also finished runner-up in the 2021 Kentucky Derby (via elimination Medina spirit ) in Churchill DownsBelmont Stakes (G1) in 2021 at Belmont Parkand the 2022 Dubai World Cup (G1) in Meydan.

His second racing year has been a rollercoaster ride, with a low point imminent as he is knocked out in the 2021 Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park to interfere Midnight Bourbon who fell in the race.

At the end of the 3-year-old season in 2021, he was honored with the Secretariat’s Vox Populi Award, an annual award that recognizes a horse’s popularity and excellence in the race to fame. greatest publicity and recognition for the Thoroughbred race.

“He flies more miles than I do,” Helm said. “He’s pretty much a fan favorite. We all know that. Maybe part of that is his travels around the country and the world. We’ve followed him here. quite a few races, although we don’t do every race. It’s the fun of a lifetime.”

Hot Rod Charlie’s other four wins come in his first race as a 2-year-old, the 2021 Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds Racecourse & Slots at 3 and last year at 4 in Round 2 of the Al Maktoum Challenge (G2) at Meydan and Lukas Classic Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs.

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His last start was a sixth place finish in the November 5 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland, then he went to Gainesway while his ownership was weighing his racecar and stallion options. The partners eventually moved on to another racing season and sold Hot Rod Charlie to Shadai Stallion Station in a deal that blood supply dealer Eugenio Columbo said he brokered.

Bred in Kentucky by Edward Cox Jr., Hot Rod Charlie is the half-brother of Spendthrift Farm stallion. Mitole 2019 men’s sprint champion, produced by 2021 Broodmare of the Year Miss India (Charlie India ). Bloodstock dealer Dennis O’Neill purchased Hot Rod Charlie for $110,000 from a Small Lot Sale for the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Sale.

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