• American Freedom was a FREAK. He had more natural talent than most of the Grade 1 winners I've trained - Hall Of Fame Trainer, Bob Baffert
• Dominant winner of the GIII Iowa Derby and the Sir Barton Stakes, and runner-up in both the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational and the Grade 1 Travers Stakes
• Defeated all three Classic winners in his crop - Nyquist, Exaggerator and Creator - and earned a higher 3YO Beyer Speed Figure (104) than all three   
• Defeated the mighty Gun Runner on both occasions they met
• A dazzling debut winner over 7 furlongs at Santa Anita, earning a 98 Beyer and a 3/4 Thorograph number
• Absolutely Gorgeous son of the Great Pulpit who was a $500,000 September Yearling purchase by Gary and Mary West
• Airdrie Stud and the Wests have committed to breeding no fewer than 120 of their own mares to American Freedom in his first three seasons at stud!

• THE #1 FIRST-CROP SIRE BY GRADED STAKES WINNERS & GRADED STAKES HORSES, #2 WITH 19 WINNERS!    
• FIRST CROP GRADED WINNER, CAIRO CAT (G3 Iroquois S. at Churchill Downs)
• MIHOS (TDN Rising Star) takes the Mucho Macho Man S. at Gulfstream Park on Jan 5th earning a 90 Beyer
• GIZA GODDESS was a game winner of the Blue Norther S. at Santa Anita on Dec 30th
• Mont Perdu made it two-for-two in scintillating style on January 13th at Kyoto racecourse in Japan. Bred by Bluewater Sales & Three Diamonds Farm, she has been utterly dominant in both starts, and looks to be top class for Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm.
• Qahira (TDN Rising Star) dominated on debut in a Del Mar MdSpWt, winning by 4 3/4 l. in 1:10 2/5 with an 87 Beyer on Nov 25th
• Silent Surprise won a Keeneland MdSpWt for the Estate of our late friend, Tommy G. Ligon, and Will Van Meter. Congratulations to his widow, Terri, on a heart-warming victory
• Pakhet was runner-up in the G2 Jessamine S. at Keeneland on 10/11 following her impressive MdSpWt victory at Belmont for Eclipse Thoroughbreds and Todd Pletcher
• Enjoyed his first "Super Saturday" on September 15th when he had 4 winners: 3 MdSpWt winners and Cairo Cat's breakthrough G3 Iroquois S. win
• RECORD-PRICE for an OBS yearling at the 2018 October sale: $340,000 for a colt out of Minutia, sold to Mark Casse on behalf of Mr. John C. Oxley
• 2018 Yearlings: $450,000, $350,000, $340,000, $220,000, $200,000, $200,000, $190,000, etc.
• 2018: First-crop juveniles sold for $500,000, $400,000, $375,000, $350,000, etc.
• 2018: Second-crop yearlings averaging $135,000 and have a median of $140,000 
• 2017: First-crop yearlings averaged $150,786, over 15x his Freshman year stud fee, with median of $115,000
• A phenomenal 43 of his first-crop yearlings sold for $100,000 or more, including a $900,000 colt.
• His 2nd Crop Weanlings (2017 Avg: $89,643) sold even better than his 1st Crop Weanlings (2016 Avg: $87,850)!
• "They have a lot of leg, a lot of quality and are good movers. They look like sound horses and they are so consistent. He's an extremely good-looking horse himself, and he's very dominant." Mike Ryan, Blood Horse Daily 9/18/17 
• "They are very well balanced horses. I won't be surprised to see them run early. They are just very athletic, a very uniform bunch of horses." David Ingordo, TDN 9/17/17
• "They've been good-looking horses and their veterinary work has been impeccable. He's got a chance to be a tremendous sire." Barry Eisaman, DVM, TDN 10/4/17
• A brilliant 2YO who won the Nashua [G2] in just his second start to remain undefeated.
• A dominant victory in the Holy Bull [G2] by 5 ¾ in his 3YO year cemented his position as the Kentucky Derby [G1] favorite.
• His stakes-winning and graded-placed dam Holy Bubbette is by Horse of the Year and Champion 3YO Holy Bull. His half-sister, Nonna Mia, is the dam of 2016 Grade 1 Wood Memorial victor Outwork.

• The best ever by leading sire, City Zip
• Debut winner and Graded-placed at 2, Multiple GSW at 3 and 4
• Posted triple-digit Beyers in all 6 of his starts in 2017, including 115, 114, 111, etc.
• 5-time Graded Stakes winner, he defeated the mighty Arrogate when winning the G1 Pacific Classic
• Defeated Accelerate (rec. 2 lb) by 14 lengths in a tour-de-force performance in the G3 Precisionist S.
• Gallant runner-up to Gun Runner in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, defeating 3yo Champion West Coast, Arrogate for the second consecutive time, and many more
• Undefeated in his first 7 starts on a fast dirt track
• $170,000 OBS March purchase by Marette Farrell on behalf of Peter Fluor & KC Weiner’s Speedway Stable LLC
• From the female family of Blushing Groom, he is inbred 5x5 to his dam, Runaway Bride

11 Lifetime Black Type Winners, including the G1-winning millionaire, PAVEL

He bred 145 mares in 2018 - his biggest book to date  

The blueblood filly, REMEDY, has followed up an impressive 5 3/4 l. Allowance win with runner-up finishes in the G3 Remington Park Oaks and the G3 Comely S. at AQU, and runs next in the G3 Houston Ladies Classic on 1/27/19

Terrific return to action from Multiple Stakes Winner TWISTED TOM who missed by just a head in the Alex Robb S. at AQU on Dec 29th on his debut for Bill Mott. Earnings now over $700,000

G3 Tom Fool H. winner, SKYLER'S SCRAMJET followed up a head defeat in the Gravesend S. at Aqueduct on 12/23 with a strong runner-up finish in the G3 Toboggan on 1/19/19

G3 Ms. Grillo winner, SIGNIFICANT FORM, dominant winner of the Memories Of Silver S. at AQU on her 3yo debut, going 1 1/16 in 1:40 4/5. "She was spectacular. Could be the best 3YO Turf filly in the country", Andy Serling [Twitter].

MGSW MY BOY JACK has won the Lexington S. [G3], the Southwest S. [G3], and the Zuma Beach S. (at 2), and rallied from last to 5th in the 2018 Kentucky Derby.

CREATIVE THINKING won the Keertana S. at Churchill Downs by 5 lengths on her stakes debut for Airdrie Stud & Tom Proctor, earning a 92 Beyer.

Current 2yos include CREATIVE INSTINCT, a 2 1/4 length winner of the Generous Portion S. [DMR]. Bred by Dr. Mike Harrington, she was a $285,000 purchase by Justin Casse at OBSMAR from Wavertree Stables

Click here to read Chris McGrath's article on Creative Cause from the June 28th issue of the TDN

FOUR STAKES-WINNING JUVENILES IN 2017, while no other Second Crop Sire had more than ONE!

• Grade I Winning Millionaire - By a Grade I Winning Millionaire - Out of a Grade I Winning Millionaire
• Grade I Winner and Eclipse Finalist at 2
• Grade II Winner and Classic Placed at 3
• Defeated every horse he ever ran against, including Grade I Winners I'LL HAVE ANOTHER, BODEMEISTER, UNION RAGS, PAYNTER, HANSEN, and GEMOLOGIST

Include's September Sale was highlighted by a stunning $250,000 colt from Sierra Farm, purchased by D. J. Stable!

Victress became Include's newest Graded Stakes winner with a victory in the G3 Ballerina S. at HST, rallying from 7th to get up by a neck. Previously a SW and Graded placed, Victress now has 5 wins and 4 seconds in her 14 lifetime starts. 

Brereton C. Jones' homebred Hey Niki was 2nd in the Winter Melody S. on Oct 10th on her stakes debut, and is now 3-for-5 lifetime and stakes placed

Picture Day has finished in the exacta in 6 of her 7 starts in 2018, and has won 8 times lifetime, with earnings of $347,455

6 SW & 13 SH in 2018, also including K P Wildcat, who has won 13 of 21 starts, including 9 stakes races; SW 3yo filly Midnight Soiree and 2yo Stakes Horses Group Text and Include Edition

Sire of 11 Grade I Stakes Winners, and 30 Grade I Stakes Horses worldwide

2015-2018 Stars include:

• SAMBA INC (G1) 
• INCLUDE BETTY (G1) 
• DON INC (G1)
• BOCA INC (G1)
• SOBRADORA INC (G1) 
• ALL INCLUDED (G3)        
• RIKER (G3)
• AVANTI BELLO
• JOINT RETURN
• K P WILDCAT
• MISS INCLUSIVE
• GI-Winning Millionaire who recorded 13 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures, including back-to-back 117 Figures
• Provides total outcross for A.P. INDY, MR. PROSPECTOR and NORTHERN DANCER line Mares
• Broodmare sire of Grade 1 winner Sam's Sister, and millionaire, Sunday Wizard (JPN)

• MGSP NETWORK EFFECT, bred by Louis Jolin, was runner-up in the G2 Remsen S. and the G3 Nashua S. following his brilliant debut MdSpWt victory at Saratoga 
• Airdrie-bred BACKTOHISROOTS won the Atlantic Beach S. at AQU on Nov 10 by 5 3/4 lengths! In his previous start he was a game 2nd (btn. 1/2 l.) to Uncle Benny in the Futurity S. Uncle Benny went on to finish 2nd (btn. 1/2 l.) in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Churchill Downs in his next start
• MISS MARIU, bred by Woodford Thoroughbreds, closed from last to 3rd in the Juvenile Fillies Turf S. at GPW on Nov 10
• Gorgeous Peter Pan S. (G2) winner by leading sire Proud Citizen
• Impressive 4 ½-length MdSpWt winner at 2 going 6 furlongs
• Top class at 3 when winning the Peter Pan S. (G2) and finishing 2nd in the Louisiana Derby (G2) and Risen Star S. (G2)
• Won the G3 Mineshaft at 4, finished a close second to G1 winner Graydar in the G2 New Orleans H.
• A talented and versatile race star that is passing on his exceptional looks
• Airdrie and Woodford Thoroughbreds have supported the stallion with no fewer than 90 of their own mares during his first three years at stud

• Precocious: An Undefeated Grade 2-winning 2yo from one of North America's most prolific sirelines
• Multiple Graded Stakes Winner and Track Record Setter at 3
• Superior miler speed with an electrifying turn of foot: McCraken won 6 of 7 starts at up to 1 mile 1/16th
• A TDN Rising Star, McCraken was a rare debut-winning juvenile for the patient Ian Wilkes' barn, before completing an undefeated juvenile campaign with emphatic victories in the Street Sense S. and G2 Kentucky Jockey Club S.
• He set a New Track Record and remained undefeated when winning the G3 Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs on his 3yo debut, with a 1 1/2 length defeat of subsequent G1-Belmont S. winner Tapwrit, to whom he conceded 6 lb
• Following a rough trip in the G1 Kentucky Derby, McCraken returned with a facile romp in the G3 Matt Winn S.
• In the G1 Haskell Inv. McCraken made an explosive wide move to seize the lead at the head of the stretch, only to be caught in the last jump by a surging Girvin, with Practical Joke, Battle Of Midway, Irish War Cry, etc. behind
• A winner and Graded Stakes-placed at 4, McCraken retired with a record of 14: 6-1-3 and earnings of $869,728
• "McCraken was one of the most naturally talented horses I have ever been around, and his turn of foot was second to none. He took the Whitham family and our stable on a great ride, and I look forward to training Grade 1 winners by him in the future." - Trainer, Ian Wilkes
• McCraken is the second foal out of the Seeking The Gold mare, Ivory Empress, a young Graded Stakes-placed sprinter whose first foal, Bondurant, is also Graded Stakes placed. Ivory Empress is out of the Graded Stakes winner and Grade 1-placed, Madame Pandit, who is also the dam of the Grade 1-winner, Mea Domina.

• Also represented by Six-Figure yearlings at the Fasig-Tipton July & Fasig-Tipton New York Bred Yearling Sales, as well as several more at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale
• Purchasers of his first-crop yearlings include Chad Brown, Steve Young, Mike Ryan, Cromwell Bloodstock, Glen Hill Farm, Kip McCreery, Crispin de Moubray, Ciaran Dunne, Powerstown Stud (IRE), etc.
• Look for his First-Crop of Two-Year-Olds in winners' circles near you in 2019!
• Exceptional First-Crop Weanlings sold for an average of $100,667 and a median of $100,000 in 2017
• Top-price of $200,000 for a weanling colt purchased by Steve Young
• Has bred at least 100 mares each of his first 3 years
• Millionaire son of the great War Front
• Undefeated multiple stakes winner at 2
• Graded stakes winner at 3, 4 and 5
• GII winner and 5-times GI placed
• Drop dead gorgeous – 16.1 hand individual that is all class
• $475,000 Steve Young purchase from War Front’s 2^nd Crop
• Half-brother to the Grade I Hollywood Starlet victress Laragh
• Exceptional miler with a renowned turn of foot
• 1:32 4 in the GI Shoemaker
• 1:33 in the GI Kilroe S.
• 1:33 in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile
• 1:33 3 in the GIII Hill Prince S.
• All the ingredients needed to follow in his special sire’s hoofprints.

• "The Upstart foal I bought was THE BEST LOOKING WEANLING I SAW during the entire November sale", Brian Graves
• The Highest First-Crop Weanling Average ($64,733) and Median ($60,000) of any $10,000 Kentucky Freshman Stallion 
• Multiple Graded Stakes Winner of over $1.7 Million
• Stakes Winner and dual Grade 1 Placed each year from 2 to 4
• Flatter’s Best Two-Year-Old
• The East Coast’s Top Rated Derby Prospect Following his Brilliant 5-Length Score in the GII Holy Bull Stakes
• Saratoga Debut Winner and Stakes Winner at 2, earning a sparkling 102 Beyer Speed Figure
• Placed in the GI Champagne Stakes and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes
• Defeated the Top Class Frosted twice in First-Place Finishes in the GII Holy Bull and GII Fountain of Youth Stakes at 3
• Winner of the GIII $350,000 Razorback H. at 4
• Finished his Career with Back-to- Back Placings in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile and Grade 1 Whitney Handicap
• An Absolutely Gorgeous Individual with Size, Scope and Class
• Trained by the late, great Rick Violette