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00:00Danzig is one of the great legends at Claiborne Farm, and next year his grandson Silver State
00:07will stand at the same farm.
00:09We spoke with Walker Hancock on this year's winner of the Met Mile, who will stand for
00:13$20,000 in 2022.
00:18There's a lot to like about Silver State, obviously his win in the Grade 1 Met Mile
00:22solidified him as a serious dying prospect for us, but he'd been on our radar for quite
00:26a while.
00:27He was on the Triple Crown Trail, unfortunately had a little setback, so he didn't get to
00:32run really in the summer of his three-year-old year, but he came back at Churchill in the
00:37fall and reeled off six straight wins.
00:40That coated a couple of stakes at Oaklawn and then obviously culminated with the Grade
00:451 Met Mile at Belmont on Belmont Day.
00:50His win in the Oaklawn Handicap obviously got our attention before the Met Mile.
00:55We'd kind of been following the horse, thought he could be a potential stud prospect, but
01:01that was a really great race for him, set him up for the rest of the season, continued
01:07his winning streak, and then obviously he went to the Met Mile and defeated horse leader
01:12Nick Sko and proved that he's a serious contender.
01:16It is Silver State who has the lead.
01:18Mischievous Alex by my standards out in the middle of the track.
01:21They're coming down for the finish in the Hillandale Met Mile, and it is Silver State
01:26to make it six in a row.
01:28He's only off the board twice, so he's a model of consistency.
01:32He's a really good-looking horse.
01:34Everyone that has come to see him absolutely loves him.
01:36They can't get enough of him.
01:37We've even sold shares just because people have come to see him here in the past couple
01:41of weeks.
01:42Comments that we get is like, I didn't realize how big he is.
01:45He's a big horse, 16.3, really good-looking horse.
01:47He's dappled out right now.
01:48He looks great.
01:50He has this presence about him, and you just kind of know he's like a cool dude.
01:55He obviously has miler speed, which is what a lot of breeders are looking for.
02:00He's a great physical.
02:02He has a race record to back that up, and a great pedigree as well.
02:08He's Stone Street bred, and he's by Hardspun, who I think is a tremendously underrated sire.
02:14Narcos was the fastest derby winner, side secretariat.
02:18He's in the family.
02:20We have an Empire Maker mare.
02:21Empire Maker is obviously a great broodmare sire.
02:24He mixed really well with a lot of the mares here at the farm.
02:26It was one of the reasons that we really thought he could be a successful stallion here.
02:32He's carrying on his grandfather's legacy in Danzig, who's obviously one of the legends
02:35here at Claiborne.
02:37So it seemed like a natural fit for us, and thankfully, glad to partner with Ron Winchell.
02:43Look, they know how to make a great stallion, obviously Gunrunner's one of the hottest freshman
02:49sires we've seen in quite some time, so I know Ron has a great program, and they're
02:54going to support Silver State, and hopefully we'll have a successful career here.
02:58He's kind of a throwback horse, and someone mentioned that to me as well.
03:03He is kind of an old school horse, an old school farm, and he seems like a perfect fit.