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00:00When Crestwood Farm was approached about the opportunity to stand a half-brother to justify,
00:07they jumped at the chance.
00:09In 2025, Stage Raider, a stakes-winning son of Pioneer of the Nile, will stand for $6,500
00:15at Crestwood Farm.
00:24Tanya Gunther contacted me and they were interested in seeing if we had an interest in standing
00:30Stage Raider and they're very astute breeders.
00:35They had a lot of interest in Stage Raider from all over the world and they were really
00:40interested in maybe standing him in Kentucky.
00:43Justify has been an incredible sire sensation on a worldwide level.
00:48Justify has already sired seven grade one winners, several champions.
00:53He looks like he's on a trajectory to be an international sire sensation.
00:58So with Stage Raider being his brother, we just felt as though he deserves a chance at
01:05greatness.
01:06Crestwood and the Gunthers partnering on this horse is huge and we're hoping that together
01:13he can be very, very successful.
01:15He broke his maiden at Keeneland by 10 and three-quarter lengths.
01:18He was named a TDN Rising Star.
01:21Very, very impressive.
01:22He had six triple-digit speed figures.
01:25He won a nice stakes on dirt.
01:27He's graded placed.
01:29He's a beautiful horse.
01:30He's a balanced horse.
01:31He's elegant.
01:33He's super, super correct.
01:35I mean everything really you'd want to see in the physical.
01:39I mean if you had a yearling that looked like Stage Raider, you'd be pretty happy.
01:44People that love Justify are going to love this horse.
01:47It's a way of tapping into this elite female family and he's in a price range that's very
01:52approachable for the average breeder.
01:56We're doing share the upside on him.
01:58We have to breed two mares back-to-back and then you get a lifetime breeding right.
02:03Those have gone over pretty well.
02:04We're not going to overdo it.
02:06Before the season even started, we already had a nice base of mares going in between
02:10our mares, some client mares, and the Gunthers already committing.
02:15They bought a mare named Thrill for $200,000 that topped the session at Keeneland November.
02:22He should do really well in terms of numbers.
02:25This horse is a historical horse.
02:27I really feel like we're a part of something by standing this horse.
02:31This kind of horse, like Justify, his brother, can change the landscape of the breed.