Last year the thread started in July, so I feel we’ve improved! 
Any new faces potentially entering the shed next year?
I wasn’t following racehorses much this year, but I really like GUN RUNNER - he caught my eye when I saw a photo of him on Twitter, by Barbara Livingston; or rather a photo of his tail with a horseshoe which got tangled up during a race
Here the pic:
twitter.com/DRFLivingston/statu … 4384038912
I don’t know if he’s retiring next year but looks interesting as a sire: by Candy Ride, out of Quiet Giant / Giant’s Causeway. I know that we have both sire and grandsire in the game… but they’re not very popular and this does makes the real life sires more interesting in hypothetical mating 
Some facts from Wikipedia:
Sire Candy Ride
Grandsire Ride The Rails
Dam Quiet Giant
Damsire Giant’s Causeway
Sex Colt
Foaled March 8, 2013
Country United States
Color Chestnut
Breeder Besilu Stables LLC
Owner Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimneys Farm
Trainer Steve Asmussen
Record 16: 9-3-2
Earnings US$5,288,500[1]
Major wins
Risen Star Stakes (2016)
Louisiana Derby (2016)
Matt Winn Stakes (2016)
Clark Handicap (2016)
Razorback Handicap (2017)
Stephen Foster Handicap (2017)
Whitney Handicap (2017)
Awards
Timeform US rating: 139
There is a quite detailed Wikipedia entry about him:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Runner_(horse
Here his Whitney win - spot the horseshoe!
My FF life goal is to be able to reply with a stud prospect! #GOALS
If I can get him to win one more stakes race (I think), Tir Na Nog will be up here…
Similarly, I’m leasing Legends Last who needs to hit the top 3 in one more G1 to qualify.
If he can get just 1 more stakes win of any level, GCh. Sign of the Cross (I’m A Classic x CrossTheThreshold, created) will retire to stud in the spring. I’m not sure how likely this is, though.
And NCh. Franco Classico (I’m A Classic x Little Franco, created) has already qualified but doesn’t seem quite ready to quit yet, so I’m not positive on his retirement date yet. It will be next spring only if he shows signs of fizzling out
We have 2 potential new additions to the Breeding Sheds for next year and a number that only need 1 or 2 more SW’s to qualify:-
Already Qualified
[color=blue]NCh. Explosive Motif, 4YO bay colt by [color=blue]FFCh. Foolhardy out of [color=red]Ch. Fenix
12 Wins/9 SW/2 G1W (including the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf) - Stakes Earnings of $2,815,000
All of his wins have come on Turf. - He will probably stay in training next year.
[color=blue]NCh. Secret Handshake, a 5YO grey horse by [color=blue]ICh. Highland Magic out of [color=red]GCh. Secret Signal
13 Wins/7 SW/1 G1W - Stakes Earnings of $1,816,100
Most of his wins have come on Turf. - He will also probably stay in training next year.
Need 1 more SW
[color=blue]NCh. Clowning Around, a 5YO bay horse by [color=blue]FFCh. Foolhardy out of [color=red]Ch. Laugh Out Loud
13 Wins/6 SW/3 G1W - Stakes Earnings of $1,981,700
All but 1 of his wins have come on Turf.
[color=blue]NCh. Damn U Autocorrect, 5YO bay horse by [color=blue]NCh. Golden Text out of [color=red]What’s That About
8 Wins/6 SW/1 G1W (either placed or showed in all three of the 2019 English Classic races) - Stakes Earnings of $2,273,950
All of his wins have come on Turf.
[color=blue]NCh. Devil’s Heir, 5YO bay horse by [color=blue]ICh. Devil His Due out of [color=red]GCh. Heiress.
11 Wins/6 SW/4 G1W (including the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Dirt Mile & the 2019 Preakness Stakes) - Stakes Earnings of $4,342,700
All of his wins have come on Dirt.
[color=blue]NCh. Llwynog, 6YO bay horse by [color=blue]ICh. Spock out of [color=red]Just A Fox, making him a half brother to [color=blue]WCh. Sionnach.
He has 8 Wins/6 SW/2 G1W - Stakes Earnings of $2,596,550
All of his wins have come on Dirt.
[color=blue]GCh. sorBet, 5YO bay horse by [color=blue]Invasor out of [color=red]Big Bet.
11 Wins/6 SW/2 G1W (including the 2019 English Two Thousand Guineas & the 2020 Irish St. Leger) - Stakes Earnings of $2,041,550
All of his wins have come on Turf.
[color=blue]NCh. Star of Wonder, a 7YO bay horse by [color=blue]GCh. Harvard Bound out of [color=red]Wonder’s Miracle
9 Wins/6 SW/1 G1W - Stakes Earnings of $1,827,100
All of his wins have come on Turf.
[color=blue]NCh. Sunset Flight, a 6YO black horse by [color=blue]GCh. Major’s Flight out of [color=red]Ch. Sunset Girl
8 Wins/6 SW/1 G1W (including the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Dirt Sprint) - Stakes Earnings of $2,710,250
All of his wins have come on Dirt.
Need 2 more SW’s
[color=blue]GCh. Counting Kisses, 5YO bay horse by [color=blue]ICh. Count Me In out of [color=red]Never Been Kissed
9 Wins/5 SW/2 G1W (including the 2019 Belmont Stakes) - Stakes Earnings of $1,941,600
All of his wins have come on Dirt.
[color=blue]NCh. Gaudy Night, 6YO grey horse by [color=blue]ICh. Prince Of Wonder out of [color=red]Take The Challenge
8 Wins/5 SW/2 G1W (including the 2019 The Grand National) - Stakes Earnings of $2,308,300
All of his wins have come over Fences.
[color=blue]GCh. Spirit in the Sky, 4YO black colt by [color=blue]NCh. Lasting Spirit out of [color=red]Ch. Deborah
7 Wins/5 SW/4 G1W (including the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile) - Stakes Earnings of $2,645,000
He was unbeaten in 6 races as a 2YO, including 4 G1W.
All of his wins have come on Dirt
Lewis - I’m always in awe of your ability to manage so many horses to such success! It’s so impressive. I hope you can get your boys to those final stakes wins!
I think I have about 5 who need 1-2 more SW finishes. And almost all are chasers. Guess we get to rest and hope for early 2018 that one of them can score! Realistically they’ll just eat the entry money and walk backwards.
Well, from what I heard it looks like Gun Runner will retire after the Pegasus World Cup! I’d love to see him here!
Not sure if we can have him as we’ve had Candy Ride (sire) and Giant’s Causeway (damsire).
Oh haha yeah I’m not entirely sure how adding new RL studs goes, so just ignore me LOL