First foal is a filly for multiple G1 winner Cyberknife
January 3, 2024
A multiple G1 winner by Gun Runner, Cyberknife holds the 1 1/8-mile track record at Monmouth for his win in the 2022 Haskell-G1
Spendthrift Farm’s Cyberknife, the son of Gun Runner who captured the Haskell (G1) and Arkansas Derby (G1) as a three-year-old, sired his first reported foal on January 3rd when a filly was born at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, NY.
Bred by Clay Scherer, the bay filly is the first foal out of Hildee John, a half-sister to seven-time stakes winner and 2018 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) runner-up Chalon.
“This filly has a good rear end and a nice round shoulder, a lot like Cyberknife. She has good size, leg and bone. She’s a nice foal especially for a maiden (mare),” said Rick Burke of Irish Hill Century Farm.
Cyberknife became Gun Runner’s first multiple Grade One-winning colt after impressive victories in two of the biggest races for three-year-olds in 2022 – the $1,250,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) and $1,000,000 Haskell Invitational (G1). In the latter, he out-finished multiple Grade One winners Taiba, Jack Christopher and White Abarrio in track-record time of 1:46.24, breaking a 37-year-old mark for 1 1/8 miles previously held by Spend a Buck.
Cyberknife also won the Matt Winn (G3) and was runner-up in the prestigious Travers (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), where he was narrowly defeated by champion older horse Cody’s Wish in the final start of his career. He earned $2,137,520 on the track.
Cyberknife is set to stand his second season at stud at Spendthrift for a fee of $25,000 S&N. For more information about Cyberknife, please contact Des, Mark, Brian or Daniel at 859-294-0030.