After his racing career is complete this year, Blazing Sevens (Good Magic), the winner of the GI Champagne Stakes at two and the runner-up in the GI Preakness Stakes, will stand at Darby Dan for 2025, the farm said via a press release on Thursday.
A stud fee for the 'TDN Rising Star' and future stallion will be named before the year is out and plans are being finalized syndicate him. Peter Bradley, bloodstock advisor for owner Rodeo Creek Racing, brokered the deal to stand the son of Good Magic at Darby Dan.
“Blazing Sevens was an exceptional racehorse at two and was unlucky not to have won the Preakness Stakes at three,” said Bradley. “At 16.2 hands, Blazing Sevens is an A+ physical and has every chance to become a top stallion.”
Blazing Sevens broke his maiden at Saratoga at first asking, winning by 6 1/4 lengths. In his second start, the dark bay finished third in the GI Hopeful Stakes over a sloppy track upstate before winning the Champagne during the Belmont at the Big A meet for trainer Chad Brown.
Blazing Sevens | Sarah Andrew
During his 2024 campaign, Blazing Sevens debuted a winner against optional claimers at Aqueduct Apr. 20, finished sixth in the GI Met Mile Handicap at the Spa June 8 and was last seen running fourth against optional claimers over the same surface July 11. Blazing Sevens is currently drilling at Brown's Belmont base where he recently worked going four furlongs at :49.00 (39/167) Sept. 7.
“We are thrilled to announce the addition of a precocious Grade I son of Good Magic to our roster,” said Stuart Fitzgibbon, stallion director at Darby Dan Farm. “Blazing Sevens was a true standout in his two and three-year-old racing seasons. Coupled with his exceptional conformation and pedigree, Blazing Sevens is a highly desirable stallion. Blazing Sevens beat or placed against the absolute best of his generation, just missing a Classic, the 2023 Preakness Stakes, by a head to National Treasure.”
Bred in Kentucky by Tracy Farmer, Blazing Sevens was a $225,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Sale graduate. Darby Dan's latest addition to their roster is out of Trophy Girl (Warrior's Reward), who is a half-sister to GISW King David (Hat Trick {Jpn}) and SW Bertsgoldenmissile (Golden Missile). Blazing Sevens's dam herself was a $750,000 purchase by Hugo Merry Bloodstock at last year's Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed Sale while a full-sister to the future sire was in-utero.
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