Gufo (Declaration of War-Floy, by Petionville), a Grade I winner at three, four, and five, is relocating from Ballycroy Bloodstock in Ontario to Darby Dan Farm for the 2025 breeding season.
Gufo will stand the upcoming breeding season for $5,000 S&N. Incentives will be available for qualified mares.
Gufo, who stood his first season at stud this year, will welcome first foals in 2025. He is owned by Dr. John Little, who co-bred the multi-millionaire in partnership with longtime friend Dr. Stephen Cainelli. The latter campaigned Gufo under the nom de course of Otter Bend Stables.
“We're excited to add Gufo to our roster for the upcoming breeding season,” said Stuart Fitzgibbon, stallion director at Darby Dan Farm. “Gufo was a top-class racehorse with a physical that commands attention. His powerful physique is matched by his incredible talent and durability that he demonstrated over four seasons on the racetrack.”
Gufo won or placed in 12 graded stakes, including back-to-back renewals of the $750,000 GI Sword Dancer Stakes in 2021 and '22, and the GI Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes in 2020. Gufo also set a new nine-furlong course record at Delaware Park in 2020, winning his graded stakes debut in the Kent Stakes, covering the distance in 1:46.94.
Gufo finished in the top three in 18-of-21 lifetime starts and retired with earnings of $2,176,530.
Trained by Christophe Clement, Gufo raced from ages two to five. The chestnut broke his maiden at two in just his second start, winning a maiden special weight at Gulfstream Park.
In addition to his Grade I success, Gufo also finished third in the GI Hollywood Derby at three; was second in the GI Man o'War S. and third in both the GI Manhattan Stakes and the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes. He was runner-up again in the Man o' War at five, as well as third in the Manhattan.
Gufo, whose name originates from Northern Italy where the sighting of a Gufo bird (owl) traditionally brings good luck, is the leading earner for his multiple Group I-winning sire Declaration of War (War Front). Champion Older Male in England and Champion Older Male twice in Ireland, Declaration of War is the sire of three champions and seven Grade I/Group 1 winners.
Gufo, who is from Declaration of War's second crop, is produced from the Petionville mare Floy, making him a half-brother to MGSW and millionaire Hogy. In a career that spanned nine seasons, Hogy banked more than $1.3 million and set a 5 1/2-furlong track record of 1:01.56 on the turf at Fair Grounds.
To schedule an inspection or for more information on Gufo, contact Stuart Fitzgibbon at (859) 621-6763, or by email at Stuart@darbydan.com, or visit www.darbydan.com.
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