World of Trouble (Kantharos–Meets Expectations, by Valid Expectations), a Grade I winner on turf and dirt and who stands his first season at stud in 2020 at John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, will shuttle to Cornerstone Stud in South Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. The deal, brokered by de Burgh Equine, will see World of Trouble command a fee of A$22,000 (including 10% GST).
A first-out graduate by 14 lengths as a summer 2-year-old, World of Trouble set a Tampa track record in making the Pasco S. his first stakes success, then won a pair of listed turf sprints before just failing in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, earning a 118 Beyer Speed Figure. He closed off his career on a five-race winning streak, collecting his first Grade I in the Carter H. on the dirt last April before capping his resume in the Jaipur S., stopping the timer in 1:06.37.
“In the 60 years our family have been standing stallions, this will be the fastest horse to step foot on our farm,” said Cornerstone's Sam Hayes. “How many horses can run 1:06 [and change] over six furlongs?”
Produced by a half-sister to the dam of dual graded-stakes winner Bucchero (Kantharos), World of Trouble is standing his first year at Hill 'n' Dale for an advertised fee of $15,000.
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