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Taylor Made Stallions announced Nov. 10 that Longines Breeders' Cup Classic winner and likely 2021 Horse of the Year Knicks Go will stand the upcoming breeding season for $30,000 with a stands and nurses guarantee.
A scintillating winner of the Nov. 6 1 1/4-mile Classic in 1:59.57, nearly eclipsing the 18YO track record set by Candy Ride and the fastest Breeders' Cup Classic winner on dirt since Ghostzapper in 2004, Knicks Go now boasts a lifetime bankroll of $8,673,135 for owner Korea Racing Authority.
Following a superb 2021 campaign for trainer Brad Cox in which he also won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes and the historic Whitney Stakes, Knicks Go could cap his career with a defense of his title in the 2022 Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Jan. 29 at Gulfstream Park. He is the No.1-ranked North American horse on Longines World Best Racehorse Rankings and tops NTRA's Thoroughbred Poll.
The fastest miler in Keeneland history, having won the 2020 Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile in the track-record time of 1:33.85, Knicks Go is a multiple grades 1 winner from eight to 10 furlongs and has run triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures of 113, 112, 111, 108 (twice), 107, and 104, all in top company.
Trained as a juvenile by Ben Colebrook, Knicks Go was a debut maiden special weight winner at Ellis Park and went on to win the 2018 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland by a dominating 5 1/2 lengths. He was also runner-up to eventual champion Game Winner in that year's Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile