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Nureyev – Athyka, by Secretariat
Chestnut • 1992
By Leading Sire Nureyev Out Of A
Multiple Group-Winning Secretariat Mare
G1 Winner & Millionaire Won Or Placed
In 6 Graded Stakes At 5 Different Tracks
& Ran The Fastest Mile In History: 1:31.89
Sire Of 2005 Florida Derby (G1) Winner High Fly,
2008 Cal Cup Juvenile Stakes Winner Lucky Primo
& 2009 Manhattan Beach Stakes Winner Strawberry Tart
Atticus set a world record for one mile, 1:31.89, when he won the Grade 2 Arcadia Handicap on Santa Anita's flat turf course in 1997.
Atticus also won the Grade 1 Oaklawn Handicap in that 5-year-old season, but his racing career began successfully long before that. The Kentucky-bred broke his maiden at 2 in France and at 3 won the Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleu and missed by just a neck in running second in the classic Dubai Poule d'Essai des Poulains (G1), the French Two Thousand Guineas.
Atticus returned to the United States to race at 4, taking the Grade 3 Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park and finishing third in the Grade 2 Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes at Hollywood Park. He retired with seven wins in 18 starts over four seasons and earnings of $1,205,933.
Atticus boasts a pedigree to match his race record. He's by champion racehorse and leading sire Nureyev out of the outstanding Secretariat mare Athyka, winner of five group stakes in France. He offers the potent Northern Dancer sire line and through his dam the Bold Ruler/*Nasrullah line as well.
Atticus is the sire of five graded stakes winners and the collective earners of more than $9.6 million. His Average Earnings Index is 1.17; his Sire Production Index is even better, at 1.41. He boasts average earnings per starter of more than $40,000. Among his most notable offspring are 2005 Florida Derby (G1) winner High Fly ($927,300), Grade 3 winner Atticus Kristy ($717,850), 2008 California Cup Juvenile Stakes winner Lucky Primo and 2009 Manhattan Beach Stakes winner Strawberry Tart.
Atticus stands at a fee of $5,000, live foal, at Magali Farms in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.
Atticus stands at Magali Farms, 4050 Casey Avenue,
Santa Ynez, CA 93460. Telephone (805) 693-1777 / Fax (805) 693-1644
E-mail: tom@magalifarms.com / Website: www.magalifarms.com
General manager: Tom Hudson
Atticus' 2009 stud fee is $5,000, live foal guarantee
Property of Suarez Racing, Inc.
Nominated to the Breeders' Cup
and California-Bred Awards Program
To request a 2009 breeding contract online, click here.
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