Gun Runner (horse)
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Gun Runner at the 2016 Breeders' Cup
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| Sire | Candy Ride |
| Grandsire | Ride The Rails |
| Dam | Quiet Giant |
| Damsire | Giant's Causeway |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | March 8, 2013 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Besilu Stables LLC |
| Owner | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimneys Farm |
| Trainer | Steve Asmussen |
| Record | 16: 9-3-2 |
| Earnings | US$5,288,500 |
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| Timeform US rating: 139 | |
Gun Runner (foaled March 8, 2013) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who has won multiple graded stakes races and is one of the top ranked racehorses of 2017. As a three-year-old, he became an early favorite for the 2016 Kentucky Derby after winning both the Risen Star Stakes and Louisiana Derby. Following a third place finish in the Derby, he won the Matt Winn Stakes and Clark Handicap, and was second in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and Pennsylvania Derby. As a four-year-old in 2017, he has won the Razorback Handicap, Stephen Foster Handicap and Whitney Stakes, and finished second in the Dubai World Cup. His performance in the Stephen Foster earned him third place in the July 2017 update of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings.
Gun Runner is a chestnut colt bred in Kentucky by Benjamin Leon Jr.'s Besilu Stables. His sire is Candy Ride, an Argentinian-bred horse who was undefeated in a six race career that included four Grade I wins in Argentina and the United States. Although expectations for Candy Ride at stud were initially low, he proved himself an excellent sire whose offspring include champion Shared Belief. Gun Runner is the first foal out of Quiet Giant, a multiple stakes winner from a distinguished female family that traces to Hall of Fame inductee and "blue hen" Gallorette. Quiet Giant is by leading sire Giant's Causeway out of the excellent broodmare Quiet Dance, the dam of Horse of the Year Saint Liam.
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