Brickyard Ride, a 13-time winner, is retired to stud in California

Brickyard Ride, a 13-time winner in California including three graded-stakes victories, has been retired at the age of 7. The California stalwart will stand stud at Rancho San Miguel for the 2025 season.

In a racing career that ran from 2019 through 2024, Brickyard Ride amassed a 31: 13-2-6 career record with $925,477 in earnings.

Trained by Craig Lewis for owner-breeder Alfred Pais, Brickyard Ride broke his maiden for a $50,000 claiming tag as a juvenile and climbed through the allowance ranks at age 3. He blossomed as a stakes horse beginning at age 4. He won the 2021 California Cup Sprint in his first career stakes try, then graduated to the graded level by winning the San Carlos (G2) in his next start.

Brickyard Ride's other graded-stakes triumphs came in the Kona Gold (G3) at Santa Anita in both 2022 and 2023. Brickyard Ride finished his career with a second-place finish in the 2024 California Cup Sprint on January 13, crossing the wire behind only Grade 1 winner The Chosen Vron.

“He had wicked speed, and he stuck around for a long time,” Lewis said in a Friday news release from Rancho San Miguel. “He was a very, very talented horse who loved to train, and he loved the competition, just like his daddy.” Lewis also conditioned Brickyard Ride's sire Clubhouse Ride, who as of Friday is ranked fourth by earnings among California sires in 2024.