Grade 1 winner Lexitonian to stand at Lane's End

Grade 1 winner Lexitonian, a homebred for Calumet Farm, will stand the 2022 breeding season at Lane's End Farm in central Kentucky.

An impressive 2-year-old debut winner at Belmont, the son of champion Speightstown went on to win the Chick Lang Stakes (G3) at three along with the Concern Stakes before hitting the board in the Phoenix Stakes (G2) at Keeneland.

At four, he ran second by a nose to Collusion Illusion in the Bing Crosby  Stakes (G1). In his five-year-old campaign, he ran second by a head to Flagstaff in the hotly contested Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day and scored a huge victory in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga, defeating 2020 champion male sprinter Whitmore and Grade 1 winners Mischevious Alex and Firenze Fire.

“He’s a horse who fights”, said trainer Jack Sisterson. “He has the talent, the will and the heart. He’s a class act winning and placing second in multiple Grade 1 races. I’ve had a tremendous amount of confidence in him throughout his career because you can run him over any track, and he always knows what to do.”

“We are thrilled that Calumet is entrusting us with a horse as special as Lexitonian is,” said Bill Farish of Lane’s End Farm. “He has been a consistent top-level performer at all stages of his racing career. He has the pedigree, racing ability and soundness that we think will set him up for success at stud.”

Lexitonian, 5, is the first foal out of the young Tapit mare Riviera Romper. She is a daughter of G1 Test winner Swap Fliparoo that Calumet acquired at the 2015 Keeneland November Sale for $310,000 while carrying him.

Lexitonian will stand for $10,000 for the 2022 breeding season.