Stallion Focus:
CHITU
Henny Hughes - Sea Gift, by A.P. Indy
Chitu ranked as
Florida's #1 yearling sire by average in 2018
with top sellers at
$52,000
and
$50,000
, over 17x his stud fee. In
2019
Chitu ranked in the
top 5 sires
at
OBS October
with yearlings selling for
$48,000
and
$42,000
.
Also in 2019, Chitu had
OBS April
standout 2-year-olds sell for
$200,000
and
$150,000
.
On the track, Chitu had 4 wins in 7 starts at 2 and 3 and earnings of
$597,800
. These included wins in the
G3 Sunland Derby
and
Damascus Stakes
, and a 9th place finish in the
2014 Kentucky Derby
where he broke on top from post 12 and vied the pace sitting 2nd through the 1/16 pole.
Chitu’s sire,
Henny Hughes
, was an earner of $1,124,820 on the track and is the sire of
4x Eclipse Award
winner
Beholder
.
Chitu’s dam
Sea Gift, by the immortal A.P. Indy
, is the dam of 13 foals, 9 to race, with 6 winners.
In addition to several runners coming along (
see Racing News below
), Chitu has bright prospects working towards their first starts. These include
2-year-old Exhalting
(formerly Brit's Dream)
training with
Doug O'Neill
and
3-year-old Chitu Me Too
training with
Peter Eurton
, both at Santa Anita.
Watch for upcoming Chitu 2-year-olds at OBS June!
