Gainesway Secures Breeding Rights to MGISW Locked

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Multiple Grade I winner Locked (Gun Runner–Luna Rosa, by Malibu Moon) will stand at Gainesway upon his retirement from racing, according to a Gainesway release Wednesday. In his most recent start, the 4-year-old won the GI Santa Anita Handicap by a record 8 1/2 lengths.

Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm, the Todd Pletcher trained colt registered a 109 Beyer Speed Figure and a 3 1/2 Ragozin for his dominant Big 'Cap victory.

In his second career start, the $425,000 KEESEP purchase broke his maiden going a mile at Saratoga by 7 1/4 lengths earning him TDN 'Rising Star' status.

Locked followed up with a victory in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland, before closing out the year with a third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

“Locked displayed special talent from the onset,” stated Todd Pletcher. “His tactical ability, brilliant turn of foot and demeanor are rare.”

Locked rounded out his sophomore campaign with a win over Grade I winner Mullikin in the GII Cigar Mile.

“Locked is exactly what we are looking to capture in a stallion at Gainesway. He has shown brilliance in his maiden victory at Saratoga and G1 win at two. He has also shown versatility in his freaky performances ranging from seven furlongs to a 1 1/4 mile in graded events at three and four,” said Brian Graves, General Manager of Gainesway. “We are looking forward to what Locked can add to his resume as one of the top horses in training. He is a two-time Grade 1 winner by Gun Runner bred on a magic cross and in top form. The sky is the limit with Locked.”

On the board in all eight career starts, Locked has registered five with earnings of $1,661,650.

“To see him carry on his brilliance from his 2-year-old season to win the Cigar Mile at 3 at the stallion-making distance, to proving his elite stamina with a record-setting Big 'Cap triumph at the Classic distance, he's proven to be an extraordinary talent,” added Aron Wellman, President of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. “While we are bullish on the remainder of his 4 year-old campaign, we're also so enthused for him to prove a potential generational stallion at Gainesway.”

Bred in Kentucky by Rosa Colasanti, Locked is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Luna Rosa, who is half-sister to MGISW Gabby's Golden Gal and multiple Grade II winner Always a Princess.

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