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The Lieutenant killed in Peru farm invasion
Grade 3 winner The Lieutenant, a half-brother to Triple Crown winner Justify, was among four stallions killed by intruders at Haras Barlovento in Peru, the farm posted on its website and social-media channels Sunday morning.
Also killed were graded stakes winner Cyrus Alexander, a half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver; Group 1 winner Kung Fu Mambo; and Grade 3-placed Timely Advice. The farm said that the intruders incapacitated the night watchman and went after the stallions.
“They had one intention and they have succeeded,” the farm wrote on Instagram.
The Lieutenant, by Street Sense and out of the graded stakes-placed Ghostzapper mare Stage Magic, shuttled to stand the Southern Hemisphere season in Peru after beginning his stud career at Sequel Stallions in New York in 2019. He covered 46 mares in his first and only Northern Hemisphere season, according to The Jockey Club’s Report of Mares Bred.
The Lieutenant emerged with his best season of racing last year at age 5, winning the Grade 3 All American Stakes at Golden Gate. He also finished second to Diversify in the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap, was third in the Grade 2 Californian, and finished second in the Santana Mile. He retired with an overall record of 4-2-1 from 15 starts and earnings of $345,882.
Cyrus Alexander, a 7-year-old Medaglia d’Oro horse, won the Grade 3 Lone Star Park Handicap in 2016. Later that year, he won the Pennsylvania Derby Champion Stakes and was second in the Grade 3 Longacres Mile. He was purchased privately by Haras Barlovento owner Boris Schwartzman to stand at the farm beginning with the 2017 Southern Hemisphere season.
In addition to Super Saver, Cyrus Alexander also was a half-brother to graded stakes winner Brethren; to stakesplaced Charge Now and Lisa T.; and to unraced Quickest, dam of Grade 1 winner Callback and stakes winner and producer Defy Gravity. It is the family of champion Rhythm and Grade 1 winners Bluegrass Cat, Dance Number, Frost Giant, Girolamo, Got Lucky, Imagining, and Private Account.
Argentinian-born Kung Fu Mambo, a 10-year-old Giant’s Causeway horse, scored his biggest victory in the Group 1 Peruvian Derby in 2012. The stallion was a half-brother to Group 1 winner Sweet Sorrel and Group 2 winner Siempre Alerta. His second dam was Grade 1 winner Spinning Round, dam of Grade 1 winner and producer Dream Supreme.
Timely Advice, a 14-year-old son of A.P. Indy, finished third in the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes at Woodbine and was second in the Mr. Prospector Stakes at Monmouth Park. The only one of the four stallions killed with progeny statistics, he is the sire of four stakes winners from seven crops of racing age, led by Peruvian champion Fiebre Cule.
Out of Grade 1-winning juvenile Confessional, Timely Advice was a half-brother to Grade 3-placed stakes winner Ready to Confess, and stakesplaced Fun Filled and Lorettine. It is the extended family of champions Chris Evert, Chief’s Crown, Deep Sky, Faaz, and Winning Colors, as well as Grade/Group 1 winners Classic Crown, Eskimo Kisses, Etoile Montante, Excellent Art, Missed the Storm, Perfect Alibi, Sightseek, Tap Dance City, and Tates Creek.