Hoppertunity to enter stud at Northview PA
Multiple Grade 1 winner and multimillionaire Hoppertunity will enter stud in 2019 at Northview PA in Peach Bottom, Pa. With career earnings of $4,712,625, the 7-year-old becomes the richest horse ever to stand his first season in the Mid-Atlantic region. His stud fee is $5,000 live foal, with shares and lifetime breeding rights being offered.
In a career that spanned five seasons and 34 starts, Hoppertunity had 22 top-three finishes while consistently racing at the highest level from coast-to-coast. His nine stakes wins were all graded, with Grade 1 scores in the historic Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park and Churchill Downs’ Clark Handicap. He made two trips to Dubai and hit the board in the 2016 Dubai World Cup-G1 when third behind California Chrome. He won the San Antonio Stakes-G2 twice at Santa Anita and the Brooklyn Invitational Stakes-G2 at Belmont.