Gary Broad's Walmac Farm will add grade 1-placed, multiple grade 3 winner and millionaire Fulsome to its stallion roster for 2024. The stallion will stand for a partnership with Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock, and a stud fee will be announced at a later date.
Fulsome is the product of three generations of Juddmonte Farms breeding and raced as a homebred with trainer Brad Cox. After a couple of starts at 2, he became a winner in his first start at 3 in January at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. He went on to win or place in five of his next six starts as a sophomore. He scored victories in the Smarty Jones Stakes (G3) at Parx Racing, Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, and the Oaklawn Stakes at Oaklawn Park by a combined seven lengths. He would also finish third in the Indiana Derby (G3).
Fulsome secured the most lucrative victory of his career in the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park at 4 in 2022. In tight after the start of the one-mile fixture, Fulsome commenced a strong move into the far turn, circling five-wide turning for home. He engaged the pacesetters at the furlong marker and wore them down in the stretch to record a determined win by a neck over multiple graded stakes winner Cezanne. Three races later, he scored in the West Virginia Governor's Stakes (G3) at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort by 1 1/4 lengths as the prohibitive favorite in a field of eight. He closed out the year with a runner-up effort to subsequent grade 1 winner West Will Power in the Fayette Stakes (G2) at Keeneland, and then finished third to Proxy and West Will Power in the $1 million Clark Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs.
Fulsome retires with a record of 8-2-2 out of 17 starts and earned $1,244,553.
By Into Mischief , a four-time leading North American sire, Fulsome is out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Flourish. He is a half brother to graded stakes-placed winners Mr Darcy (Harlan's Holiday) and Rimprotector (Point of Entry ) and a full brother to multiple stakes-placed winner Citrus Burst. His second dam is group-placed stakes winner Viviana, who is the dam of seven-time grade 1 winner Sightseek and multiple grade 1 winner Tates Creek. This is also the family of Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) winner Expert Eye, grade 1 winners Obligatory and Etoile Montante, Kentucky Oaks (G1) runner-up Hometown Queen, and Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Country Grammer , the third-highest North American earner in history with a bankroll of $14,921,320.
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