Medallist Strikes Gold Again

Juvenile Colt IBBOYEE Notches Second New York Stakes Win

10/04/2009- Anstu Stable’s IBBOYEE, the first stakes winner for freshman sire MEDALLIST, hit a jackpot at Finger Lakes and made it look easy when romping in the $314,263 New York Breeders’ Futurity on Oct. 3. The 1-2 choice in the field of eight, IBBOYEE soared home to win the 6 fur. stakes by nearly seven lengths.

The 2-year-old bay colt from the barn of Todd Pletcher has put together three impressive races in three career starts, having also won at Saratoga and in Finger Lakes’ Aspirant S. He has earned $308,138!

MEDALLIST is now ninth on the nation’s leading first-crop sires list, and remains first in the Mid-Atlantic region, with progeny earnings of $462,404 and eight winners. The multiple graded stakes winner of $421,375 ranks nationally above the likes of GHOSTZAPPER, SAINT LIAM, ROCK HARD TEN and EDDINGTON.