Ride of a Lifetime is what you look for in an outstanding equine athlete. At 16 hands as a newly turned 2 year-old, this handsome chestnut colt has a strong & solid build with great lines. He pairs that physical with a big, fluid walk and has a good mind to boot. He was bred on the same cross as outstanding Grade 1 winners, LEOFRIC, GIFT BOX, SEPARATIONOFPOWERS, BEYOND BRILLIANT & ROCK YOUR WORLD.

He is by the exciting Freshman Sire and outstanding racehorse, VEKOMA.  Vekoma was a beast on the race track by all measures. He was a multiple Grade 1 winner who displayed outstanding speed from 6 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles while earning $1,245,525 in his brilliant career. Along with his brilliance on the track, he is also one of the best-bred stallions standing at stud in the world. Some highlights for Vekoma:

• CANDY RIDE’S FASTEST AND BEST-BRED G1 SON
• Rarity at stud: A G1 winner, by a G1 winner, out of a G1 winner
• TRULY BRILLIANT MULTIPLE G1 WINNER.  Became just the 10th horse to win the Met Mile & Carter in the same year!
• UNDEFEATED AT 2, MAJOR DERBY PREP WINNER AT 3. Fast Nashua-G3 winner at 2 (97 Beyer), dominant Blue Grass-G2 winner at 3.
• Multiple G1-winning millionaire, top-class performer at 2, 3 & 4, and incredibly brilliant from 6f to 1 1/8 miles.
• -½ RAGOZIN — FLIGHTLINE is the only other horse to run a negative number this decade; the fastest son of Candy Ride (Arg) – faster than Gun Runner (-¼).
• Sire power: By leading sire CANDY RIDE (ARG), out of a Humana Distaff (G1)-winning SPEIGHTSTOWN mare and hailing from the immediate family of MR. GREELEY & STREET SENSE and extended family of elite sire DANEHILL DANCER (IRE).
• Won 6-of-8 starts – including being undefeated at both 2 & 4 – with earnings of $1,245,525.

On the Dam side, Ride of a Lifetime has an enticing pedigree as well. He is out of the Broken Vow mare Ciomara. She has thrown 1 winner from 2 to race so far. His 2nd dam is the stakes-placed Foxcaller. She earned $102,929 on the track and has been a prolific producer of black-type with the likes of stakes winners GANGBUSTER ($356,502), DREAMCALL ($307,364) & stakes-placed Glorified ($166,850) and Anahauc ($239,188) under her. His 3rd dam PLAYCALLER ($128,825) is also a stakes winner and is the dam of Grade 1 winner DIPLOMAT LADY ($552,784) & Grade 2 winner DREAM PLAY ($187,906).

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