Citizen Bull A Ninth Champion For Into Mischief

Citizen Bull | Breeders' Cup/Eclipse Sportswire

Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) became the ninth champion for his world-class stallion, taking home the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old male Thursday evening. The $675,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase went three-for-four in 2024, including back-to-back Grade Is in the American Pharoah Stakes and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Citizen Bull earned a 96 Beyer Speed Figure in the Breeders' Cup and is reported to be targeting Santa Anita's GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 1 for his sophomore debut. Two Juvenile winners in the Breeders' Cup's 41-year history have gone on to win the GI Kentucky Derby. While neither of those were trained by Baffert, the Derby–like the Juvenile–is a race Baffert knows how to win.

Early Impressions…
There's a lot of people involved in the whole selection process that help us arrive at decisions that allow us to be involved in colts like Citizen Bull… That horse jumped through every hoop. Nobody had any concern. Everybody felt he had the scope, he had the size, he had the demeanor of a good horse. He just had the perfect reaction every time he was pulled out his stall. He stood up. He had such an athletic way about him. –co-owner Tom J. Ryan

 

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