Upon the conclusion of his racing career, GI Woody Stephens winner Englishman (Maxfield–In It for the Gold, by Speightstown) will retire to Lane's End, the farm announced on Tuesday.
Englishman is expected to continue racing into 2027.
Campaigned by Lee and Susan Searing's C R K Stables LLC, Englishman most recently won Saratoga's seven-furlong Woody Stephens by 5 3/4 lengths. Earning a 115 Beyer Speed Figure, he stopped the clock at 1:20.40, equaling the track record for 7 furlongs set in 1978.
“I am thrilled to add Englishman to our roster of future stallions,” said Lane's End's Bill Farish. “He has impressed us since his stunning debut and we have been watching him closely ever since. He combines brilliant speed with exceptional good looks and is by the very promising young Darley stallion, Maxfield.”
Never off the board in his career, the Cherie DeVaux trainee won his 2-year-old debut at Churchill Downs in September of last year by 7 1/4 lengths and was named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' for the performance.
In his 3-year-old debut, he scored at the Fair Grounds by 7 1/2 lengths and making his graded debut in the GII 2 Pat Day Mile, he was a respectable second behind Crude Velocity, who he later returned to defeat that rival in the Woody Stephens.
“Englishman has wowed us from his first start to the Grade I Woody Stephens, and we are excited to see where he takes us next,” said Lee Searing. “We look forward to his future career as a stallion at Lane's End and plan to support him with our mares.”
Bred in Kentucky by Fifth Avenue Bloodstock, Englishman later sold at the Keeneland 2024 September Yearling Sale for $400,000. A son of Maxfield, Englishman is out of the winning mare In It for the Gold. Englishman's second dam is All Due Respect, who is multiple graded stakes placed, including the GI Santa Anita Oaks and GI Ballerina Stakes.
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