GSW Air Strike to Stand in Ohio

Monday, November 30, 2020 | 3:11 pm

Updated: November 30, 2020 at 3:13 pm

Air Strike and jockeyNorberto Arroyo, Jr., outside, overpower Cistron (Victor Espinoza), inside, to win the Grade II, $200,000 Triple Bend Stakes, Saturday, May 25, 2019 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia CA. © BENOIT PHOTO

Grade II winner Air Strike (Street Sense–Omnitap, by Tapit) has been acquired by Daryl and Sally Duncan and will enter stud at their Duncan Farms in Warsaw, Ohio in 2021.

Raced in partnership by Sol Kumin's Madakat Stables, Slam Dunk Racing and Michael Nentwig, Air Strike won the GII Triple Bend S. at Santa Anita as a 4-year-old in 2019. Also fourth in last year's GI Bing Crosby S. and GI Forego S., the bay retired with career earnings of $338,810.

“We were looking to add a true dirt-sprint pedigree with some depth on the dam side and we found it in Air Strike,” said Daryl Duncan.

Air Strike joins Duncan Farms' other graded stakes-winning stallions, Corfu (Malibu Moon) and Fort Larned (E Dubai). He will stand his first season for $2,000 Live Foal.