Last Gunfighter Retired

MGSW Last Gunfighter (First Samurai–Saratoga Cat, by Saratoga Six) has been retired, owner/breeder John Gunther’s Glenwood Farm announced Thursday. The dark bay, trained for the majority of his career by Chad Brown, won four graded stakes races in 2013 at the age of four, including the GIII Hawthorne Gold Cup H. Last seen finishing third behind recent GI Woodward S. winner Liam’s Map (Unbridled’s Song) in a Belmont optional claimer in June after being transferred to Todd Pletcher, the 6-year-old retires with a record of 20-9-3-2 and earnings of $1,210,205. “It’s with mixed emotions that we have decided to bring Last Gunfighter home,” said Glennwood Farm’s General Manager Tanya Gunther. “But at age six, it’s time to consider the next stage of his career in the breeding shed. His versatility was incredible; he won stakes at five different tracks and at five different distances. In one stretch he won nine of 12 of his starts from three to five, including seven stakes. His Hawthorne Gold Cup win was especially memorable, considering it was just four weeks after his gutsy effort in the [GI] Breeders’ Cup Classic. We consider ourselves very fortunate to have had the pleasure of racing homebred Last Gunfighter. We fielded several inquiries while he was campaigning and since he has returned home, but we have not finalized plans for his stallion career.”