Grade II winner Modernist (Uncle Mo) was represented by his first foal on Sunday, Jan. 15, when the Mineshaft mare Meteoric Matron produced a colt, Darby Dan Farm tweeted. Owned and bred by Bill Johnson's Stonegate Stables, LLC., the new arrival is a New York-bred.
“We're obviously thrilled that the first foal by Modernist is such a good one,” Darby Dan Farm manager Charlie McKinlay said. “This stallion has been very well-received and supported by his shareholders and breeders alike. He's a very well-bred horse from the Wygod family program and comes from really good horses like [champion] Sweet Catomine (Storm Cat) and [Breeders' Cup winner] Life is Sweet (Storm Cat). We're really looking forward to more Modernist foals arriving.”
Modernist, who is out of the unraced Symbolic Gesture (Bernardini), competed for three seasons and earned $576,300 from a career line of 11-3-2-2. He won the 2020 GII Risen Star S. and 2021 GII Excelsior S. and placed in three other graded events.
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