WHITE ABARRIO will enter stud at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, following the conclusion of his racing career. The four-time Grade 1 winner, including the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), and earner of $8,445,170, brings a championship-level resume to Gainesway’s stallion roster.
2023 Breeders Cup Classic – White Abarrio pic.twitter.com/QdpIEHBg3y
— History of Horse Racing (@horsevault) October 29, 2025
Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. and owned by the partnership of C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber, and La Milagrosa Stable, WHITE ABARRIO is scheduled to race next in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs on June 27.
“It is rare that a horse who comes to stud with such consistent high-class ability is a grandson of the two foremost breed-shaping stallions of the last decade, TAPIT and Into Mischief,” said Antony Beck of Gainesway. “We look forward to seeing what accomplishments WHITE ABARRIO can add to his already impressive resume the rest of this year and are very excited for him to join the Gainesway stallion roster in 2027.”
WHITE ABARRIO has displayed an immense amount of talent from day one, starting with a 6 3/4-length victory in his first start as a 2-year-old to most recently defeating an all-star cast in the Oaklawn Handicap (G2). He has achieved graded stakes wins or placings during every year of his racing career and posted 10 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures.
Early in his 3-year-old season, the grandson of perennial leading sire TAPIT established himself as one of the top colts of his generation with decisive victories in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and Florida Derby (G1).
He maintained that brilliance as a 4-year-old with a 6 1/4-length victory in the Whitney Stakes (G1), handing Cody’s Wish the only defeat of his 2023 Horse of the Year campaign. He followed that up with the most important triumph of his career in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Park, where he defeated seven Grade or Group 1 winners.
WHITE ABARRIO kicked off his 2025 campaign with a dominant 6 1/4-length victory in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1). He earned a 1” Ragozin Sheet figure for that performance, the fastest such number recorded in 2025.
“It means a great deal to our ownership group to have WHITE ABARRIO join Gainesway,” said co-owners Clint Cornett and Gary Barber. “He has given us an incredible ride on the track, and we are excited to see him close out his racing career before beginning the next chapter at Gainesway.”
Already in 2026, WHITE ABARRIO won the Oaklawn Handicap (G2) in April by two lengths. He defeated dual classic winner and defending Horse of the Year Sovereignty, as well as Preakness Stakes winner Journalism, and earned a career-best 111 Beyer for the effort, marking his sixth triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure in his last nine starts.
WHITE ABARRIO!!!!!!!!!!!
An epic Oaklawn Handicap as Sovereignty and Journalism dueled throughout before being run down by 7 year old White Abarrio under @iradortiz in the @C2RacingStable colors. An emotional @SaffieJosephJr trains. pic.twitter.com/fl3Lb7WV7f
— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) April 18, 2026
Sired by Race Day and out of the Into Mischief mare Catching Diamonds, WHITE ABARRIO will join his grandsire TAPIT on the Gainesway stallion roster in 2027.
A stud fee will be announced at a later date.