The following stallions, Aptitude, Empire Maker, First Defence (New for 2009), and Mizzen Mast are based at Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, KY.

APTITUDE 1997 b h A.P. Indy - Dokki (Northern Dancer)
Multiple Grade 1 winner and multiple Classic-placed Aptitude is passing on his Classic quality to his offspring.  He is the sire of Grade 1 - winner Great Hunter, ($970,500) who defeated Kentucky Derby Champion Street Sense in the Grade 1 Lane’s End Breeders’ Futurity at two and captured the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at three.  To win a Three-Year-Old Stake in the past two years you probably had to beat an Aptitude. Aptitude’s Three-Year-Olds have won or placed in the following Stakes races for Three-Year-Olds: Kentucky Derby (G1), Arkansas Derby (G2), Fitz Dixon Cotillion Stakes (G2), Robert Lewis Stakes (G2), Delaware Oaks (G2), Cotillion BC (G2), Del Mar Derby (G2), Hall of Fame Stakes (G2), San Felipe (G2), Jamaica Breeders’ Cup H. (G2), Rebel Stakes (G3), Hill Prince Stakes (G3), Regret Stakes (G3), Hawthorne Derby (G3), etc.

EMPIRE MAKER 2000 b h Unbridled - Toussaud (El Gran Senor)
Three-time Grade 1 and Classic winner Empire Maker is passing on his considerable class to his offspring.  He is the Sire of a Grade 1 winner in each of his two crops to race, namely Eclipse Finalist and Multiple Grade 1 winner Country Star, who set a Stakes and Track Record in the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet, and Classic Contender Pioneerof the Nile, who won the $750,000 Grade 1 CashCall Futurity, as well as six individual First-Crop Stakes winners including Grade 2 winner Mushka who sold as a yearling to the 2006 Saratoga Sale as the Sales Topper for $1,600,000 and was then re-offered at the 2008 Keeneland November Sale, where she sold for $2,400,000 as the Day 2 Session Topper and the third highest-priced filly/mare of the sale.

FIRST DEFENCE 2004 b h Unbridled's Song - Honest Lady (Seattle Slew) NEW
Unbridled’s Song’s fastest Grade 1 - winning son First Defence displayed the precocity, brilliance, and versatility which lives within his exceptional and diverse pedigree.  At 2, he broke his maiden by 8 1/4 lengths at Belmont.  At 3, won the Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth going two turns in his Stakes debut and ran a valiant second in the King’s Bishop (Grade 1) at Saratoga. At 4, he won the Jaipur Stakes (Grade 3) on turf and the Grade 1 Forego Stakes by 6 3/4 lengths in 1:21 2/5, after fractions of :44 3/5 and 1:08 2/5. His dam, Grade 1 winner Honest Lady by Seattle Slew, is a half-sister to Chester House, sire of 2 Breeders’ Cup winners and 18 Stakes winners in 2008, as well as promising young sire Empire Maker.

MIZZEN MAST 1998 gr h Cozzene-Kinema (Graustark)
With Stakes Winners in 4 Different Countries, World Class Sire Mizzen Mast is Cozzene’s Successor on the World Stage. Like Cozzene, Mizzen Mast has sired Stakes winners on dirt and turf all over the world, including Japan, France, Italy, and the United States.  Mizzen Mast was also rated Third-Crop Sire in 2008, ranking behind only Street Cry and Johannesburg.  His 2008 Stakes winners included Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Mast Track and Grade 2 Del Mar Derby winner Madeo.  In addition, Mizzen Mast’s Two-Year-Olds have enjoyed success in the sales ring in 2008 with horses selling for up to $300,000.