Sierra Leone
Brilliant son of the red-hot Gun Runner!
Out of Gr.1 Alcibiades Stakes winner Heavenly Darling and from the family of Gr.1 winners Roamin Rachel & Zenno Rob Roy.
A $2,300,000 yearling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale!
Ultra Consistent! Never out of the placings in his 14 starts, 13 of those in Gr.2 & Gr.1 company!
“Sierra Leone never runs a bad race” – Andy Beyer
"I've trained a lot of good horses, and to me, I'd say unequivocally he's the best horse I've had my hands on...he's just in a different league"– Chad Brown, trainer of 14 Eclipse Champions
A dominant winner of the Gr.1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland
"He has so much ability, and he does things so easily.” – Tyler Gafflione
Winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic as a 3YO, defeating 10 winners of 19 Grade 1 races
Gun Runner didn't win the Classic until he was a 4YO!
“No Denying Sierra Leone in Breeders’ Cup Classic” – Blood Horse Daily
“Very much a leader of the pack kind of horse. When you go to the track, everybody is going to fall behind him” – Chad Brown
Grade 1 Whitney winner, just like Gun Runner
“Sierra Leone rallies from last to capture Whitney”- Blood Horse Daily