Greenpointcrusader flies to victory in G1 Champagne

Greenpointcrusader made the leap into Graded Stakes company a successful one with an impressive come-from-behind victory in the G1 Champagne Stakes.

The son of Bernardini raced at the back of the pack early, but made a sweeping move around the far turn to take command at the top of the stretch. Greenpointcrusader continued to draw off through the stretch for the victory.

Greenpointcrusader was bred in Kentucky by Oakbrook Farm. He is out of Ava Knowsthecode, a stakes-placed daughter of Cryptoclearance. Ava Knowsthecode is also the dam of Justin Phillip, winner of the G1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt; Keyed Entry, winner of the G2 Hutcheson, and Algorithms, winner of the G3 Holy Bull.

Greenpointcrusader is one of his sire Bernardini’s thirteen G1 winners, an impressive group that includes 2015 G1 Humana Distaff winner Dame Dorothy and G1 Spinaway winner Rachel’s Valentina. In addition, Bernardini is the sire of Boban, a four-time G1 winner in Australia, as well as back-to-back G1 Travers winners Stay Thirsty and Alpha, and multiple G1 winner To Honor And Serve, whose full-sister, Angela Renee, won the G1 Chandelier Stakes.