Bernardini’s six-year-old son Le Bernardin went wire to wire in the Listed Dubai Creek Mile at Meydan on December 17th for his second career Stakes victory.
Le Bernardin broke sharply and went straight to the lead in the one-turn mile. He began to separate himself from the field around the turn and pulled away through the stretch to win easily by about six lengths.
A $325,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase, Le Bernardin won the G3 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park as a three-year-old. He went to Dubai the following year and has been a solid performer at Meydan since, including a third-place finish in the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 earlier this year.
Bred in Kentucky by Mike Rutherford, Le Bernardin is out of the G2 Demoiselle Stakes winner La Rosa (Wild Again) and is a half-brother to G3 winner Taittinger Rose.
Bernardini is having a banner year in 2015 with four US G1 winners including G1 Champagne victor Greenpointcrusader and G1 Spinaway heroine Rachel’s Valentina. He is also the sire of back-to-back G1 Travers winners Stay Thirsty and Alpha, as well as multiple G1 winner To Honor and Serve.
Bernardini will stand the 2016 breeding season at Jonabell Farm for a fee of $100,000, stands and nurses.
