Owner/breeder John Gunther, and daughter Tanya Gunther, have retired their homebred Stage Raider to Pope McLean’s Crestwood Farm near Lexington, for the 2025 breeding season. Stage Raider is a Pioneerof the Nile half brother to 2018 Triple Crown winner and leading sire Justify . The leading third-crop sire through Oct. 30, Justify is already the sire of more than 30 stakes winners, including grade 1 winners and 2-year-old champions City of Troy , Opera Singer , and Just F Y I .