“And when you’re gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame? Who tells your story?” – Broadway’s “Hamilton” With every passing year, the depth of the loss of champion Arrogate, who died at age 7 after just three seasons at stud, becomes more pronounced. His first crop was led by Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath; his second by Belmont and Travers winner and champion Arcangelo. His third crop now includes Seize the Grey, front-running victor of last Saturday’s Preakness Stakes – and a candidate for the Belmont Stakes. Despite limited opportunity, Arrogate has remarkably become one of the most successful classic sires of the modern era. “I have had such good luck with Arrogate,” said D. Wayne Lukas, who trained Secret Oath and now Seize the Grey. “I’m beginning to feel like Seize the Grey can run 1 1/2 miles. This year, [the Belmont is] 1 1/4 miles. I think maybe they should extend it back out a bit.” How rare is Arrogate’s achievement of two Triple Crown race winners, plus an Oaks winner, from just three crops? The great A.P. Indy sired two classic winners and two Oaks winners – one being his Belmont winner Rags to Riches – from 18 crops. Fellow breed-shaping stallion Storm Cat sired dual classic winner Tabasco Cat and one Oaks winner from 21 crops. :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  However, it’s worth noting that A.P. Indy and Storm Cat averaged 62 and 69 foals per crop, respectively. Arrogate averaged 108. Looking at contemporary stallions, multi-time leading sire Tapit, whose 17th crop hit the track this year, is the sire of four Belmont Stakes winners and a Kentucky Oaks winner. Into Mischief, the five-time reigning leading sire, has two Kentucky Derby winners – one by disqualification – and an Oaks winner, with his 13th crop racing this year. Arrogate’s biggest racing rivals were two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome and Horse of the Year Gun Runner. California Chrome, elected alongside him to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame last year, is an international sire, who, with his fifth crop racing, has not sired a Grade 1 winner in the U.S. Horse of the Year Gun Runner, who joins the duo in the Hall of Fame this year, has his fourth crop on the track, and sired Preakness winner Early Voting in his record-setting first crop. “There’s a certain side of it, huge disappointment,” Garrett O’Rourke, manager for Juddmonte’s U.S. operations, said of Arrogate’s brief career. “And the other side is some pride in association you can still have with him, and the great memories that we have still of his racing career.” Arrogate announced himself to the world with a 13 1/2-length victory in his stakes debut in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes in 2016. He carried the Juddmonte Farm colors through 1 1/4 miles in 1:59.36, smashing Saratoga’s track record of 2:00 established by General Assembly in 1979. In his next start, Arrogate edged California Chrome by a half-length in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, securing himself the Eclipse Award as outstanding 3-year-old male. He then contested the inaugural edition of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational, which sported a $12 million purse, at Gulfstream Park. Arrogate rolled by 4 3/4 lengths, establishing another track record as he ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:46.83. In what would prove to be his final victory, Arrogate traveled across the globe for the $10 million Dubai World Cup. Away slowly, the colt made a dramatic last-to-first rally to defeat Gun Runner by 2 1/4 lengths, going away, in what many consider his finest hour. He eventually retired with a record of 11-7-1-1 and earnings of $17,422,600, making him North America’s leading money winner. “It’s very sad that Prince Khalid himself, unfortunately, had passed away a couple of years ago,” said Juddmonte’s Dr. John Chandler as he accepted Arrogate’s Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of the operation founder who died in 2021. “Really, he would have liked to have been here, and [would have] appreciated the recognition that his horse has.” Chandler said that the success of Arrogate, whom Juddmonte purchased as a yearling, “brought the prince more pleasure than anything else I’d seen in a long time.” To much fanfare and a stellar books of mares, Arrogate retired to stud at Juddmonte in Kentucky for the 2018 season. His euthanasia in June 2020 rocked the Thoroughbred world. Juddmonte said the stallion had had a successful season until the prior week, when they suspended him from duty due to a sore neck. A few days later, he suddenly fell in his stall and was unable to rise. He was transported to the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, for treatment and extensive testing, including spinal tap evaluation, X-ray, ultrasound, CT scans, and many blood tests. The stallion was still unable to stand after four days, leading to secondary health issues setting in, as horses are not built to be recumbent for long. It was later determined that Arrogate had a lesion on his spinal cord, which rendered him a quadriplegic. While a neck injury could explain the lesion and initial soreness, his connections are still unsure how the issue arose. “We were completely gutted by how it happened, and still are scratching our heads a bit,” O’Rourke said. “For such a young horse, it was totally unexpected.” Arrogate is the sire of 325 foals in his three crops; 227 have raced through May 18, with 139 winners. In addition to Arcangelo, Secret Oath, and Seize the Grey, Arrogate is the sire of Grade 1 winners And Tell Me Nolies, Cave Rock, and Fun to Dream; Grade 2 winners Affirmative Lady and Tiny Temper; Grade 3 winners Abeliefinthislivin, Liberal Arts, Linda’s Gift, Mr Fisk, and Petulante; and stakes winners Alittleloveandluck, Artorius, Catiche, Everland, Legadema, Pandagate, Slip Mahoney, Straight Arrow, and Too Many Kisses. Arrogate’s 3-year-olds this season, led by Seize the Grey, include the aforementioned Liberal Arts, who is multiple graded stakes-placed this year; Pandagate, third in the Group 2 U.A.E. Derby; and stakes winners Everland – a creditable fifth in the Kentucky Oaks in her dirt debut – and Legadema. Arrogate has several graded-winning older horses this year and more developments could be in the offing. It remains to be seen if My Racehorse’s Seize the Grey will race as an older horse. The colt is a red-hot commodity as a stallion prospect, as he is one of just two surviving Grade 1-winning sons of Arrogate. Cave Rock died last year of complications from colic. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. Arrogate is a son of Unbridled’s Song from the classic Unbridled line. Lane’s End Farm debuted Arcangelo this season. “There’s no doubt that Arrogate’s brief career at stud has had a major impact on racing,” the farm’s Bill Farish said. There has also been strong competition for daughters of Arrogate, as Unbridled’s Song and his sons have been outstanding broodmare sires. Spendthrift Farm went to $3 million to acquire Secret Oath last November at Fasig-Tipton. And Tell Me Nolies and Fun to Dream sold for seven figures to Japanese interests at the same sale. Through his active runners, plus a highly anticipated next generation, Arrogate’s flame has the opportunity to continue to burn. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.