Per Bloodhorse:
Multiple graded stakes-placed Swipe has been retired from racing and will be entered in the Keeneland November breeding stock sale as a stallion prospect, Keith Desormeaux’s assistant trainer Julie Clark reported Aug. 31.
A $5,000 Keeneland September yearling sale selection by Desormeaux, Swipe logged a 1-5-2 record from 11 starts and earned $622,630 for Big Chief Racing, Fizzy Racing, and Billy Shelton.
The Kentucky-bred Birdstone colt turned in four consecutive runner-up finishes to eventual juvenile champion and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Nyquist as a 2-year-old, including in the 2015 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). He won the Summer Juvenile Championship Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course in his third start to break his maiden and collect his only victory.
Swipe is the only foal to race out of the Grand Slam mare Avalanche Lilly, from four produced. He was bred by Lou Oppenheim.
