GRADE 1 winner First Defence was sold at the end of the 2016 breeding season to continue his stud career at Haif Stud in Saudi Arabia. A son of Unbridled’s Song (Unbridled), he was trained by Bobby Frankel on behalf of Juddmonte Farms.

First Defence won six of 14 starts and was a top-class sprinter who was effective on both dirt and turf. He won the Grade 3 Jaipur Handicap at Belmont Park before turning in a brilliant performance to run out a near seven-length winner of the Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga. He also won the Long Branch Breeders’ Cup Stakes at Monmouth Park and ran second in the Grade 1 King’s Bishop Stakes and Grade 2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap.