Bullard

Bullard turned heads in his first appearance on the racetrack Sept. 1, 2024, when he closed from last to win a six-furlong maiden race for 2-year-olds  by 1 ¼ lengths at Del Mar. The Gun Runner colt trained by Michael McCarthy returned 2 ½ months later during Del Mar’s Bing Crosby fall meet in the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes Nov. 17. Sent off as the 11-10 favorite, Bullard once again settled well off the early lead and rallied in the stretch to win, taking the seven-furlong Bob Hope by a widening 4 ¾ lengths under Umberto Rispoli.

Bullard began his 3-year-old campaign with a third-place finish on Jan. 4 in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes going seven furlongs at Santa Anita. He was shipped to Keeneland to stretch out to 1 1/16 miles in his next race, which resulted in a fifth-place finish in a seven-horse field in the Grade 3 $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes on April 12.

Kentucky-bred Bullard is out of the unraced Warrior’s Reward mare Reve d’Amour and is a half-brother to stakes winner Mundaye Call.