Guildsman (FR)

Guildsman, a French-bred Wootton Bassett gelding owned by Qatar Racing, won his career debut at Goodwood Racecourse in England during June 2019 and raced five more times in Europe before coming to the U.S. He made his stateside debut on March 21, 2020, in a listed stakes race at Gulfstream Park and finished third, and then finished third in an allowance race and fifth in a Belmont Park stakes race before shipping to Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and winning the listed Tom Ridge Stakes on that track’s synthetic Tapeta Footings surface by three lengths on Aug. 10.

Trainer Brendan Walsh then shipped Guildsman to Kentucky Downs for a start in the Grade 3 Franklin-Simpson Stakes on Sept. 16, and the gelding rallied from off the pace under Tyler Gaffalione to win the 6 ½-furlong turf race by a neck.

Guildsman is out of the Street Cry mare Dardiza and is a relative on his dam’s side to $3 million earner and French Derby winner Almanzor.