Archipenko 2004-2017
Archipenko at Lanwades Stud, Photo (X)
Archipenko (KY)
May 30, 2004- December 2017
Archipenko, the sire of three Gr.I winners and a Gr.I winner himself, lost his battle with a rare form of lymphoma in December of 2017. The stallion was 13 years old and passed at Lanwades Stud, his home base.
Archipenko was bred in Kentucky, United States by Eagle Holdings. A royal pedigree, he was sired by Kingmambo and was out of the stakes-winning Nijinsky mare Bound. Bound is a daughter of Broodmare of the Year Special, who produced Nureyev and Fairy Bridge, who in turn produced Sadler's Wells, Tate Gallery, Fairy Gold, and Puppet Dance. Special also produced Number, a graded stakes winner and the dam of Jade Robbery. Bound herself also produced Liable, the dam of 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Blame.
Archipenko was first owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Magnier, and later owned by Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa Al Maktoum and Dr. A. H. Parker. He was trained by Aiden O’Brien and Michael de Kock.
During his globetrotting racing career, Archipenko won the 2008 Gr.I Queen Elizabeth Cup II at Sha Tin, Gr.II Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes, Gr.II Bank of Dubai Al Fahidi Fort, Gr.III Zabeel Mile, and Gr.II Plymouth Gin Summer Mile Stakes. He won in group company on three different continents. He also found racing success in the United States when running second in the Arlington Million.
Archipenko retired with a record of 17: 6-2-1 with earnings of $2,401,963.
Archipenko entered stud in 2010 at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket. He stood thee his entire stud career, although he began shuttling to La Quebrada, Argentina beginning in 2012. He has sired three Gr.I winners, including 2017 Hong Kong Cup winner Time Warp, 2017 Gran Premio General San Martin winner Forty One, and 2014 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes winner Madame Chiang.
His other graded European graded winners include Algometer and Va Bank, while his Argentinian winners include Don Archi, Silver Look, and Stony Broke. He has sired 14 blacktype winners in total, including listed winners Medrano, Algonquin, Lady Penko (FR), Royal Honour, Russian Punch, Clonard Street, Marabea, Sergel (Danish St. Leger), Lazzam, and Lady Penko (ITY).