Multiple Grade 1 scorer Giant Oak retired

Multiple Grade 1 winner Giant Oak has been retired from racing and will stand

at Millennium Farms as property of the Virginia H. Tarra Trust and Millennium

Stallions. He will stand for a fee of $7,500, live foal, stands and nurses.

Bred and owned by the Virginia H. Tarra Trust, Giant Oak began his career as

a juvenile by winning his first two starts and went on to win two Grade 1 events

on dirt, the 2010 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs and the 2011 Donn Handicap

at Gulfstream Park. In his four year racing career, Giant Oak won on dirt, turf

and synthetic while placing in 15 graded events including the Grade 2 Breeders'

Cup Marathon at Churchill Downs in his last start. His career tally is 31-5-5-6

with earnings of $1,484,829.

"We are excited to welcome Giant Oak to Millennium Farms at the conclusion of

a stellar racing career," Millennium Farms owner Ro Parra said.

"In four years in my barn, he never missed a day of training, never missed a

planned breeze, and never missed a race we pointed him toward," said trainer

Chris Block of the Illinois-bred.