We’ve long been big fans of Bucchero, and have been excited to recommend mares to him since his transfer to New York, including four that went his way in 2025. Among those that will be heading his way on our recommendation in 2026 is a former $1.9 million daughter of Tapit named Inheritance.
As you’re no doubt aware from reading about him in various industry “Value Sire” pieces, Bucchero’s proven consistency and versatility (which he demonstrated on the racetrack and is now passing along at stud) make him exactly the type of stallion that’s perfect for the New York-bred market, where Belmont Park is about to reopen with a new synthetic surface for use in the winter months, and where breeder bonuses for state-sired runners are twice what the bonus would be for an out of state (i.e., Kentucky)-sired runner. Not to mention that it’s a program where state-bred restricted races have purse parity with their open-company equivalents.
Bucchero was a winner and black-type performer each year from 2YO through 6YO; on dirt, turf and synthetic; and from 5 furlongs to 1-1/16 miles. He scored his biggest victories when going back-to-back in Keeneland’s Woodford Stakes-G2 at 5YO and 6YO at 5-1/2 furlongs on turf. That status as predominantly a turf sprinter, when combined with being a son of Kantharos, meant that he started his stallion career in Florida rather than Kentucky. But the unwavering and vocal support of his ownership group meant that he got every chance in Florida, covering 471 mares in his five years there.
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From his first 185 runners, 142 have won a race (77%), including 18 total black-type horses (10% from runners, an excellent figure). Those include ‘25 Eclipse Champion Sprinter Book’em Danno and current multiple Grade 3 winner Queen Maxima. Bucchero continues to maintain a higher AEI than CI, which is a ratio that we put a lot of stock in, and his runners have shown the same surface versatility as Bucchero himself did (for example, Book’em Danno is a G1 winner on dirt, Queen Maxima is a G3 winner on turf, and Bucaro is a black-type winner on all-weather).
By sending Inheritance his way, we will take advantage of the Bucchero/A.P. Indy cross which is responsible for the aforementioned (and blazingly fast) Queen Maxima, plus black-type winner Buccherino and another black-type earner from just 20 starters (good for an “A+” rating on TrueNicks).
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Inheritance herself was purchased as a yearling for $335k and then as a 2YO in-training for $1.9 million. She broke her maiden by 16 lengths at Belmont going a mile on dirt later on in her juvenile season for trainer Steve Asmussen, and so far as a producer her first two foals are both six-figure earners. They have demonstrated similar versatility to Bucchero and his get: Pineland is a winner on turf and dirt, and Theft is a winner twice on all-weather.
This will be Inheritance’s first try with a Storm Cat-line stallion, but there are several graded/group horses from that sire-line further back on her deep and classy page (which features her legendary 5th dam, the Blue Hen producer Special).
In addition to matching up very well on proclivities, Inheritance should be a nice like-to-like physical pairing with Bucchero, as both are strongly-made horses of medium size with excellent balance and plenty of substance, and we think their foal is bound to be a multi-surface success on the NYRA tracks when its time comes!