Multiple graded stakes winner Stronghold (Ghostzapper), winner of the GI Santa Anita Derby and GIII Sunland Park Derby at 3 and the GIII Triple Bend Stakes this year, has been retired and will stand the 2027 breeding season at Gary Broad's Walmac Farm, the breeding operation said in a Wednesday press release.Stronghold's stud fee will be announced at a later date.“We are very excited to partner with Eric and Sharon Waller and bring in Grade I winner Stronghold,” said Gary Broad. “Stronghold was precocious, placing in multiple graded stakes at two, and he demonstrated his class throughout his racing career. When you combine his top-level performances on the racetrack with his conformation and deep sire line, he offers breeders a great value.”A fourth-generation homebred for Eric and Sharon Waller, Stronghold was a leading sophomore of his crop for trainer Phil D'Amato. In the Santa Anita Derby, the colt earned 100 qualifying points on the 'Road to the Kentucky Derby,' and stamping his ticket to Louisville. Before that, Stronghold won the Sunland Park Derby by 2 1/2 lengths.As a 5-year-old, Stronghold demonstrated his versatility by winning the GIII Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita in May.All told, Stronghold retires with a record of 16-5-7-0, having won or placed in nine graded stakes races with earnings of $1,354,700.Stronghold is by Awesome Again's Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, sire of 2026 Grade I winner Segesta, as well as champions and Breeders' Cup winners Goodnight Olive and Judy the Beauty, Canadian Horse of the Year Moira and Dubai World Cup winner and current sire Mystic Guide.Stronghold is out of the graded stakes-winning Jimmy Creed mare Spectator, who won the GII Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar in 2017 for the Wallers and finished as the runner-up in the 2018 GI Santa Anita Oaks.To manage stallion season sales and assist breeders with Walmac's expanding roster, Lucas Grandsire has joined the operation.For more information on Stronghold, contact Walmac at (859) 554-5151, email to Lgrandsire@walmacfarm.com, or visit www.walmacfarm.com.The post Santa Anita Derby Hero Stronghold To Stud Duty At Walmac For 2027 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.