Champion and multiple stakes sire The Fiscal Cliff will stand the 2026 season at Red River Equine, LLC in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

© Marie Littlefield

By StallioneSearch

THACKERVILLE, OK–AUGUST 26, 2025–Lauren Whitmire's champion and multiple stakes sire The Fiscal Cliff SI 109, will stand at Red River Equine, LLC in 2026. His fee has been set at $2,500.

Bred by Thomas Lepic and raced by Whitmire Ranch, The Fiscal Cliff won or placed 22 of 26 career starts while earning $580,425.

Named the 2017 AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion, The Fiscal Cliff won the AQHA Challenge Championship S.(G1), Moore Memorial S.(G2), Jim Bader Futurity, Iowa Double Gold Futurity [R], Polk County Derby, Heritage Place Juvenile Stakes, Canterbury Championship Challenge S., and Skip Zimmerman Memorial S.

The Fiscal Cliff winning the Grade 1 AQHA Challenge Championship. © Jack Coady

He was second in the Eastex S.(G2), Iowa Double Gold Derby [R] , Ruidoso Derby Challenge, third in the Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge(G2), Keokuk S.(G3), and a finalist in the Champion of Champions S.(G1), Bob Moore Memorial S.(G2), and Higheasterjet H.(G3).

From limited starters in five crops to race, The Fiscal Cliff has sired 22 winners, four black type, earners over $807,000, and average earnings per starter over $21,800.

The Fiscal Cliff's top performers include Gbh Fiscal Toni SI 98 (4 wins to 4, $111,730 Louisiana Champions Day Derby-RG3, 3rd-Miss Polly Classic S.-RG3, etc.), Rj Lets Get Fiscal SI 102 (4 wins to 3, $73,942 Sam Houston Classic S.-G2, etc.), The Texas Hammer SI 99 (3 wins at 2, $59,176 2nd-Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge S.-G3, 3rd-Gillespie County Fair Firecracker Futurity, etc.), Rg The Fiscal Loreta SI 84 (3 wins to 3, $20,846 Futurity Criadores Mexicanos Juvenile, 3rd-Clasico Salvador Onate S., etc.), Double Didget SI 93 (3 wins to 4, $55,612), Superstition SI 95 (4 wins to 5, $52,926), etc.

Louisiana Champions Day Derby(RG3) winner Gbh Fiscal Toni. © Hodges Photography

The Fiscal Cliff's sire is multiple Grade 1 winner Pyc Paint Your Wagon SI 107 ($889,581), sire of 130 stakes winners, 771 winners, and nearly $43.5 million earners.

Pyc Paint Your Wagon's top performers include Champion The Fiscal Cliff SI 109 (see above), Curls Happy Wagon SI 103 (champion, $360,674, Mildred N Vessels Memorial H.-G1, etc.), Mystic Paint SI 103 (champion, to 4, 2025, $327,538, Keokuk S.-G3, etc.), Hooked N Gone SI 106 (to 5, 2025, $762,443, Debbie Schauf Remington Park Invitational Championship S.-G1, etc.), Mr Pyc to You SI 97 ($488,820, Champion of Champions S.-G1), etc.

His dam is the multiple Grade 1 producing Shazoom mare Signs Zoomer SI 98 ($30,044-G2 finalist), dam of 18 ROM winners, 6 black type including Champion The Fiscal Cliff SI 109 (see above), Los Alamitos Super Derby(G1) winner Jeriko SI 98 ($1,006,022), Los Alamitos stakes winner and third-place finisher in the Grade 1 All American Futurity-G1 Wagon Tales SI 99 ($427,579), Firecracker Derby (G3) winner Gotagogh SI 106 ($215,175), Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge(G3) winner Polar Vortex SI 104 ($143,416), Grade 1-placed A Valiant Zoomer SI 95 ($69,567), etc.

The second dam, Stylish Sign SI 98 by Vital Sign, is the dam of 10 winners, 3 black type including the aforementioned mentioned Champion of Champions(G1) winner Mr Pyc To You SI 97 ($488,820), Oklahoma Futurity(G2) winner First Painted Sign SI 104 ($284,911), stakes winner Second Painted Sign SI 102 ($104,604), etc.

She is the granddam or great-granddam of Ruidoso Futurity(G1) winner First Valiant Sign ($1,053,844), AQHA Challenge Championship(G1) winner A Tres Of Eagle SI 108 ($524,475), Oklahoma-bred Derby(RG3) stakes winner and G1-placed A Tres Of Paint SI 98 ($509,184), Retama Park Derby Challenge winner A Painted Dynasty SI 101 ($249,982), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts for The Fiscal Cliff, call Chad Beus, Red River Equine Farm Manager, at (405) 847-9907.

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