He was sired by the 1965 Preakness Stakes winner, Tom Rolfe, a son of the undefeated European superstar, Ribot.
He emerged from the shadow of his more famous stable companion Fort Marcy to win the United Nations Handicap.
[1] He capped off the year with a six-length win on a soggy Laurel Park Racecourse in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes.
Run the Gantlet returned to race at age four in 1972, notably winning the Bowling Green Handicap at Belmont Park.
Retired to the Gilltown Stud in County Kildare, Ireland, Run the Gantlet was the sire of 39 stakes race winners, including outstanding runners such as: Run the Gantlet was also the damsire of Risk Me, winner of the 1987 Group One Grand Prix de Paris and Prix Jean Prat.