Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit will relocate to Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind., for the 2024 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The 10-year-old son of Eskendereya previously stood at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2019. He'll stand in Indiana for a partnership led by Nicks Farm Thoroughbreds, and lifetime breeding rights established during the stallion's time at Spendthrift Farm will continue to be honored.
A $5,000 bonus will be offered to the breeder of the first Indiana-sired stakes winner by Mor Spirit.
Mor Spirit's oldest runners are 3-year-olds of 2023, led by Prince of Wales Stakes winner Velocitor. His runners of note also include stakes winners Weslan and Mor Victory.
In total, Mor Spirit has sired 45 winners, with combined progeny earnings in excess of $3 million.
Mor Spirit won six of 14 starts during his on-track career, with earnings totaling $1,668,400.
He won the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity and ran second in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes as a juvenile, then he came back at three to win the G3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes and run second in the G1 Santa Anita Derby. His 4-year-old season was highlighted by victories in the G1 Metropolian Handicap and the G3 Steve Sexton Mile.
Mor Spirit is out of the Grade 3-placed stakes-winning Dixie Union mare Im a Dixie Girl. He hails from the family of champion Stellar Wind and Grade 1 winner Great Hunter.
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