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Ocala Stud Announces 2023 Stallion Roster And Fees

Ocala stud has set 2023 stud fees for its roster of 10 stallions for the upcoming breeding season, led by Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner Roadster who will stand his initial season at stud for $7,500 S&N. Also new to the roster for 2023 is Grade 1 winner Gretzky the Great, who will stand for $3,000 S&N.

Roadster, a near-millionaire son of perennial leading sire Quality Road, was an impressive winner of the $1 million Santa Anita Derby in 2019. In a determined effort, he defeated stablemate Game Winner—the previous year's Eclipse Award-winning champion 2-year-old male—with a sustained stretch rally after circling rivals three-wide on the far turn.

In addition to his Santa Anita Derby victory, Roadster finished second in the G1 Malibu Stakes to Omaha Beach, second in the G2 San Carlos Stakes, and was runner-up to Grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto in the G3 Affirmed Stakes. Roadster is produced from the stakes-winning and stakes-producing Silver Ghost mare Ghost Dancing and is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner and Keeneland track-record setter Ascend. Roadster was sold by his breeder—Arthur Hancock III's Stone Farm—at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $525,000.

Gretzky the Great, a son of champion and Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, was a Grade 1 winner at two. Campaigned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, Gretzky the Great made an auspicious graded stakes debut with a scintillating score in Woodbine's $300,000 G1 Summer Stakes at one mile on the turf. Prior to the Summer Stakes win he annexed the Soaring Free Stakes in his stakes debut.

The following season at three, Gretzky the Great flashed his customary early foot to win the $150,000 Greenwood Stakes at Woodbine for his third career stakes victory. Gretzky the Great is out of the stakes-placed Bernardini mare Peal Turn and hails from the family of graded stakes winners Saint Anddan, Love Theway Youare, and Luftikus. He was a $295,000 acquisition at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale in 2019.

Awesome Slew, Florida's No. 1-ranked first crop sire, will once again stand for $4,000 S&N. Awesome Slew's first 2-year-olds came out running this year and are topped by undefeated Awesome Strong, who became just the tenth horse in history to sweep the colts and geldings division of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series, winning the In Reality Stakes, the Affirmed Stakes, and the Dr. Fager Stakes. A $500,000 purchase by CSLR Racing Partners at the F-T Digital Sale earlier this year, Awesome Strong is currently targeting the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland for trainer Jorge Delgado and is already an earner of $458,000.

In addition to their success on the racetrack, the progeny of Awesome Slew have also proved popular in the auction ring. He has been represented by first 2-year-olds up to $400,000, $220,000, etc., and second-crop yearlings of up to $150,000 this year.

Seeking the Soul, a Charles Fipke homebred, will stand for $5,000 S&N. He welcomed first foals in 2022 and will be represented by first yearlings in 2023. Seeking the Soul enjoyed an illustrious racing career, winning the 2017 G1 Clark Handicap, the 2018 G3 Ack Ack Stakes (G3), and the 2019 G2 Stephen Foster Stakes. All told, he won or placed in eight graded stakes, including runner-up finishes in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, banking more than $3.4 million.

Win Win Win, like Seeking the Soul, saw his first foals hit the ground in 2022 and will stand the upcoming breeding season for $5,000 S&N. Win Win Win captured the G1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga in 2020, defeating four Grade 1 winners and set a new track record at three, winning the seven-furlong Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in 1:20.89, running a 2 on the Ragozin Sheets. He hails from a deep Live Oak family and is a descendant of the influential Halo sire line. He stands as the property of a partnership between Live Oak Stud, Airdrie Stud, and Ocala Stud.

Stud fees for Adios Charlie, Jess's Dream, and Noble Bird will be $3,000 S&N, and Dak Attack and Battalion Runner will stand for $2,500 S&N.

Stallion	S&N Fee
Adios Charlie	$3,000
Awesome Slew	$4,000
Jess's Dream	$3,000
Noble Bird	$3,000
Seeking the Soul	$5,000
Dak Attack	$2,500
Battalion Runner	$2,500
Win Win Win	$5,000
Roadster-NEW	$7,500
Gretzky the Great-NEW	$3,000

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Bloodlines Presented By No-No Cribbing Collar: Patience Paid Off With Dowager Winner Temple City Terror

Earning a first graded stakes success in the Grade 3 Dowager Stakes at Keeneland, Temple City Terror (by Temple City) is no Silky Sullivan (more on him later). For one thing, she doesn't drop far enough out of her races.

That's not to say that Temple City Terror was near the pace. Nope. She was next-to-last as favored Beside Herself led the race through a half in :48.14 and three-quarters in 1:13.40. But that was a fairly quick tempo for a 12-furlong race, and the favorite paid the price for burning up so much energy. She finished eighth.

Temple City Terror, on the other hand, was ninth of 10 at the half and the mile, then put in huge move to move into second by the 10-furlong point of call. She maintained her stride and momentum for the final quarter-mile, which she ran in :22.93.

As that final quarter and other points of call clearly show, Temple City Terror has speed. It is not gate speed, however. The mare takes a bit to get fully in motion, but Newton's first law of motion asserts that a body in motion remains in motion, and that is how Temple City Terror turns on the speed in a race. She gets into stride, somewhat slowly out of the gate; she gains enough momentum early, then maintains through the middle part of the race; and when the crucial part of the race arrives, she is able to push her advantage in comparison to her competition.

It has worked well enough for her to win a half-dozen races and earn $696,218.

Bred in Kentucky by Upson Downs Farm, Temple City Terror is by the leading stallion son of top sire Dynaformer (Roberto), and this branch of the Nearco male line through leading juveniles Turn-to and his son Hail to Reason has been a source of exceptional performance for decades. This line is especially known for the occasional superstar performers who possess both a high cruising speed and classic stamina in the manner of Barbaro and others.

There is more than a hint of turf friendliness to this line, as well, and yet this does not make it more popular at the sales. Instead, this is often a spot where bargains are found, and Temple City Terror was one of those.

The dark bay filly sold for $22,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September sale as hip number 3654, which was way back in the sale. But the fact is that the September sale presents good athletes in every book throughout the sale.

Temple City Terror is one of those, and she was snapped up by Pocket Aces Racing, which races the mare in partnership with Somewhere Stable Kentucky LLC. They didn't get quick rewards with this filly, however. That's the reason she wasn't in great demand; she required time and patience.

And even when they began racing her at age three, she required 10 starts to win a maiden special. The connections knew she was a good athlete, or they would have deposited her in a claiming race and let someone else reap the rewards.

Temple City Terror had a pair of seconds, a pair of thirds, and a trio of fourths from her nine starts before winning. Then she won a pair of allowances at four, won and placed in stakes at five, and just won her first graded stakes at six.

That is so contrary to the pattern of demand for American racing performance that it boggles the mind.

Just as Temple City Terror has turned the typical pattern of development and racing on its head, so Silky Sullivan (Sullivan) turned typical racing patterns upside down.

A giant fan favorite in 1958 when he sometimes dropped 25 lengths behind the leaders, and sometimes more, Silky Sullivan brought tens of thousands of racing fans to their feet, screaming wildly, when he would come thundering around the turn and gobbling up ground through the stretch.

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The burly chestnut scored his greatest victory in the 1958 Santa Anita Derby, coming from behind to win the race and make himself one of the greatest fan favorites of racing.

Silky Sullivan came to Kentucky for the Derby, was followed by the press and video coverage every time he came out of his stall, started co-second favorite for the classic, and ran a dud of a race, finishing 12th of 14. After dropping back 30 lengths at a half-mile, Silky Sullivan was able to pick up a dozen lengths or so but nothing like his California stretch runs.

Calumet's Tim Tam (Tom Fool) won the race by a half-length as the other co-second choice, and Elizabeth Arden's favored juvenile champion Jewel's Reward (Jet Jewel) was fourth, seven lengths behind the winner.

Silky Sullivan went back to California, where his popularity never really waned. In all, he won 12 of his 27 races. The fan favorite went to stud in California, and each St. Patrick's Day made a special appearance at Golden Gate Fields.

So who's to say that upside down is wrong?

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Plainsman Retired To Buck Pond Farm For 2023

Plainsman, a multiple Grade 3-winning son of Flatter, will retire to Buck Pond Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2023 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $5,000.

The 7-year-old retires with nine wins in 32 starts, and earnings of $1,408,412, for trainer Brad Cox and owner Shortleaf Stable.

Plainsman got his first taste of graded stakes success as a 3-year-old when he won the Grade 3 Discovery Stakes at Aqueduct in wire-to-wire fashion.

His best season came in 2021, when he tallied victories in the Jim Rasmussen Stakes at Prairie Meadows and the listed Michael G. Schaefer Memorial Stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis, before splitting foes to win the G3 Ack Ack Stakes at Churchill Downs. He then finished the season with a third-place effort in the G1 Cigar Mile Handicap.

Plainsman was among the top horses in Oaklawn Park's handicap division earlier this year, winning the G3 Razorback Handicap and finishing in the money in the G3 Essex Handicap and G2 Oaklawn Handicap.

Bred in Kentucky by Joseph Minor, Plainsman is out of the winning Street Sense mare S S Pinafore. He was a $350,000 purchase at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Plainsman will be available for inspection at Buck Pond Farm beginning Saturday, Oct. 29.

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Golden Pal To Stand At Ashford Stud After Breeders’ Cup

Wesley Ward's speedball Golden Pal is set to retire to Coolmore America's Ashford Stud following his final start in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 5, where he bids to make it three straight Breeders' Cup successes.

Unbeaten in the U.S. since breaking his maiden in the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga, the son of Uncle Mo has since won seven graded stakes over five and 5½ furlongs including last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar, which he took in breathtaking fashion, along with the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland the previous November.

“This is the fastest of the fast,” exclaimed Wesley Ward after the colt's spectacular tour-de-force in the Grade 2 Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland in April. Ward has long maintained that Golden Pal is the best he has ever trained.

Golden Pal's sire Uncle Mo and broodmare sire Midshipman were both Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners on the main track while his dam Lady Shipman won 13 times, earned over $900,000 and set a course record of 1:00.46 for Saratoga's 5½-furlong turf course.

“We've followed Golden Pal's career closely and he's a very welcome addition to our roster,” said Ashford's Dermot Ryan. “He has speed to burn and like many of those by Uncle Mo, he's a very good-looking horse. I don't think any horse has come close to beating him here in the U.S. since he broke his maiden in the Skidmore Stakes and Uncle Mo has made a very good start as a sire of sires so it's all good news.”

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