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Father Nelson Moves To Flowing Acres Farm In West Virginia

Father Nelson, a winning half-brother to multiple graded stakes winner Champali, has been acquired by Michael Ingrassia's Flowing Acres Farm, and he will relocate to the Charles Town, W.V. farm for 2022.

The 16-year-old son of Unbridled's Song previously stood privately for a West Virginia breeder. He has sired just four foals, but two of them are winners.

Father Nelson was highly touted as a 2-year-old, but faced injury setbacks that kept him from making his debut until the summer of his 4-year-old season. He won one of seven starts before injury once again derailed his career, and led him to stud duty.

Bred in Kentucky by McKee Stables, Father Nelson is out of the winning Dixieland Band mare Radioactivity, whose 10 foals to race are all winners, including four-time Grade 3 winner Champali, multiple stakes winner Drexel Monorail, and trio of stakes-producing fillies. His extended family includes Grade 3 winner Shemozzle and Irish Group 1-placed Oakworth.

“We decided after visiting and inspection of Father Nelson that he is ready for continuation of his stud career,” Ingrassia said. “He is truly remarkable specimen and has matured beautifully through the years, and is ready to continue on his sires world class legacy. Based on his world-class pedigree and the proven success from his immediate family members it is our belief that he is a must-breed stallion.”

Father Nelson joins a roster at Flowing Acres that also includes Lukes Alley, Hello Broadway, Duke of Mischief, and Lord of Greatness. They will all stand for a complementary fee to approved mares.

“We believe the five stallions we present to the horsemen of West Virginia will continue to make the quality of racing in West Virginia grow to compete not just within the state's sire program, but be able to go on the road and compete in top events in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.”

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Lukes Alley, Duke Of Mischief To Stand At Flowing Acres Farm At Fleetwood Lane In West Virginia

Flowing Acres Farm at Fleetwood Lane in Charles Town, W.V., will add Canadian champion Lukes Alley and Grade 2 winner Duke of Mischief to its roster for the 2021 breeding season, both standing for a private fee.

Lukes Alley will stand his debut season at stud in 2021, owned in partnership between Tampa-based Michael Ingrassia and Ocala-based Tom Foley of Foley Bloodstock. The 11-year-old son of Flower Alley won nine of 18 starts during his on-track career for earnings of $795,122.

He was named Canada's champion older male of 2014 on the strength of a campaign that included victories in the Grade 2 Autumn Stakes and G3 Durham Cup Stakes. However, his biggest showcase victory came two years later when he staged a hard-closing rally to win the G1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap.

A homebred in Ontario from the program of Eugene Melnyk, Lukes Alley is out of the stakes-winning A.P. Indy mare Vaulcluse, who set a track record for a mile and 40 yards at Tampa Bay Downs when she won the Suncoast Stakes. All six of her foals to race are winners, also including the Grade 3-placed stakes winner Arrifana.

Arrifana won five of six starts racing in Maryland and New York, and Ingrassia said he hoped the sibling's success would help clear the way for Lukes Alley in the minds of breeders in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Duke of Mischief, a 15-year-old son of Graeme Hall, comes to West Virginia after spending time at stud in Florida, Indiana, and Michigan.

Duke of Mischief won seven of 30 starts during his on-track career, and earned $1,905,747. He won the G2 Oaklawn Handicap, and picked up G3 triumphs in the Charles Town Classic Stakes, Ft. Lauderdale Stakes, and Philip H. Iselin Stakes. The horse is also stakes-placed on turf.

Bred in Florida by Marilyn McMaster, Duke of Mischief is out of the winning Real Courage mare My Lady Ameila, who is the dam of three winners from five foals to race. He is a half-brother to Grade 3 winner Lord Robyn.

From four crops of racing age and 48 starters, Duke of Mischief has sired 26 winners. Among them is Missduke it's True, who is a two-time champion in the Dominican Republic, and a two-time group stakes winner in that country. Domestically, his runners are led by seven-time winner Foolish Prince and four-time winner Sandy Mischief.

Lukes Alley and Duke of Mischief will join Hello Broadway and Lord of Greatness on the Flowing Acres Farm stallion roster, all standing for Ingrassia in whole or partnership.

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Hello Broadway Moves To Flowing Acres Farm In West Virginia

Flowing Acres farm at Fleetwood Lane is proud to announce the acquisition and relocation of Hello Broadway from the state of Florida, where he stood for several years with longtime veteran breeder and trainer Monte Thomas and his wife Cathy at Ups and Downs Farm before his passing in the fall of 2019.

Hello Broadway is the son of world-class sire Broken Vow and out of Nightstorm (Storm Cat). This world-class mare is also the dam of 2007 Grade 1 Wood Memorial winner Nobiz Like Shobiz.

As a 2-year-old, he finished second in the G3 Nashua Stakes. At three, he finished second in the G2 Hutcheson Stakes before injury cut his career short. At the time, his trainer Barclay Tagg was quoted as saying Hello Broadway was the best horse he's ever trained.

Until last year, Hello Broadway had been serviced as a private stallion for the Ups and Downs Farm broodmare band. He has had only 30 foals total, but with a remarkable $1.5 million in earnings to date.

New owner Michael Ingrassia said, “If we can get Hello Broadway to a commercial level here in the up-and-coming West Virginia breeding program, it's clear to us that his offspring have shown they can really run. It's not every day you can bring this kind of fire power from Unbridled/Storm Cat line to West Virginia.

Hello Broadway will join Lord of Greatness, the only son of champion stallion Greatness (by Mr. Prospector) standing at stud in North America, who is in his second season in the West Virginia stallion program.

Lord of Greatness has two brothers that are track record holders at Charles Town, in Immortal Eyes and Good Lord, both holding records for almost a decade.

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