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Ocala Stud Sets 2023 Stallion Roster

Ocala Stud has set 2023 stud fees for its roster of 10 stallions for the upcoming breeding season, led by GI 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 GISW Gretzky the Great, who will stand for $3,000 S&N.

Awesome Slew, Florida's No. 1-ranked First Crop Sire, will once again stand for $4,000 S&N.

Seeking the Soul, a Charles Fipke homebred, will stand for $5,000 S&N. He welcomed first foals in 2022.

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.

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.

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GISW Seeking the Soul’s First Foal is a Filly

Ocala Stud's Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}–Seeking the Title, by Seeking the Gold) was represented by his first reported foal Jan. 29 when a filly was produced by eight-time winner Making Havoc (Gottcha Gold) at Ocala Stud. The bay filly was also bred by Ocala Stud.

First-year sire Seeking the Soul, a homebred for Charles Fipke, won or placed in 11 black-type events during his five-year racing career. His victories included the 2017 GI Clark H., while his runner-up finishes included the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the GI Pegasus World Cup. The $3.4-million earner hails from the family of undefeated champion and Broodmare of the Year Personal Ensign (Private Account), who is his third dam.

Seeking the Soul stands for $5,000, stands and nurses, in 2022.

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First Foal Is A Filly For Grade 1 Winner Seeking The Soul

Ocala Stud stallion Seeking the Soul, a Grade 1 winner who banked more than $3.4 million, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 29 when a bay filly out of the Gottcha Gold mare Making Havoc was born at Ocala Stud.

Bred in Florida by Ocala Stud, the filly is from the family of multiple stakes winner Royal Lad and multiple stakes winner and Graded stakes-placed Kings Command. Making Havoc, who is produced from the Montbrook mare Marion Theatre, was an eight-time winner during her racing career and banked $335,425.

Seeking the Soul, a Charles Fipke homebred, had an illustrious racing career. He won the 2017 Grade 1 Clark Handicap, the 2018 G3 Ack Ack Stakes, 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 G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, while hitting the board in 20-of-32 career starts.

By Grade 1 winner and Canadian champion Perfect Soul (IRE), Seeking the Soul is out of the graded stakes-winning Seeking the Gold mare Seeking the Title, and hails from the famed Phipps family of undefeated champion Personal Ensign, champion Storm Flag Flying, and Grade 1 winners My Flag, Miner's Mark, and Traditionally.

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Girvin Tops Ocala Stud Roster For 2022

Girvin (Tale of Ekati), whose first yearlings sold for up to $200,000 this season, will remain at $6,000 for his fourth year at Ocala Stud, the farm announced Monday.

Winner of the GII Risen Star S. and GII Louisiana Derby in 2017, the Brad Grady colorbearer made that year's GI Haskell Invitational S. the biggest victory of his career. His yearling son of Grade III-winning juvenile filly Gold Edge (Eddington) was purchased by BSW/Crow for $200,000 at Fasig-Tipton this past July, the joint-highest price for a yearling by a first-crop sire.

Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}), the 2017 GI Clark H. hero, will cover mares for the second straight year at $5,000, the same price as GI Forego S. victor Win Win Win (Hat Trick {Jpn}).

OCALA STUD — 2022 STUD FEES (S & N)

Adios Charlie (Indian Charlie) $4,000

Ami's Flatter (Flatter) $2,500

Awesome Slew (Awesome Again) $4,000

Batallion Runner (Unbridled's Song) $1,500

Dak Attack (Ghostzapper) $2,500

Girvin (Tale of Ekati) $6,000

Greenpointcrusader (Bernardini) $3,500

Jess's Dream (Curlin) $4,000

Noble Bird (Birdstone) $4,000

Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}) $5,000

The Big Beast (Yes It's True) $4,000

Win Win Win (Hat Trick {Jpn}) $5,000

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