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4/24/2013
A trio colts from the first crop of Ocala Stud stallion In Summation have caught the attention of buyers at the OBS April Sale of 2-year-olds in training, with each bringing at least $135,000...
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4/23/2013
A colt by High Cotton and sold by Ocala Stud was one of the brightest stars after two days of the OBS 2013 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training...
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4/4/2013
Montbrook, Florida’s four-time leading sire, has been pensioned from stud duty due to declining fertility. The 23-year-old Buckaroo stallion will serve out his retirement at Ocala Stud, where he was born, raised and has stood his entire career at stud...
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3/12/2013
A pair of fillies sold for six figures during the first day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training sale...
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3/7/2013
Adios Charlie, the Grade 2-winning son of Indian Charlie, was represented by his first foal when a bay filly was born on March 2nd at Ocala Stud Farm...
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3/1/2013
Ocala Stud sales grad Unlimited Budget remained undefeated after a rousing 3 3/4-length score in the $200,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G3) Feb. 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course...
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1/3/2013
Continuing his momentum from his first crop in 2011, High Cotton finished 2012 as Florida's leading second-crop sire...
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12/22/2012
Shuttlecock's one-length maiden special weight victory gave Gottcha Gold his tenth winner from his first crop, second-most of any of Florida's freshman sires...
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12/6/2012
Repole Stable's Overdriven, last year's undefeated 2-year-old and dominant winner of the Sanford S. (G2) at Saratoga, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2013 breeding season at J. Michael O'Farrell's Ocala Stud as a Ocala Stud/Repole Stable partnership. His introductory fee will be $3,000 stands and nurses...
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11/26/2012
Unlimited Budget made the most of just her second career start in the Grade 2 Demoiselle Saturday at Aqueduct, going gate to wire en route to a 1 1/4-length victory...
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11/17/2012
Gottcha Gold's eighth winner from his first crop came Friday at Calder...
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11/6/2012
Kantharos, the undefeated multiple graded stakes-winning juvenile by Lion Heart, has been relocated to J. Michael O'Farrell Jr.'s Ocala Stud...
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10/29/2012
Florida's top-three freshman sire Gottcha Gold scored the sixth winner from his first crop when the colt C D Gold went gate-to-wire...
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10/15/2012
J. Michael O'Farrell Jr.'s Ocala Stud announced stud fees for its 2013 roster of stallions, which is headlined by four-time Florida champion sire, Montbrook, along with Florida's leading freshman sire of 2011 and current leading second-crop sire of 2012, High Cotton...
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10/14/2012
Cupids Messenger delivered a strong stretch run to break her maiden by a widening three lengths Sunday at Calder...
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10/13/2012
Speak Logistics led at every call en route to a 2 ¾-length victory in the $300,000 In Reality S. Oct. 13 at Calder...
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10/7/2012
Ocala Stud bred Musical Romance scored a comfortable win in the $55,000 Mike Sherman Memorial S. Oct. 6 in advance of her title defense in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1)...
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10/4/2012
Gottcha Gold got his fifth winner Oct. 4 at Calder and is now in the second spot on the Florida Freshman Sire list...
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9/16/2012
Multiple graded stakes winner Gottcha Gold got his third winner as a sire Sept. 16 in the first race at Calder...
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8/12/2012
Spurious Precision ran off to a five length victory in the $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2) Sunday at the venerable upstate New York track...
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7/29/2012
High Cotton's leading lifetime earner Currency Swap continued to build on his impressive career with a 1 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Amsterdam S. (G2)...
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7/29/2012
Ocala Stud bred and sold Gourmet Dinner closed with a flourish in the final quarter mile to prevail by a neck in the $100,000 Majestic Light S...
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7/28/2012
Seven-year-old Shadowbdancing, the leading earner of 2012 for his sire Montbrook, rolled to a dominating seven length victory in the $100,000 Prairie Meadows H...
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7/22/2012
High Cotton, Florida's No. 1 Freshman Sire of 2011, has gotten off to a flying start with his juveniles again in 2012. Spurious Precision made an impressive debut at the races on July 21st, capturing a maiden special weight for juvenile colts on opening weekend at Saratoga...
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7/8/2012
Musical Romance avenged a neck loss in the 2011 Princess Rooney S. (G1) with a half-length victory in this year's renewal July 7 at Calder...
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6/16/2012
Two-year-old My Daddy's Dollars struck paydirt first-time out Saturday in a $39,000 maiden special weight race at Calder, becoming the first winner from the debut crop of multiple Graded stakes winner Gottcha Gold...
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5/12/2012
High Cotton's 3-year-old son Currency Swap scored a measured three-quarter length victory in the $85,000 You and I S. Saturday at Belmont Park...
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4/8/2012
Tarpy's Goal returned from a brief freshening to notch his first career stakes win in the $75,000, seven-furlong Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore S. April 7 at Tampa Bay Downs...
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3/17/2012
Musical Romance's stellar performance the $150,000 Inside Information S. (G2) March 17 at Gulfstream Park...
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3/15/2012
Florida's four-time champion sire Montbrook had another great showing at the recently concluded OBS March 2-year-old sale...
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3/14/2012
An Ocala Stud consigned and bred filly brought $475,000 during day 2 of the March 13-14 OBS 2-year-old sale, the fourth-highest price of the sale...
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3/13/2012
Montbrook made a splash during day 1 of the OBS March 13-14 2-year-old sale with the highest-priced colt of the first session...
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3/13/2012
Adios Charlie, winner of the Jerome S. (G2) and a leading 3-year-old miler of 2011, has been retired from racing and will stand the immediate 2012 breeding season at Ocala Stud...
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2/2/2012
High Cotton's Grade 1 winner Currency Swap was given a weight of 120 pounds on the recently released. Experimental Handicap, fith best among all 2-year-olds of 2011...
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1/19/2012
The January 17-18 OBS 2012 Winter Mixed Sale wrapped up recently with highlights for High Cotton and In Summation...
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1/16/2012
The Ocala Stud bred Musical Romance was rewarded for her stellar year with the 2011 Eclipse Award for Champion Female Sprinter...
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1/12/2012
Ocala Stud finished an amazing 2011 ranked fifth among all breeders in North America, with earnings of $4,069,944...
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12/14/2011
Almost a Valentine's 6 1/2-length maiden win on Dec. 14 gave her sire High Cotton his 15th winner from his first crop...
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11/10/2011
J. Michael O'Farrell Jr.'s Ocala Stud announced stud fees for its 2012 roster of stallions, which is headlined by four-time Florida champion sire, Montbrook, and Florida's leading freshman sire of 2011, High Cotton....
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11/4/2011
Ocala Stud bred Musical Romance came on in the final furlong for a stirring 1 1/4-length victory in the fifth running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1)...
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11/2/2011
Big Drama will return to the scene of his greatest triumph, Churchill Downs, to defend his title in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1)...
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10/9/2011
Florida's leading freshman sire High Cotton racked up his ninth winner from his first crop on Oct. 9...
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10/7/2011
High Cotton, ranked eighth on the North American first-crop sire list, added two more maiden winners to his growing roster on Nov. 15-16...
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9/25/2011
Northern Cotton galloped to an easy 4 3/4-length victory on Sept. 25 to give High Cotton his seventh winner from his first crop...
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9/5/2011
Currency Swap's big closing move in the $250,000 Hopeful S. (G1) proved too much as the 2-year-old son of High Cotton willed his way to a 3/4-length victory...
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9/4/2011
Back in action for the first time since January, the 2010 Eclipse champion sprinter Big Drama returned with an easy-as-it-looked win in the $75,000 Whippleton S. Sept. 4...
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8/25/2011
High Cotton had eight yearlings sell at the Aug. 23-25 OBS yearling sale, with $65,000 and $45,000 sellers leading the way...
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8/9/2011
Angel’s Tune gave seven rivals of a devil of a time on August 9, becoming the third maiden special weight winner in the past five days for High Cotton.
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8/6/2011
Turbulent Descent powered her way to a 3 3/4-length win in the $250,000 Test S. (G1) Aug. 6 at Saratoga...
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8/6/2011
Currency Swap, a 2-year-old colt by High Cotton, made an dazzling debut with a six length romp on Aug. 6 at Saratoga...
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8/5/2011
Cottonpickinwabbit gave freshman sire High Cotton his fourth winner to date with a 1 1/2-length victory going five furlongs Aug. 5...
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8/3/2011
Blood Horse - Montbrook Offspring. In this continuing series, trainers of the top horses sired by the stallion Montbrook...
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7/16/2011
Ocala Stud's freshman sire High Cotton got his second career winner July 15 at Calder...
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5/19/2011
Ocala Stud's freshman sire High Cotton got his first impressive winner on Thursday, when his 2-year-old son Tarpy's Goal made an eye-catching winning debut in a $49,000 maiden special weight at Churchill Downs...
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3/31/2011
Turbulent Descent and Musical Romance, a pair of Ocala Stud bred fillies, make a formidable duo in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1)...
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3/13/2011
Tackleberry continued his run at Gulfstream Park with a score in the one mile Gulfstream Park H. (G2)...
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3/9/2011
Turbulent Descent became the third Graded stakes winner of 2011 bred by Ocala Stud, when she set a new stakes record winning the $250,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G1)...
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3/3/2011
A 2-year-old colt from the first crop by High Cotton sold for $70,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Palm Meadows sale on March 3...
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2/12/2011
Tackleberry won his sixth race in his last seventh starts, in the $150,000 Gulfstream Sprint Championship (G2) on Feb. 12...
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2/4/2011
Ocala Stud had a great 2010 on many levels, and maybe none was more special...
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1/29/2011
Montbrook's Tackleberry outran his 27-1 odds to win the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic...
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1/29/2011
Montbrook's 3-year-old son The Fed Eased romped to a...
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1/17/2011
Montbrook's Big Drama made more history on Jan. 17 in Miami when he was named the 2010 Male Sprint Champion
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1/15/2011
Big Drama kicked off his 2011 campaign in stellar fashion with a track record-setting performance in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park
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12/13/2010
Undefeated Turbulent Descent is the latest superior runner to emerge from the...
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12/11/2010
Tackleberry got his second stakes win of the year, and first in graded company, in the...
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11/14/2010
Tackleberry's gate to wire win in the $125,000 Jack Dudley Sprint H. Nov. 13 at...
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11/6/2010
Big Drama proved he is the best sprinter in the land with a gate-to-wire victory in the...
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11/2/2010
Big Drama ranks as one of the top choices in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Churchill Downs. One of a dozen horses...
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8/23/2010
Shadowbdancing, the leading earner of 2010 for his sire Montbrook, went gate-to-wire...
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8/1/2010
Montbrook. Florida's leading sire of 2010 stakes winners with nine, got his fourth repeat...
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7/11/2010
A year ago, it was arguable that the top 3-year-old in the country around one turn was...
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6/27/2010
Shadowbdancing, a 5-year-old son of Florida’s leading sire Montbrook, became the latest...
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6/15/2010
Big Drama didn't look like he's missed a beat with an easy score in the six furlong...
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4/27/2010
Montbrook's daughter Amen Hallelujah will try to make post position 13 a lucky...
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4/25/2010
Shadowbdancing, a veteran stakes performer by Montbrook, shipped from his Chicago base...
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3/17/2010
The best Florida-bred thoroughbreds of 2009 were honored Mar. 15 during the 50th annual awards ceremony...
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2/27/2010
Montbrook's 3-year-old daughter Amen Hallelujah scored her second graded stakes win of 2010 with an...
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1/17/2010
Montbrook closed out the decade as Florida’s Leading Sire for the fourth time when he...
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1/14/2010
In Summation, a two-time Santa Anita track-record holder and Grade 1-winning millionaire, has been...
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1/5/2010
Montbrook claimed his fourth title as champion sire in Florida when the...
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12/7/2009
Exotic Bloom, a 5-year-old mare by leading sire Montbrook, won the...
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10/18/2009
Sweetlalabye became a multiple stakes winner for her sire Sweetsouthernsaint on Oct. 17th when the...
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10/17/2009
Chary, a 3-year-old filly by Florida’s Leading Sire Montbrook and graduate of Ocala Stud’s 2-year-olds-in-training sales program...
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9/8/2009
Fleet Valid, a 6-year-old speedster by leading sire Montbrook, has been red-hot all summer...
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8/31/2009
Ocala Stud stallion Sweetsouthernsaint got his second 2-year-old stakes winner of the season...
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8/9/2009
Sweetlalabye, a 2-year-old filly by Ocala Stud stallion Sweetsouthernsaint, took the opening leg of the Florida Stallion Stakes series...
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8/3/2009
Montbrook, who clearly leads the Florida Sires List again in 2009, got his sixth stakes winner of the year...
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8/2/2009
Montbrook, Florida’s Leading Sire, enjoyed a big day at Mountaineer Park...
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7/26/2009
Florida’s Leading Sire Montbrook picked up his fifth stakes winner of the year...
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7/8/2009
Sweetnorthernsaint, a son of Ocala Stud’s Sweetsouthernsaint, captured his sixth career stakes victory...
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6/21/2009
Montbrook’s leading 3-year-old Big Drama became an equine millionaire on June 20th...
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5/24/2009
Montbrook’s Shadowbdancing captured his second consecutive stakes win...
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4/24/2009
Ocala Stud stallion Sweetsouthernsaint enjoyed a session topper during the final day...
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4/13/2009
Dance Caller, a 3-year-old colt by Concorde’s Tune, scored a wire-to-wire win...
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4/11/2009
Shadowbdancing, a 4-year-old colt by Leading Florida Sire Montbrook, earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure...
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2/18/2009
Ocala Stud stallion Concorde’s Tune enjoyed a wonderful sale at the annual OBS February Select Sale for 2-year-olds on Feb. 17th...
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1/28/2009
Florida-bred Gottcha Gold is a big, strong, fast horse that remained sound throughout his more than three-year racing career...
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12/5/2008
Ocala Stud's Montbrook has enjoyed a Big year – literally...
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11/19/2008
Multiple graded stakes winner Gottcha Gold will retire to Michael O’Farrell’s Ocala Stud for the 2009 breeding season...
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11/2/2008
Beer Pong, a 2-year-old colt from the second crop of Ocala Stud’s Drewman, was impressive in winning an entry-level allowance race...
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10/18/2008
Big Drama added to the legacy of his sire’s success with juveniles...
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