Roadster, Gretzky the Great Join Ocala Stud Roster

Ocala Stud has set 2023 stud fees for its roster of 10 stallions for the upcoming breeding season, led by Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Roadster  , who will stand his initial season at stud for $7,500, stands and nurses. Also new to the roster for 2023 is grade 1 winner Gretzky the Great  , who will stand for $3,000.

Roadster, a near-millionaire son of perennial leading sire Quality Road  , was an impressive winner of the $1 million Santa Anita Derby in 2019. He later ran 15th in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) for Speedway Stables and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

In addition to his Santa Anita Derby victory, Roadster finished second in the Malibu Stakes (G1) to Omaha Beach  , second in the 2020 San Carlos Stakes (G2), and was runner-up to grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto  in the 2019 Affirmed Stakes (G3). He finished his career this year racing for trainer Mike Stidham with an overall record of 3-4-2 in 16 starts and earnings of $901,500

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  , won the 2020 Summer Stakes (G1T) as a 2-year-old. Campaigned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, he also won the Soaring Free Stakes in his stakes debut at 2 and later added the Greenwood Stakes Presented by Stella Artois at age 3.

Gretzky the Great is out of the stakes-placed Bernardini  mare Pearl Turn  and hails from the family of graded stakes winners Saint Anddan , Love Theway Youare , and Luftikus .

Awesome Slew  , Florida's top-ranked fist-crop sire, will once again stand for $4,000. Awesome Slew's first 2-year-olds came out running this year and are topped by undefeated Awesome Strong , who became just the 10th 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 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) at Keeneland for trainer Jorge Delgado and is already an earner of $458,000.

Seeking the Soul  , a Charles Fipke homebred, will stand for $5,000. The grade 1 winner had his first foals in 2022 and will be represented by first yearlings in 2023. All told, he won or placed in eight graded stakes, including runner-up finishes in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1), 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. His career was highlighted by a victory the Forego Stakes Presented by America's Best Racing (G1) at Saratoga Race Course in 2020. From a deep Live Oak family and 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, and Dak Attack   and Battalion Runner   will stand for $2,500.

Following is the full Gainesway roster and fees:

Ocala Stud 2023 Stud Fees