Awesome Slew Retired to Ocala Stud

Multiple graded stakes winner Awesome Slew  has been retired and will stand the upcoming breeding season at Ocala Stud for an advertised fee of $5,000.

Trained by Mark Casse for owner/breeder Live Oak Plantation, Awesome Slew won stakes ranging in distance from seven furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. The 5-year-old son of Awesome Again  captured the 2016 Smarty Jones Stakes (G3) at Parx Racing—besting a field that included future grade 1 winners Seeking the Soul and Discreet Lover—and prevailed in the seven-furlong Commonwealth Stakes (G3) and one-mile Ack Ack Stakes (G3) in 2017.

"We held high expectations for this horse from the start and he delivered on the racetrack," said Live Oak Stud's general manager Bruce Hill. "He is immensely talented, and we have always loved his family. We are thrilled to be able to stand Awesome Slew in Florida and especially excited to stand him at Ocala Stud. We have the utmost respect for the O'Farrell family and their entire staff and they do a tremendous job of developing top stallions."

In addition to his graded stakes victories, Awesome Slew finished second to eventual champion sprinter Drefong in the 2017 Forego Stakes (G1) and was also runner-up in both the 2018 Carter Handicap (G1) and 2017 Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes (G2). Awesome Slew retires with five wins from 23 starts and $1,223,310 in earnings.

"We appreciate the opportunity to partner with Live Oak to stand this exciting stallion prospect," said Ocala Stud's David O'Farrell. "We're proud to be able to offer him to Florida's breeders."

Bred in Florida by Live Oak, Awesome Slew is out of the stakes-winning and graded stakes-placed Seeking the Gold mare Slewfoundmoney.