SAINT ANDDAN Purchase

On Tuesday December 5th we flew to Aqueduct Race Track in New York to inspect a possible new addition to our stallion roster. It was cold and snowy, which I loved, and we were able to catch up with friends each night for dinner. But Wednesday am, we were off to the backside at Aqueduct to see SAINT ANDDAN and we were not dissapointed by what we saw. He is a handsome horse and we knew right away we wanted to make him part of our stallion roster. The rest of the day Wednesday and most of Thursday, while traveling back to Ocala we worked out the particulars on the purchase and tried hard to find a way to get him to Ocala by Saturday, the day of our stallion show. We decided in the long run to do what was best for the horse and wait for the best time to ship him.

SAINT ANDDAN arrived at Journeyman Stud on Sunday, the day after the stallion show, but we were able to announce him as a new addition to our stallion roster. We had managed, with alot of help from our advertising agency, Eckman Advertising to have photos and a pedigree available for people to take with them.
Before our stallion show, the Florida Farm Managers had their stallion showcase at the Hilton and along with the pedigree and photos we were able to have a dvd of his races available for people to view. Again, thanks to Eckman Advertising for helping to make that possible.

Along with SAINT ANDDAN we are very excited about our other first year sire (for my 101 crowd, that means they are just starting their stallion career and have never bred a mare) EXCLUSIVE QUALITY, a very talented racehorse by the sire of SMARTY JONES, ELUSIVE QUALITY. A Taylor Made/WinStar venture with Journeyman Stud, ELUSIVE QUALITY is a stallion we feel could become any kind of sire. With his natural talent as a racehorse and his looks we have high hopes for him. We have been very fortunate to develop a great realationship with Taylor Made and WinStar, and with their help we hope to continue to bring stallions of quality to Florida.

BWANA CHARLIE, is new to our roster this year and is starting his third year at stud. He is owned in part by Becky Thomas of Sequel Thoroughbreds. Becky has been in Ocala for a long time and has become a wonderful friend. She is a talented business woman and we are looking forward to a longtime realtionship with her and her clients in the stallion industry.

As the 2008 breeding season starts Brent and I are looking forward to many years of bringing quality stallions to Ocala for the many breeders that make Florida home.