World Champion pacing sire Real Desire, whose first Indiana-bred crop of two-year-olds made its debut this year, will stand at Ivy Lane Farm in Goshen, Indiana beginning with the 2015 breeding season, it was announced today.
His stud fee has been set at $3,500.
Real Desire had stood at Midland Acres’ Indiana stallion station since coming to the Hoosier State from Pennsylvania in 2011. He was bred to more than 100 mares there every year.
He now joins a roster of five other stallions at Ivy Lane, owned and operated by Dr. Paul and Cathy Webb.
“The horse has received a warm welcome from breeders in Indiana since he first came on the scene, and we’re glad to be able to keep him in the state,” said Brittany manager Art Zubrod. “Paul and Cathy Webb at Ivy Lane were very accommodating, and we look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship.
“Indiana, from top to bottom, has as solid a sire stakes program as one will find, with a lot of money-making opportunities at all levels. We’re certainly glad to be represented there,” he continued.
The racing success of Real Desire’s first Indiana foals this past season made him the state’s leading percentage sire of 2:00 two-year-old pacers.
That crop was led by Indiana Sire Stakes final winners Im The Real Lady p,2,1:54 ($91,274) and Mystical Treasure p,2,1:53.3 ($78,045), along with Rockin Ron p,2,1:53, Fox Stake-placed Cantescapemydesire p,2,1:53.4 and Skyway Sonoma p,2,1:55.
Real Desire has sired the overall winners of $45-million in his career.
Allerage Farms Pace winner State Treasurer and James Lynch Memorial winner Fancy Desire are his richest performers of the current season.
(Brittany Stallion Management)