Montbrook colt sweeps FSS Stakes
Big Drama added to the legacy of his sire’s success with juveniles...
View ArticleDrewman 2yo impressive in Churchill allowance
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...
View ArticleGottcha Gold to Ocala Stud
Multiple graded stakes winner Gottcha Gold will retire to Michael O’Farrell’s Ocala Stud for the 2009 breeding season...
View ArticleBig Drama hits the Jackpot
Ocala Stud's Montbrook has enjoyed a Big year – literally...
View ArticleGottcha Gold offers speed, soundness
Florida-bred Gottcha Gold is a big, strong, fast horse that remained sound throughout his more than three-year racing career...
View ArticleDemi O’Byrne goes to $225,000 for Concorde’s Tune filly
Ocala Stud stallion Concorde’s Tune enjoyed a wonderful sale at the annual OBS February Select Sale for 2-year-olds on Feb. 17th...
View ArticleMontbrook’s Shadowbdancing earns 100 Beyer in stakes win
Shadowbdancing, a 4-year-old colt by Leading Florida Sire Montbrook, earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure...
View ArticleDance Caller becomes Concorde’s Tune’s latest stakes winner
Dance Caller, a 3-year-old colt by Concorde’s Tune, scored a wire-to-wire win...
View Article$145,000 session-topper for Sweetsouthernsaint at OBS April
Ocala Stud stallion Sweetsouthernsaint enjoyed a session topper during the final day...
View ArticleBack-to-back stakes wins for Montbrook’s Shadowbdancing
Montbrook’s Shadowbdancing captured his second consecutive stakes win...
View ArticleMontbrook’s Big Drama becomes a millionaire
Montbrook’s leading 3-year-old Big Drama became an equine millionaire on June 20th...
View ArticleSweetnorthernsaint still going strong at the age of 6
Sweetnorthernsaint, a son of Ocala Stud’s Sweetsouthernsaint, captured his sixth career stakes victory...
View ArticleExotic Bloom: Montbrook’s 5th stakes winner of ‘09
Florida’s Leading Sire Montbrook picked up his fifth stakes winner of the year...
View ArticleBig day for Montbrook at Mountaineer
Montbrook, Florida’s Leading Sire, enjoyed a big day at Mountaineer Park...
View ArticleNow 6 SWs this year for Montbrook
Montbrook, who clearly leads the Florida Sires List again in 2009, got his sixth stakes winner of the year...
View ArticleSweetsouthernsaint debutante wins first leg of FSS
Sweetlalabye, a 2-year-old filly by Ocala Stud stallion Sweetsouthernsaint, took the opening leg of the Florida Stallion Stakes series...
View ArticleAnother 2yo stakes winner for Sweetsouthernsaint
Ocala Stud stallion Sweetsouthernsaint got his second 2-year-old stakes winner of the season...
View ArticleMontbrook’s Fleet Valid on fire at Monmouth
Fleet Valid, a 6-year-old speedster by leading sire Montbrook, has been red-hot all summer...
View ArticleMontbrook: Calder Oaks winner becomes 7th SW of ‘09
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...
View ArticleSweetsouthernsaint debutante wins $400,000 FSS stakes
Sweetlalabye became a multiple stakes winner for her sire Sweetsouthernsaint on Oct. 17th when the...
View ArticleG1 winner In Summation retires to Ocala Stud
In Summation, a two-time Santa Anita track-record holder and Grade 1-winning millionaire, has been...
View ArticleA Starlet is born (raised and sold) at Ocala Stud
Undefeated Turbulent Descent is the latest superior runner to emerge from the...
View ArticleOcala Stud top breeder of Graded stakes winners in 2010
Ocala Stud had a great 2010 on many levels, and maybe none was more special...
View ArticleOcala Stud bred & sold filly wins Santa Anita Oaks (G1)
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)...
View ArticleTurbulent Descent, Musical Romance in Breeders' Cup F&M Sprint
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)...
View ArticleOcala Stud bred and sold Turbulent Descent wins G1 Test S.
Turbulent Descent powered her way to a 3 3/4-length win in the $250,000 Test S. (G1) Aug. 6 at Saratoga...
View ArticleThird MdSpWt winner in 5 days for #1 FL Freshman High Cotton
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.
View ArticleMusical Romance triumphs in Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
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)...
View ArticleHigh Cotton, Florida's Leading Freshman Sire, to stand for $5,000
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...
View ArticleOcala Stud finishes 2011 ranked fifth among North American breeders
Ocala Stud finished an amazing 2011 ranked fifth among all breeders in North America, with earnings of $4,069,944...
View ArticleOcala Stud bred Musical Romance takes Eclipse for champion female sprinter
The Ocala Stud bred Musical Romance was rewarded for her stellar year with the 2011 Eclipse Award for Champion Female Sprinter...
View ArticleStreet Sense filly goes for $475K at OBS
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...
View ArticleMusical Romance proves best in G2 Inside Information S.
Musical Romance's stellar performance the $150,000 Inside Information S. (G2) March 17 at Gulfstream Park...
View ArticleMusical Romance holds sway in Grade 1 Princess Rooney
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...
View ArticleGourmet Dinner shines in $100,000 Majestic Light S.
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...
View ArticleMusical Romance preps for Breeders' Cup with easy Calder stakes win
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)...
View ArticleOcala Stud 2yo grad Unlimited Budget stays perfect in G2 Demoiselle
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...
View ArticleUnlimited Budget shines in G3 Rachel Alexandra S.
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...
View ArticleOcala Stud honored as Breeder of the Year by TOBA
J. Michael O'Farrell;s Ocala Stud was named National Breeder of the Year at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s (TOBA) annual National Awards Dinner...
View ArticleOcala Stud announces fees for 2014 stallion roster
J. Michael O'Farrell Jr.'s Ocala Stud announced stud fees for its 2014 roster of stallions that is headlined by High Cotton, who will again stand for $7,500 stands & nurses during the upcoming...
View ArticleAsia Express rallies to victory in Grade 1 Asahi Hai Futurity
Asia Express, bred and sold by Ocala Stud, rose to the top of the Japanese 2-year-old division with a sensational victory in the Grade 1 Asahi Hai Futurity S...
View ArticleOcala Stud bred named Japan's 2YO champion colt
On the heels of his season-ending win in the Grade 1 Asahi Hai Futurity S., Asia Express was named Japan's Champion 2-year-old colt of 2013...
View ArticleStrong trio cataloged for Ocala Stud in OBS March 2yo Sale
After selling four Grade 1 winners in the past five years at OBS, Ocala Stud is looking to build on that impressive record in the upcoming OBS Selected Sale of 2-year-olds in Training sale...
View ArticleOcala Stud honored as best consignor of 2013
The 2013 Joe O'Farrell Memorial Award was presented to Ocala Stud at the 54th Annual FTBOA Awards Gala on March 9 at the Circle Square Cultural Center in Ocala...
View ArticleOcala Stud sets fees for 2015 stallion roster
J. Michael O'Farrell Jr.'s Ocala Stud has set stud fees for its seven-stallion roster for 2015...
View ArticleOcala Stud sets fees for expanded 2016 stallion roster
J. Michael O'Farrell Jr.'s Ocala Stud has set stud fees for its expanded 12-stallion roster for 2016, which includes new stallions The Big Beast and I Spent It...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Ocala Stud
Call it a milestone purchase in Florida thoroughbred history. On Jan. 16, 1956, Maryland horseman Joe O'Farrell and his brother, Tom, were part of a nine-person syndicate headed by Bruce Campbell that...
View ArticleOcala Stud launches new website on 60-year anniversary
Ocala Stud, which is celebrating its 60th year in business in 2016, has launched a new website at www.OcalaStud.com, featuring a responsive design that allows the site..
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