from Kentuckiana Farms

Lexington, KY — Kentuckiana Farms has announced that The Pres 3,1:55.1f ($140,871), by Andover Hall-Southwind Allaire-Valley Victory, will stand the 2010 breeding season at Kentuckiana Farms of Ontario, located at Emerald Ridge Farm of Rockwood, Ontario. Kentuckiana Farms will serve as stallion manager and along with Emerald Ridge Farm will manage his breeding career.

The Pres, a $400,000 weanling, was a stakes winner of over $140,000 and is the first foal of Southwind Allaire, a multiple stakes winner of $733,534 at 2 and 3. Although The Pres showed tremendous speed and ability, and possessed an extremely efficient gait, his racing career was cut short by an injury at 3.

The Pres recorded a 2-year old record of 1:57.3 in Lexington while trotting a :28 last quarter. At 3, The Pres, while trotting to his record of 1:55.1f, earned three wins and a second in only seven starts. He was narrowly defeated by Deweycheatumnhowe in a June qualifier, trotting his mile in an impressive 1:53.4. The Pres was a winner of two PASS legs and finished second in his third PASS event. Unable to overcome lingering complications from surgery, his racing career was cut short at 3 after an impressive win in the $151,050 Zweig Stake at Tioga Downs.

“I was fortunate to drive The Pres when he won the Zweig. He is an extremely impressive athlete and it was easy to see why he was a $400,000 weanling. It is unfortunate that he was injured and could not compete at 100 percent. The Pres should be a real value play for breeders in Canada,” says driver Andy Miller.

The 2010 service fee for The Pres will be C$2,500. As an incentive for breeders, a discounted fee of C$1,750 will be available if paid on a positive 42-days pregnancy test (live foal guarantee with stud fee refundable-terms apply).