from Seelster Farms

Lucan, ON — Seelster Farms announced today that they have acquired an interest in Holiday Road 2,1:54; 3,1:52.4 ($426,200), who will stand at their Lucan, Ontario farm starting with the 2011 breeding season.

A $115,000 yearling purchase, Holiday Road is the full brother to former Ontario sire and Breeders Crown winner Ken Warkentin 2,1:55.3; 3,1:52.3 ($902,355). Holiday Road is a son of Yankee Glide and the Tagliabue mare Jambo.

At 2, Holiday Road was victorious in his first lifetime start, winning a New Jersey Sire Stake in 1:57. He followed that victory with a 1:56.3 win in his elimination of the Peter Haughton Memorial. In the $523,600 final of the Peter Haughton, Holiday Road trotted to victory in a stakes record time of 1:54.

At 3, Holiday Road captured the Dickerson Cup in a life’s best of 1:52.4, as well as a division of the Stanley Dancer in 1:54. He also finished third by three-quarters of a length in his elimination of the Hambletonian.

He retires with a record of 5-0-2 in 10 starts and earnings of $426,200.

Holiday Road will stand for an introductory fee of C$4,500.