NEWS
Scrimshaw, Woke Up Dreamin move to Louisiana
Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:05 PM
Millennium Farms’ Kentucky-based stallions Scrimshaw and Woke Up Dreamin will move to Moon Lake Farm in Louisiana for the 2010 breeding season, Millennium owner Ro Parra said on Thursday.
Moon Lake Farm, owned by John Turner, has acquired a fractional interest in both stallions, which will stand as part of a partnership between Millennium Farms and Moon Lake Farm. The pair will join Moon Lake stallions A.P. Delta and Chatain.
“Scrimshaw and Woke Up Dreamin have excellent credentials and will be very attractive to Louisiana and Texas breeders,” Moon Lake Farm General Manager Dr. Jim Ward said. “Both are young, have excellent race records, great conformation, and are off to productive starts in their stallion careers. They will be well-priced to allow all breeders access to them and we will also support them with mares of our own.”
Parra, already a participant in the Louisiana breeding and racing program, said he was pleased to increase his involvement.
“Moon Lake Farm is an 800-acre facility that offers a beautiful setting with superior infrastructure for standing stallions and boarding mares,” Parra said. “We are pleased to have sold an interest in Scrimshaw and Woke Up Dreamin to John Turner, and plan to support both horses with our own mares.”
Scrimshaw and Woke Up Dreamin both will stand for a fee of $2,500. Both stood for $5,000 in 2009. The pair will be nominated to both the Breeders’ Cup and the Louisiana Stallion Stakes program.
Scrimshaw is a nine-year-old by Gulch out of the Sham mare Rogue Girl. He won the 2003 Coolmore Lexington Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Race Course and competed in all three Triple Crown events, finishing third in the Preakness Stakes (G1) behind Funny Cide.
Now a second-crop sire, Scrimshaw has 40 winners from 95 foals of racing age with earnings of $1,259,955. He has two stakes winners, including 2008 Generous Stakes (G3) winner Mr. Rod.
Woke Up Dreamin is a nine-year-old by Holy Bull out of the Storm Cat mare Dreamlike. He won the Smile Sprint Handicap(G2) at Calder Race Course and the True North Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park in 2005.
As a freshman sire he has four winners from 18 starters, with earnings of $97,175. Maddox Who, winner of the Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park, is his leading earner with $24,160.
