NEWS
Strong Hope to stand 2012 season in Indiana
Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011 5:20 PM
Strong Hope, a multiple Grade 2 winner and sire by Grand Slam out of the Deputy Minister mare Shining Through, will stand the 2012 season at Midwest Equine & Veterinary Hospital in Trafalgar, Indiana.
Strong Hope, winner of the 2003 Jim Dandy (G2) and Dwyer (G2) Stakes, earned $767,460 on the track and has more than $5.5-million in progeny earnings through Thursday. His offspring earned more than $2.3-million in 2011.
Strong Hope will stand for a fee of $2,500 (stands and nurses). He is owned by a syndicate led by Eugene N. Melnyk’s Winding Oaks Farm.
Midwest Equine & Veterinary Hospital is owned and operated by Roger D. Beam, D.V.M. and also stands Desert Warrior, a son of Deputy Minister out of the Secretariat mare Navajo Pass.
Desert Warrior stands for $2,000 (stands and nurses) and is ranked fifth on the 2011 Indiana leading sires list.
For more information, visit www.mwevh.com or contact Dr. Beam at (317)-878-7713 or (317)-878 5284 or via email at rogerbeamdvm@aol.com.
