Girvin to stand in Florida next year at Ocala Stud

Grade 1 winner Girvin will stand the 2019 breeding season at Ocala Stud in Florida in a deal involving several parties, including major Kentucky operation Airdrie Stud.

Brad and Misty Grady of Grand Oaks Farm, who campaigned Girvin on the racetrack, have partnered with Kentucky-based Airdrie to co-own Girvin through his stallion career. The deal was structured by West Bloodstock.

“We’ve been big fans of Mr. Grady’s horse for a long time and are hugely appreciative of the opportunity he’s given us to partner on his stallion career,” said Airdrie’s Brereton Jones. “Girvin was a tremendously talented racehorse that was versatile enough to outsprint his rivals at 2 and stretch out to win the Louisiana Derby and Haskell at 3, and he’s as gorgeous as he is gifted.”

Girvin, a Tale of Ekati colt trained by Joe Sharp, won three of his first four outings, including the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby and Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes, to establish himself as a classics candidate. But the colt was nursing a troubled foot in the weeks leading up to the Kentucky Derby and finished 13th on a sloppy track.

Girvin made five more starts in his career, highlighted by his narrow victory over McCraken in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational. He finished second in the Grade 3 Steve Sexton Mile in May in his only start this season before a soft-tissue injury forced his retirement in July.

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