Jersey Town relocating to Road’s End Farm in British Columbia

Grade 1 winner Jersey Town will relocate to Road’s End Farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada for the 2018 season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000 Canadian.

The 11-year-old son of Speightstown previously resided at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky., and will continue to stand as property of owner Charles Fipke.

“We are very excited about bringing a horse of Jersey Town’s caliber to British Columbia,” said Road’s End Farm owner Jack Bennett. “He should make a major contribution to the breeding industry in the Pacific Northwest.”

Jersey Town has sired two crops of racing age, with 44 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $1.1 million. His runners are led by U.A.E. Group 3-placed Bee Jersey, U.S. stakes winner Jersey Justice, and stakes-placed Ever Wonder.

On his own accord, Jersey Town won 6 of 21 starts for earnings of $819,668, highlighted by victories in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile and Grade 2 Kelso Handicap. He also finished in the money in two editions of the Grade 1 Forego Stakes, two additional runnings of the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap, and single editions of the Grade 3 Longacres Mile Handicap and Bold Ruler Handicap.

In Canada, Jersey Town finished second in the 2009 running of the Grade 3 British Columbia Derby at Hastings Racecourse.

Homebred in Kentucky by Fipke, Jersey Town is out of the multiple Grade 1-winning Belong to Me mare Jersey Girl, who is the dam of five winners from seven runners. He is from the family of Grade 2 winner Valid Wager and Australian Group 3 winner St Petersburg.

"Mr. Fipke has foals by Jersey Town from some top mares still to come and will be supporting the horse in British Columbia as well, so Jersey Town represents a great opportunity for breeders to participate in a stallion with a lot of future upside," said Sid Fernando, president of Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc., and an advisor to Fipke.

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