Stakes Successes of Horses with Connections to the Ocala Jockey Club
STAKES PERFORMERS
Singita - Lemon Drop Kid yearling filly (above) sold at 2015 Saratoga sale for $450,000. SINGITA was purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables and retained as a broodmare. Photo by Barbara D. Livingston.
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
TDN Rising Star, 3rd in the 2017 Kentucky Derby, winner of the 2017 Breeders Cup Dirt Mile (Rigoletta - Smart Strike colt) bred by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
DRIFT KING
SP, earner of $316,345, purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables. Now retired at the Ocala Jockey Club.
IRISH SURF
G3W and track-record holder at 1.5 mile at Del Mar purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
GINGER POP
G1SP purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
KLIMT
G1W bred and sold as yearling by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables. Retired to stud at Darby Dan, Lexington, KY.
LEMOONA
G3SP bred and sold as yearling by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
NERO
G2SP bred and sold as yearling by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
ONE SIDED
SP yearling to 2-year old pinhook, purchased by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables, started and prepared for 2-year old sale by the Ocala Jockey Club.
OCEAN KNIGHT
G3W bred and sold by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables. Started as a yearling and prepared for 2-year old sale by the Ocala Jockey Club. Sold for $320,000 to Stonestreet Stable that has campaigned him to win a G3 and multiple grades stakes placings.
REFORESTATION
G1SP purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
RIGOLETTA
G1W purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
ROUSANNE
SW purchased as yearling by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables, started and prepared for 2-year old sale by the Ocala Jockey Club.
SEKIRA
G2SP purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables.
THERMODYNAMICS
SP purchased as yearling and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables. Started as a yearling and prepared for racing at the Ocala Jockey Club.
Stakes Successes of Horses with Connections to the Ocala Jockey Club
SALES PERFORMANCE
Horses started at the Ocala Jockey Club and sold as two-year olds, and/or bred and sold as yearlings by Thor-Bred Stables have sold for $130,000, $140,000, $170,000, $180,000, $210,000, $320,000, $410,000, $450,000, etc. A homebred colt topped the first session at 2016 Saratoga selling for $950,000.
Ocean Goddess - Pioneerof the Nile yearling colt (left) sold at 2016 Saratoga sale for $950,000. OCEAN GODDESS was purchased and campaigned by Erik and Pavla Nygaard's Thor-Bred Stables and retained as a broodmare. Photo by Barbara D. Livingston.