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Swifty Farms History
After many years in the Thoroughbred Industry, Don and Dana Myers have developed what many consider to be Indiana's premier breeding operation.
Swifty Farms, the Seymour, Indiana operation owned by Don and Dana Myers, has led the way in the attempt to raise the level on quality among Thoroughbred operations in Indiana. Swifty Farms has four stallions at their Seymour facility-- Ago a stakes winning son of Danzig, Pass Rush, a Grade 2 multiple stakes winning son of Crown Ambassador has his first foals arriving in 2008, Saf a son of leading sire Pleasant Colony, Saintly Look , a Grade 3 stakes winning son of leading sire Saint Ballado stands his first season in 2008. Crown Ambassador Indiana's leading sire of all time has been pensioned.
The facility has more than 30 broodmares, many of them stakes-producers or stakes winners.
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Swifty Farms Stallions
AGO
Danzig--Far, by Forli |
- Stakes winner of $257,918, winning five races on dirt and turf.
- By leading sire DANZIG
- Sons of DANZIG include the sires of 1997 Eclipse Champions COUNTESS DIANA and CHIEF BEARHEART, plus other leading sires BELONG TO ME, CHIEF'S CROWN, DANEHILL, Polish Numbers etc.
- Out of stakes-placed half-sister to Leading Sire CAERLEON
- Half-brother to multiple-Graded stakes winner YONDER
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Ago
Stud Fee: $1,000
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CROWN AMBASSADOR
Storm Cat--Rare Mint, by Key to the Mint |
- At two, won Keeneland allowance by 7 1/2 lengths, and placed in three consecutive stakes at three (two graded).
- By perennial leading sire STORM CAT
- Half-brother to 5 SWs, including champion ROBIN DES PINS and ROBIN DES BOIS, sire of G1 millionaire GENTLEMEN (ARG) in his first crop.
THE BOLD FACTS:
- 9% stakes winners from starters.
- 10% stakes horses from starters.
- 13% stakes horses from foals.
- 19% stake horses from winners.
- Average earnings per starter in excess of $33,500
- Indiana’s Leading Sire of all time.
- Progeny earnings in excess of $3 Million.
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Crown Ambassador
Pensioned
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PASS RUSH
Crown Ambassador--Profitable Knight, by Knight |
- Grade 2 Stakes Winner of $594,603
- Outstanding STORM CAT / MR. PROSPECTOR Cross
- 2002 Champion 3YO & Horse of the Year in Indiana
- 2003 Champion Older Horse & Horse of the Year in Indiana
- 2005 Champion Older Horse in Indiana
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Pass Rush
Stud Fee: $3,000 Live Foal
(payable stands and nurses)
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SAINTLY LOOK
Saint Ballado – Sensational Eyes, by Roman Majesty |
Graded Stakes-Winning Miler by Leading Sire Saint Ballado
- 2YO winner of the Sugar Bowl S.
- 3YO winner of the $100,000 Lecomte S. (G3)
- Won the Holiday Cheer S. as an older horse
- Hit the board in the Commonwealth Breeders’ Cup S. (G2) and Churchill Downs H. (G2)
- Durable performer ran triple digit Beyers from ages 3 through 6, including his two starts on Polytrack
- From the family of champion sprinter CHINOOK PASS (G2)
- Track earnings of $348,513
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Saintly Look
2008 Fee: $3,500
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SAF
Pleasant Colony-Suzie Diamond, by Secreto
- ½ to TENANTS HARBOR-G2
- Outstanding RIBOT / NORTHERN DANCER Cross
- Gets Good Looking Foals
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SAF
Stud Fee: $500
(payable stands and nurses)
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Swifty Farms Services
Services provided by the knowledgeable staff at Swifty Farms include:
To accommodate the expanding broodmare band and broodmare services, a new state-of-the-art broodmare barn has been constructed, along with a new yearling barn, with an annex that functions as a stud barn and breeding shed, 12 miles of newly installed fencing, and run-in sheds in the paddocks. Swifty Farms is also the only breeding facility in Indiana that employs a full time a resident veterinarian.
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Contact Swifty
Farms
Don and Dana Myers, owners
Inquiries to Mort Shirazi
Resident Veterinarian: Dr. Dwight Bradford
351 S. US Hwy 31 | Seymour, IN 47274
Phone: (812) 523-3805 | Fax: (812) 524-1449
E-Mail: swiftyfarms@verizon.net
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