INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR
WISHING STONE RETIRES
TO SUGAR VALLEY FARM.
It is jointly announced by Bob Marks of Deo Volente Farms and Joe McLead of Sugar Valley
Farm that the International superstar Wishing Stone, a winner of the Kentucky Futurity at three
and the Copenhagen Cup in Denmark at age five, has been officially retired from racing and will
stand stud at Sugar Valley Farm in Delaware, Ohio.
Both Mr. Marks and Mr. McLead emphasized “Wishing Stone’s world record performances on
five eighths and half mile tracks make him a natural for the Buckeye State which at this time
features exclusively five furlong and half mile ovals. Given the fact that he raced sound from
ages two through seven strongly suggests that his foals would be ideal for the Ohio racing circuit
and beyond”.
A winner of $2,357,150 lifetime Wishing Stone returned to the races this year at age seven after
fulfilling stallion duty at Deo Volente Farms in New Jersey. He has been entered in the Breeders
Crown for aged trotters and will be retired following that event.
By one of the great sires Conway Hall and the productive Meadowbranch Magic, Wishing Stone
won such stakes as The Kentucky Futurity, Copenhagen Cup, Maxie Lee Memorial, Cutler
Memorial and was stakes placed in eliminations or finals of The Hambletonian, Peter Haughton
Memorial, and Elitlopp in Solvalla Sweden. In addition Wishing Stone was the New York Sires
Stakes trotting champion during his 2-year-old year.
Wishing Stone’s stellar race career against some of the fiercest competition in both America and
Europe earned him 24 lifetime wins. Wishing Stone will bring this international speed,
performance and durability to Ohio for the 2015 breeding season.
Wishing Stone will stand for a fee of $4,500 and all foals will be eligible to the growing Ohio
Sires Stakes program.