Force the Pass Retired, To Stand in Maryland

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Grade I-winning millionaire Force the Pass (Speightstown–Social Queen, by Dynaformer) has been retired from racing and will enter stud in Maryland in 2020 as the property of T.K. Kuegler’s Wasabi Ventures Stallions, LLC, who recently acquired the son of Speightstown from his owner/breeder Richard Santulli. Force the Pass will stand at Louis & Grace Merryman’s Anchor & Hope Farm as Wasabi’s first foray into the stallion business. Kuegler has recently expanded his operation to include more than a dozen broodmares.

“We believe in the health and strength of the Maryland racing and breeding industry and we think Force the Pass offers incredible value to Mid-Atlantic breeders given his combination of race record, pedigree, and physique,” Kuegler said. “We expect to use an aggressive marketing campaign to get 100 mares to the horse in his first season, which will give him every chance to live up to his potential at stud.”

Force the Pass made history when becoming the first horse to win the GI Belmont Derby Invitational S. in 2015, and he added three other stakes wins in his career, most recently in the Cliff Hanger S. last year at Monmouth. He retires with a record of 21/5-6-5 and earnings of $1,359,114.

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