Dr. Krista Seltzer has announced that the highly successful sire Greatness has returned to his roots and will stand the 2020 season at Solera Farm in Williston, west of Ocala, Fla.
He will join Field Commission, Florida’s eighth-leading active sire of 2019 with progeny earnings of more than $1.6 million.
“He has a home here for life beyond his breeding career.” Seltzer said. “My dad (Edward Seltzer) bred him, raised and raced him and now he is back with us forever.”
The 21-year-old Greatness is one of the last sons of super sire Mr. Prospector still at stud and still going strong, as witnessed by Lady’s Island, 6 3/4-length winner of the Grade 3 $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 14, followed by a runner-up finish in the $100,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes on Jan. 18. Now six, Lady’s Island has compiled a record of 13-4-3 in 27 starts with earnings of $404,195, and she is 8-2-0 in 10 starts since Jan. 4 of 2019.
Greatness has sired a long string of hickory runners who have posted impressive statistics in all departments, including stakes performances, victories, and number of starts.
They include 13-time stakes-winner Immortal Eyes (59-19-15-5, $1,172,846); nine-time black type or listed winner Good Lord (84-15-10-14, $803,305); graded stakes-winner Great Attack (48-11-12-7, $717,952); graded stakes-winner Jenny’s So Great (31-7-5-5, $678,438); Lord of Greatness (74-18-9-14, $591,327); and the incredible claimer, Blizzard Buddy Ben, who compiled a record of 24-13-12 in 89 starts with earnings of $407,466, winning at six tracks.
Greatness will stand for $2,500, stands and nurses.
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