Stallion deal completed, Rich Strike moves to Pennsylvania farm

HRN staff
Photo: Rick Dawson / Facebook

With a stallion contract signed for Rich Strike, the 2022 Kentucky Derby winner was moved to Mountain Springs Farm in Pennsylvania.

Former owner Rick Dawson posted on Facebook that he completed a stallion deal for the son of Keen Ice with Mountain Springs and Rich Miller and partners.

"In many ways it was a sad day for me, family & friends when he transitioned to a new owner group," Dawson wrote in a Jan. 10 post. "But this process is necessary, but it's not the end of my participation in Richie's life & career."

BloodHorse reported that Rich Strike will enter stud this year at $6,500.

Miller told BloodHorse that an open house at Mountain Springs on Jan. 11 drew about 120 people.

Other stallions at Mountain Springs include Enticed and Uptowncharlybrown, the second- and third-leading active Pennsylvania sires, according to the BloodHorse report.

Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby at 80-1, one of only two wins in 14 career starts. The other came at Churchill Downs as a 2-year-old. 

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