ARPISTA to Stand at Beau Valley Stable
Admin • December 15, 2020
Only Son of Quality Road to Stand Stud in Canada
The Quality Road son, ARPISTA, will stand at Beau Valley Stable in Didsbury, Alberta for the 2021 season.
Quality Road has 11 Grade One winners from 6 crops of racing age and stands for a $150,000 stud fee at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky. Quality Road is rated as one of the top three sires in North America and his progeny include the Grade One winners, City of Light ($5,662,670) Roadster ($852,700).
The dam of Arpista, Harpia, is a graded stakes winner and black type producer. The Danzig mare won the G3 Shirley Jones Handicap and finished second in four G2 stakes, completing her race career with a record of winning or placing in ten of her thirteen starts. Harpia is the dam of stakes placed winner First Word ($281,000).
Arpista is the only son of Quality Road standing at stud in Canada.
He will stand for a $1500 stud fee with a $250.00 booking fee.
For more information, contact Mike Hoffman at Beau Valley Stable at 403-586-7223.
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