Feb. 1, 2012 - Multiple Grade 2 winner Eaton's Gift has been purchased for stud duty in Texas and will stand at Joe and Sharon Kerby's Key Ranch in Salado, Texas, in a deal brokered by Dr. Staci A. Speidel (EIM). The horse will stand as the property of the Eaton's Gift Syndicate for a Stud Fee of $2000.

The 7-yr-old son of international Champion Juvenile Johannesburg is out of the Carson City mare Kit's Girl. Eaton's Gift brought $150,000. at the Keeneland September sale from leading buyer and owner Zayat Stable, and the bay won half of his four starts as a juvenile. Improving fast at 3, Eaton's Gift won the Grade 2 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream and then the Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs. A winner of the Grade 2 Smile Stakes at Gulfstream at 4, Eaton's Gift won five races from 17 starts and earned $476,455.

Eaton's Gift joins a fine roster of stallions at Key Ranch, which currently includes Drums of Thunder, Lil's Lad, Special Rate, and Uncle Abbie.