WAYNE, OK—JANUARY 23, 2011—Royal Vista Ranches announced today World Champion Wave Carver's 2012 fee will be $3,500. Property of a syndicate, the stallion previously stood at "Private Treaty".

A champion sire in his first crop to race, Wave Carver was the #3 Leading First and Second Crop Sire of Money Earners in both 2010 and 2011. He has sired 76 winners, 4 stakes winners, 14 stakes-placed, 1 champion with earnings of $1,887,289. His starters have average earnings per starter of nearly $13,000.

Among his get are champion One Kool Wave SI 99 (11 wins, $237,418, All Canadian Derby, etc.), Ranch Candy SI 93 ($118,379, 3rd Heritage Place Futurity-G1, etc.), Duke Kahanamoku SI 95 ($85,288, 3rd El Primero Del Ano Derby-G1, etc.), WR Carver SI 98 ($75,221, Four Corners Fut., etc.), Kissin Wave SI 94 ($63,221, 2nd Maple Leaf Fut., etc.), Tsunami 09 ($49,402 at 2, All Canadian Futurity, etc.), etc.

The son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash was named AQHA Racing's World Champion, Champion 3-Year-Old and Champion 3-Year-Old Colt of 2006. Wave Carver won 11 of 18 career starts, earning $1,005,946. He capped off his brilliant race career with a win in the Champion of Champions(G1). He also won the Governor's Cup Derby(G2), Los Alamitos Million Juvenile(G3), was second in the Golden State Million Futurity(G1), Golden State Derby(G1) and Los Alamitos Winter Derby(G1).

The royally bred stallion is out of former Broodmare of the Year Runaway Wave, by Runway Winner. The grade 2 placed mare is the dam of 19 ROM winners, two champions and eight stakes horses. Full siblings to Wave Carver include three-time champion and leading sire Ocean Runaway ($1,642,493), grade 1 winner Trisk ($253,233), stakes winner and grade 1 placed Aquafina ($141,943 to 3, 2011), stakes winner and track record holder Little Surfer ($102,749 at 5, 2011), grade 1 placed Sir Runaway Dash ($120,706), grade 2 placed Bring The Bling ($67,320, to 4, 2011) and stakes-placed Seaside ($35,853).

The second dam is the stakes winning Thoroughbred mare In The Curl ($749,891), dam of such stakes runners as First Down N Surfin ($290,681, 3rd All American Futurity-G1), Harbor Beach ($129,371), Igofast-TB ($143,043), Captain Nuevo ($56,639), Curls Girl ($54,066), etc.

For additional information for breeding contracts to Wave Carver contact Laura Wipf, Royal Vista Ranches Co-Owner and Farm Manager, at 405.449.7575.