Perfect Soul

Charles Fipke's homebred Golden Soul gave his connections a huge thrill with his stirring stretch run in Kentucky Derby 139, coming from 15th place to finish second...

Perfect Soul's 3-year-old colt Golden Soul will join 19 others in the gate Saturday for the 139th Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs...

Jersey's Soul, by Perfect Soul (IRE), drew off to a five-length victory to break her maiden Sunday at Golden Gate Fields.

Perfect Soul's 3-year-old colt Golden Soul earned his way into the top 20 on the Kentucky Derby (G1) points list with a second-place finish in the $200,000 Lecomte S. (G3)...

Perfect Soul will stand the 2012 breeding season at the Hunderup family's Norse Ridge Farm near King City, Ontario...

Perfect Shirl came up with her best race of the year to deliver a stirring come-from-behind victory for her owner/breeder Charles Fipke in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf...

Darby Dan's Perfect Soul accounted for three winners in two days over July 5-6, including two maiden special weight winners...

Renowned pedigree analyst Sid Fernando strongly recommended the Sadler’s Wells line and Perfect Soul in particular, as bloodlines that are needed more in North America...

Charles Fipke's homebred Check Your Soul stamped himself a likely favorite for the upcoming Queen's Plate...

Charles E. Fipke’s homebred Impossible Time, raised at Darby Dan, was named Champion Older Female in Canada at the recently held Sovereign Award ceremonies...

Check Your Soul could be on his way to becoming the second Canadian classic winner in the first three crops by Perfect Soul, after a dominating win...

Perfect Soul's daughter Blessed Soul made short work of the field in the 1 1/16 mile feature at Pimlico April 22...

A Perfect Soul filly turned heads at the OBS 2-year-old sale on April 20, going for $125,000, the sixth highest price during the third session...

Check Your Soul finished full of run to break his maiden on the grass at Keeneland on April 15...

Lalo's Baby Bear made an impressive late move to score a one-length victory in Hawthorne's March 21 feature...

Charles Fipke homebred Perfect Shirl comes into the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) off a top effort in the Grade 2 Canadian S...

Champion Perfect Soul (Ire) sired a Classic winner from his first crop and now a Championship contender in his second...

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend was good to Darby Dan horses at both Aqueduct and Churchill Downs...

Ya Gotta Have Soul pulled away in the stretch to dominate a seven-furlong allowance race at Belmont Park on Oct. 2...

Champion Perfect Soul (Ire) sired the top-priced colt at the selected session of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society yearling sale on September 7th...

Soul Custody, a 3-year-old daughter of Perfect Soul (IRE), got her second stakes placing of the year with a third-place finish in the $75,000 Washington Oaks

Perfect Soul (Ire) sired his second Saratoga stakes performer in 11 days, when Perfect Shower ran a close second in the John’s Call Stakes at the Spa on Friday...

Perfect Shirl, a 3-year-old filly by Perfect Soul, made a perfect stakes debut in the $150,000 Lake George (G2)...

Led by two new stakes horses and three impressive winners on dirt, turf, and all-weather surfaces, Perfect Soul (Ire) had an excellent weekend across North America July 10 & 11...

Perfect Shower won the feature on the grass at Woodbine on June 19, the same course where he captured the $500,000 Breeders' S. last year...

Perfect Shirl made short work of a full field of 14 maiden fillies to score an easy 2 1/2-length victory in a 1 1/8-mile turf race at Woodbine...

Ima Soul Miss exploded in the lane to win by a Woodbine allowance race by eight lengths over the main track on June 5...

Lalo's Baby Bear, a 4-year-old by Perfect Soul (IRE), won his 2010 bow with a four length victory in the feature at Arlington Park on May 13...

Port Stanley, a 4-year-old son of Perfect Soul (IRE), made it two wins in a row with a victory over the Woodbine all-weather surface on May 2...

Ya Gotta Have Soul's win in a maiden special weight race at Keeneland on Apr. 23 was a victory for Darby Dan in many respects...

Island Soul will try to stamp his ticket to Louisville on Mar. 27, when the son of Perfect Soul takes on a full field in the $750,000 Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds...

Champion Perfect Soul (Ire) has enjoyed immense success from his first two crops to race, including some stunning accomplishments at Canada’s finest racetrack – Woodbine...

Champion Perfect Soul sired another flashy 2-year-old winner from his second crop on Oct. 29th when his daughter Fire Into Ice surged up the rail to take command in the stretch and win a $75,900 maiden special weight race at Woodbine...

Perfect Wedding, a 3-year-old filly by Perfect Soul, claimed her second straight win on Oct. 26th when she stretched out around two turns for the first time and won a $41,000 allowance race at the Meadowlands...

Perfect Loch, a 2-year-old colt by Perfect Soul, made a promising debut to the races on Oct. 24th at Woodbine, rallying from last in the 12-horse field to win a $75,900 maiden special weight race...

Grade 1-winning millionaire Perfect Soul had two promising winners on Oct. 18th when his 2-year-old filly Groovintothebeat won at first asking at Fort Erie and his 3-year-old Woodman’s Soul streaked to a four-length win in a $78,000 maiden special weight heat at Woodbine...

Soul of Nataka became the latest stakes winner for her sire Perfect Soul when she prevailed after a determined stretch run in the $151,000 Catotene S. on Oct. 4th at Woodbine...

Perfect Soul had two more winners on Saturday, Sept. 19th when Perfect Wedding, a 3-year-old filly, won a maiden special weight race at Monmouth and Soul Kiss, a 2-year-old filly, broke her maiden at Golden Gate...

Perfect Soul added a pair of impressive maiden winners on Sept. 12th when 2-year-old first-time starter Perfect Crevasse and 3-year-old Soul of Nataka captured maiden special weight events...

Corey’s Coming, a 3-year-old filly from the first crop of Grade 1-winning millionaire Perfect Soul, overcame traffic trouble to rally and prove best in a $48,000 allowance race sprinting on the turf Sept. 7 at Saratoga...

Perfect Soul picked up his fourth winner in five days when his 3-year-old daughter Chile Chico made good as the heavy favorite to win a Woodbine maiden race by a decisive five lengths on August 23rd...

Perfect Soul has enjoyed three winners in three days, the latest being Music for the Soul, a 3-year-old filly from her sire's first crop that captured a maiden race at Prairie Meadows on August 21st...

Perfect Soul got his second winner in consecutive days when his debutante Soul Custody captured a maiden race by four decisive lengths at Emerald Downs on August 20th...

Grade 1 millionaire Perfect Soul picked up another winner - his 14th winner of the season - when his 3-year-old filly Sportley rallied gamely to get up at the wire against a full field of 11 at Woodbine Racecourse on August 19th...

Perfect Shower, a 3-year-old colt from the first crop of Perfect Soul, made his first stakes win a big one, capturing the $500,000 Breeders’ S. – the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown – on August 2nd at Woodbine...

Darby Dan stallion Perfect Soul has enjoyed a strong July full of maiden winners in Canada and the United States, and his well-bred 3-year-old son King of Soul closed out the month as the latest impressive maiden winner...

Perfect Soul enjoyed another impressive maiden victor on July 24th when his 3-year-old colt Carcillo stretched out to win a $75,029 maiden special weight race at 1 1/8 miles over the local Polytrack at Woodbine Racecourse...

Perfect Soul had multiple winners the weekend of July 17-19 to go along with the emergence of stakes-placed juvenile Perfect Lou, who was third in Saturday’s $50,000 Minstrel S. – the first of three Breeders’ Cup prep stakes for 2-year-olds on the turf this summer at Louisiana Downs...

All eyes were on a colt by Perfect Soul out of Copper Belle as it sold for $230,000 at the OBS 2 yr old sale. Consigned by Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables for Bob Baker and partners, the colt breezed 1/8 mile in :10. The colt was purchased by Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables.

Classy Gem overcame an unsteady start, seized the lead entering the lane, and drew off to a comfortable victory on Saturday to become the first winner for Canadian champion and freshman sire Perfect Soul (Ire).

Mr. Fipke, owner of Perfect Soul and GI Wood winner Tale of Ekati, had another outstanding weekend when Not Bourbon held off a late charge to win the prestigious Queen's Plate at Woodbine yesterday.

A 1/2 brother to GII winner Tale of Ekati by Perfect Soul brought $775,000 at the first session of the Keeneland September sale.

The Fasig Tipton July Select sale marks the first opportunity that buyers will have to see Perfect Soul's first crop of yearlings.

The Keeneland November Sale proved to be an overwhelming success for Perfect Soul.

Charles Fipke, the owner of Perfect Soul believes very strongly in Perfect Soul's ability to become an influential sire.

This is the first foal crop for Champion Perfect Soul, and they are exceeding expectations!

Grade I winner and Canadian champion Perfect Soul. Perfect Soul's first foal is a Pennsylvania-bred colt born Jan. 17th.

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