Asprey | stud farm | Kenneth Asprey | Darley Stud | Coolmore Stud | Irish National Stud | Ashford Stud | The National Stud | Stud farm | Beech House Stud | Tersk Stud | Dutch Oven (right) and Wheatear at Lord Falmouth's Mereworth Stud in 1884, engraving by John Sturgess |
Bred at Asprey Stud near Pinjarra by H.B (Pip) Dent, Placid Ark was purchased at the Sunspeed Yearling Sales for $5,000 for a novice eight-person syndicate headed by Hotelier Barry McGrath on the recommendation of Ascot Racecourse trainer Wally Mitchell.