Mr. and Mrs. R. David Randal are California residents who have bred horses for roughly 30 years. They own Fallbrook Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, which is home to their broodmare band of 30. They purchased Ecology for $120,000 while she was in foal to Sky Mesa, carrying General Quarters, at the 2005 Keeneland November Sale. The Randals sold General Quarters as a yearling for $20,000 at Keeneland September. Other stakes performers bred by the Randals include Ohio Derby (G2) victor Wild and Wicked and La Troienne S. (G3) heroine Silverinyourpocket, who raced for their breeders, as well as multiple Canadian stakes scorer Bear Character and Distinctive Dixie, most recently runner-up in the April 8 Bayakoa S. at Oaklawn Park. "You really never know what's inside of these horses," David Randal told the Daily Racing Form. "You never know what's in their heads and hearts. There are a lot of pleasant surprises, and there's a lot of bad surprises. (General Quarters) was just a big, gangly foal. Even as a yearling, you wouldn't think he was going to be what he turned out to be when you first saw him. He was a large, average-looking horse."