Copper Bullet, a graded stakes-winning juvenile and multiple graded stakes-placed son of More Than Ready has been retired and will take up stud duty at Darby Dan Farm for the upcoming breeding season. In a unique approach to standing stallions, owner Ron Winchell is teaming with Equine Analysis Systems (Dr. David Lambert) and together, they […]
Continue readingPeppered Cat, a veteran stallion whose offspring includes the multiple graded stakes winner Pepper Crown, has been purchased privately by Perry and Denise Martin of Martin Racing and relocated from California to stand at Val Murrell’s Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, La. for the 2020 breeding season. A California stalwart since he retired to the […]
Continue readingMcMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds announced today their annual stallion show will be held Saturday, Dec. 21 from noon to 3 p.m. Breeders will be able to inspect McMahon’s latest stallion addition, Solomini, a multiple Grade 1-placed 2-year-old by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin. Just added to the roster last week, Solomini leaves Kentucky Friday […]
Continue readingReturning to the Calumet Farm stallion roster for 2020 are Hightail and Real Solution. Hightail, by Mineshaft out of Stormy Renee (by Storm Cat out of Seattle Slew’s multiple Grade 1-winning daughter Fleet Renee) has proved himself on a limited sample size. In his first two crops to race he has sired 50 percent stakes winners including […]
Continue readingThree Chimneys Farm stallion Gun Runner, the 2017 Eclipse Award winner for Horse of the Year and champion older male, will be on the roster of featured horses for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s Foal Patrol Season 3, which will debut online Friday, Dec. 27 at www.foalpatrol.com. The live stream will […]
Continue readingJoseph McMahon of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds announced the addition of recently syndicated Solomini, a multiple Grade 1-placed (three times at two) son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin. “He’s a winner of $834,993 and the only Grade 1 son of Curlin in New York,” McMahon said. “Solomini raced with the best of his class, […]
Continue readingOcala Stud has set 2020 stud fees for its roster of 12 stallions for the upcoming breeding season, led by Girvin, whose fee will be unchanged at $7,500 S&N for his second year at stud. The roster also features The Big Beast, the number two-ranked Florida freshman sire of 2019, who will stand for $6,000 […]
Continue readingOcala Stud announced today that Uncaptured is relocating to South Korea. The 2010 son of Lion Heart—Captivating, by Arch, is currently the leading second-crop sire in Florida with 36 winners and progeny earnings of $1,978,703 this season. He is represented by graded stakes winner Catherinethegreat, winner of the 2018 Grade 3 Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga, […]
Continue readingTwo-time Horse of the Year California Chrome will stand for an advertised fee of 4 million yen (about $36,500) during his debut season at Arrow Stud in Japan, BloodHorse reports. The 8-year-old son of Lucky Pulpit was initially slated to stand the 2020 breeding season at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., for $30,000. California […]
Continue readingGrade 1 winner Capo Bastone will relocate to O’Sullivan Farms in Charles Town, W.V., for the 2020 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000. The 9-year-old son of Street Boss previously stood at Adena Springs in Paris, Ky. His first foals are 3-year-olds of 2019. Capo Bastone’s runners are led […]
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