Demarchelier first son of Dubawi in Kentucky
Graded stakes winner Demarchelier will become the first son of Dubawi, one of the leading sires in the world, to stand in Kentucky when he enters stud at historic Claiborne Farm.
Nicole RussoDec 09, 2019
Graded stakes winner Demarchelier will become the first son of Dubawi, one of the leading sires in the world, to stand in Kentucky when he enters stud at historic Claiborne Farm.
Grade 1-winning millionaires Preservationist and Divisidero both rewarded the patience their connections took in shaping their careers with multiple high-end wins as older horses. The responsibility for shaping their second careers now falls to Airdrie Stud, which welcomes both to its roster for 2020.
Retired to broodmare duty in Kentucky, It’s Tricky, by Mineshaft, produced just three foals before dying from complications of laminitis in early 2017. Her two foals to make it to the races are both stakes horses for Godolphin, led by multiple graded winner Enticed. He carries on his dam’s legacy by entering stud this season in Darley’s Kentucky stallion barn, alongside his own sire, Medaglia d’Oro.
New York-bred Disco Partner had his brightest performances on the racetrack in his home state, and, fittingly, retires to stud there for 2020. A millionaire and North American track-record setter, Disco Partner will begin a stallion career at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., in 2020. He keys a strong incoming hand for the farm, which also welcomes Grade 1 winner Leofric to the roster.
Force the Pass will enter stud in Maryland in 2020, becoming a rare Grade 1 winner to stand in the state. He is the latest newcomer at Louis and Grace Merryman’s Anchor and Hope Farm in Port Deposit, Md., which is continuing to build an exciting roster of young stallions even while rebuilding from a destructive barn fire in August.
It’s college basketball season, and everything in Lexington, Ky., is wallpapered in Wildcat blue. But students from the University of Kentucky could be forgiven for having fond thoughts about an adopted Oklahoma Sooner. Multiple Grade 3 winner Fear the Cowboy, bred and raised by the University of Kentucky’s Maine Chance Farm, which employs students as part of the curriculum, enters stud this season at Glasses Creek Ranch near Madill, Okla.
Tale of the Cat’s legacy is secure through his sons and grandsons at stud, ensuring that his particular branch of the legendary Storm Cat’s sire line is fruitful. His classic-placed Grade 1 winner Lion Heart sired Kantharos, who got off to such a hot start at stud that he was “called up” from Florida to the epicenter of the North American stallion ranks in Kentucky. Kantharos, in turn, was represented by his first son at stud in 2019 in Bucchero, and has a newcomer in Kentucky for 2020 in the versatile and wickedly fast World of Trouble.
Journeyman Stud has found great success this year with freshman sire Khozan, a lightly raced half-brother to a champion. The Ocala, Fla., farm hopes to continue that winning formula as it adds St Patrick's Day to its roster for 2020.
Dixieland Band, one of the original three stallions at Lane's End Farm, died at age 30 in 2010. A decade later, his great-grandson Catalina Cruiser will enter stud at the farm for the 2020 season as Lane's End continues to invest in this sire line.
His name was Halo, with all that that implies. But the nearly-black stallion was anything but angelic.