The breeding rights to Grade 1 winner Eight Rings, who is among the favorites for next week's Breeders' Cup Juvenile, have been acquired by the international Coolmore group. The outfit plans to stand the colt at its Ashford Stud in Kentucky upon his eventual retirement.
Jim and Susan Hill of Margaux Farm make sure that their stable star Totally Boss gets to act like the horse he is between races by coming back to the farm, a training mehtod that has taken him to the threshold of a tilt at the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita.
Triple Crown winner Justify and the globe-trotting Mendelssohn were the busiest stallions in North America in 2019 as they stood their first season at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, The Jockey Club's Report of Mares Bred revealed on Thursday.
Mongolian Groom punched his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Classic with his victory in the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes in September at Santa Anita, prompting his connections to supplement him to the race. He also punched a ticket home to Kentucky for his sire, Hightail.
Catalina Cruiser, who is bound for a start at next week's Breeders' Cup, will stand alongside his sire at Lane's End Farm upon his eventual retirement.
Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky has unveiled its stallion roster and majority of its fees for 2020, led by its pair of Triple Crown winners in American Pharoah and Justify.
Wayne O won a maiden special weight on Saturday at Keeneland as the third choice in a large field of 12 2-year-olds, taking several new owners along for the ride as part of the MyRacehorse.com club investment.
Flameaway, a versatile multiple graded stakes winner, has been retired and will enter stud at Darby Dan Farm in Kentucky. The 4-year-old son of Scat Daddy will stand for $7,500.
Breakout freshman sire Constitution will see his fee more than double to $40,000 for the 2020 season at WinStar Farm.
Classic-placed Grade 1 winner and young classic sire Bodemeister has been sold to continue his stud career in Turkey.
