Preservationist, who rewarded his owner’s patience by winning the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes as a 6-year-old, has been retired from racing. He will stand stud next year for $10,000 at Brereton Jones’s Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., it was announced Tuesday.
Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, a consistent classic sire who is enjoying a career year in the commercial arena, will stand for an unchanged stud fee of $175,000 in 2020, Hill 'n' Dale Farm announced Sunday night.
The exacta in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was swept by the influence of international leading sire Galileo and the holdings of England's Newsells Park Stud.
The Jockey Club released its annual statistics report on the foal crop of 2019 on Thursday, with figures following the trend of recent years of a slightly shrinking foal crop.
Frank Stronach's homebred Canadian Hall of Famer Awesome Again, the sire of multiple champions and classic winners, has been pensioned from stud duty, Adena Springs announced on Wednesday.
At first glance, it may appear that Mongolian Groom, upset winner of the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, and Ohio-bred Verissimo, who won the Catlaunch Stakes at Thistledown in his home state a few hours prior, have nothing in common. But they are linked through Calumet Farm's large and diverse stallion roster, which includes representation in various regional and international markets.
It was no surprise to see Uncle Mo atop the freshman sire list in 2015. After all, he was an unbeaten juvenile champion himself, with every right to start his stud career off fast. But he exceeded expectations, shattering records with his first crop. Now the juveniles conceived the following spring, as a result of that early success, are putting him among the leading juvenile sires again.
Palace Malice never set foot on turf during his own racing career – but, drawing ability from the stamina and versatility of his sire line, the freshman sire has found success with his first juveniles routing on the turf. This was in evidence over the weekend at Belmont Park.
The Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover, set to take place this week in Lexington, Ky., showcases former racehorses who have moved on to second careers in a variety of disciplines. But learning new things is old hat for Mr. Hot Stuff, who is on to his third career.
In the past week, new locations were announced for Grade 1-winning stallions Flat Out, Itsmyluckyday, and Verrazano.
