Into Mischief is the first of North America's elite stallions to have his 2020 pricing revealed, with his advertised stud fee climbing to $175,000, Spendthrift Farm announced Sunday night.
Classy 'n Smart was a Canadian champion for Sam-Son Farm, and went on to become one of the foundation mares for the dominant Ontario-based operation.
Last week, The Jockey Club floated a controversial proposal to limit stallions to 140 mares bred in a single North American season, and to some in the breeding industry, the measure could not come soon enough. Others disagree.
Spendthrift Farm will add five newcomers, including Grade 1 winners Mitole, Omaha Beach, and Vino Rosso, to its ever-bourgeoning stallion roster in 2020, the farm announced Thursday night.
A filly by Triple Crown winner and leading freshman sire American Pharoah and out of Broodmare of the Year Leslie's Lady sold for $8.2 million, among the top prices in the history of the Keeneland September yearling sale, as the auction's marquee Book 1 portion closed its three-day run on Wednesday with major gains.
“Giving horses a second chance to be winners” is the noble credo that the Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program lives by.
Seth Klarman of Klaravich Stables was named the National Owner of the Year and John D. Gunther of Glennwood Farm was named the National Breeder of the Year as the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association honored industry participants at its annual awards dinner over the weekend in Lexington, Ky.
Grade 1 winner and young sire Take Charge Indy will be repatriated from Korea to stand at WinStar Farm in 2020, the farm announced over the weekend.
The Jockey Club is considering a rule that would limit the amount of mares that an individual stallion can cover during a North American breeding season beginning in 2021, a limitation that would have significant impacts on the breeding industry.
The late Arch made his legacy apparent on the final Saturday of the summer’s marquee race meetings, represented by graded stakes winners as a sire, sire-of-sires, and broodmare sire.
