West Coast to stand at Lane's End in 2019
Breeders' Cup Classic candidate West Coast, last year's champion 3-year-old male, will join the Lane's End Farm stallion roster in 2019, the farm has announced.
Nicole RussoOct 03, 2018
Breeders' Cup Classic candidate West Coast, last year's champion 3-year-old male, will join the Lane's End Farm stallion roster in 2019, the farm has announced.
The Churchill Downs Racing Club has been named the 2018 New Owner of the Year, OwnerView has announced.
Tapwrit, winner of the 2017 Belmont Stakes, has been retired from racing and has arrived at Gainesway Farm to stand alongside his sire, Tapit, in 2019.
This year's North American Thoroughbred foal crop will show a slight decline, according to The Jockey Club's report of 2017 breeding statistics and 2018 foal crop statistics released Monday.
Ten stakes races will be conducted on the star-studded opening week at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., with plenty of runners hoping to move on to the Breeders' Cup. But the most popular Thoroughbred in competition in Lexington this week might be a few miles away at the Kentucky Horse Park as several hundred retired racehorses vie for their own rich prize.
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Grade 2 winner and classic-placed Irish War Cry has been retired and will enter stud in 2019 at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md.
Classic-placed champion Good Magic has been retired and will enter stud at Hill 'n' Dale Farm alongside his sire, Curlin.
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Triple Crown winner Justify will debut for an advertised stud fee of $150,000 in 2019, while Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will stand for $110,000 as Coolmore announced the roster and fees for its Ashford Stud in Kentucky on Sunday.