Prominent international sire War Front will stand for an advertised fee of $250,000 in 2018, Claiborne Farm announced on Thursday. Fees also were announced Thursday for young stallions Runhappy and Mastery.
Bill and Janet Grube have accomplished plenty throughout their 12 years in the Thoroughbred industry. They have sold their fair share of horses at auction, but selling under the banner of their own Destiny Oaks of Ocala was uncharted territory prior to this week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. fall yearling sale.
Champion Arrogate will be retired following this year's Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar and will enter stud for the 2018 breeding season at Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, Ky.
Greenpointcrusader, a Grade 1 winner, has been retired from racing and will begin his stallion career at J. Michael O’Farrell’s Ocala Stud in Ocala, Fla., during the 2018 breeding season for a fee to be announced later.
Champion Arrogate will be retired following this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar and will enter stud for the 2018 breeding season at Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, Ky.
Grade 1 winner Effinex will relocate to McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for the 2018 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $10,000.
Gormley, a Grade 1 winner, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2018 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Taylor Made Stallions, in partnership with WinStar Farm, has entered an agreement to purchase the breeding rights to Grade 1 winner Midnight Storm upon his retirement.
The big book era of Thoroughbred breeding has made it more and more difficult for stallions outside the mainstream in regional markets to follow in the footsteps of great stallions of the past like Mr. Prospector and Halo, or more recently Malibu Moon. With more than 100 Kentucky stallions covering 100 or more mares each year, that does not leave many quality mares for stallions standing in regional markets.
Frank and Patricia Generazio were longtime supporters of the late Mid-Atlantic stallion Disco Rico, and have a chance to enjoy the dividends with a pair of high-profile runners in this year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
