The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association will once again offer the highest possible breeder and stallion awards authorized under state law in 2018.
Bob and Alice Austin are mostly out of the Thoroughbred breeding business, but Haskell winner Girvin has offered the couple a memorable start to retirement.
Straight Fire, a multiple Grade 1-placed runner, has been retired from racing and will debut in 2018 at Legacy Ranch in Clements, Calif., for an advertised fee of $3,500.
The victory of Harlan's Holiday's son Good Samaritan in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes on July 29 once again gives us reason to regret Harlan’s Holiday’s premature death in 2013.
Woodbine's latest condition book features a pair of six-furlong, $45,000 allowance races restricted to 2-year-old graduates of a Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) auction. A race for fillies is carded for Aug. 6, while colts and geldings are scheduled for Aug. 7.
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale is often where the dominos are set for racing trends in the coming years, but rarely does it have the kind impact Bernard and Karen McCormack of Mapleshade Farm created with their purchases during the 2011 renewal, especially at their price point.
Bodemeister and Maclean's Music, both brilliant runners in their own right, broke out with first-crop classic winners this spring, represented by Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming and Preakness winner Cloud Computing, respectively. But far from being one-hit wonders, both stallions also figure prominently in various metrics in Daily Racing Form's Beyer Sire Performance Standings, unveiled earlier this year.
City Zip, the sire of three Eclipse Award champions, has been euthanized at age 19, Lane’s End Farm reported. The Carson City stallion had suffered from chronic foot problems.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome have both arrived in the Southern Hemisphere for the upcoming breeding seasons in Australia and Chile, respectively.
Korean racing interests posted another milestone victory for their rising program Saturday at Saratoga when KRA Stud Farm colorbearer Mr. Crow scored a convincing victory in a maiden special weight.
