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When Belmont Park reopens in 2026, it will sport an all-weather Tapeta track alongside its existing courses. Planning ahead for the reimagined circuit, it's a boon for New York breeders that Bucchero, the top synthetic-surface sire in the United States, resides in New York.
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Of the 15 West Coast stallions bred to 40 or more mares in 2024, 14 stood in California. The exception was Washington-based Alternation.
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In one of the closest duels on any stallion list for 2024, Vekoma edged McKinzie and Tiz the Law to claim the freshman sire earnings title.
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The addition of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike would have been enough to bring headlines to Rich Miller's Mountain Springs Farm, but Mountain Springs isn't just adding Rich Strike.
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The Thoroughbred industry was rocked by the loss of classic sire and perennial leading stallion Uncle Mo in December. But meanwhile, his champion son Nyquist was wrapping up the best season of his career to date. With promising runners still on the track, several well-bred crops of his own still to come, Nyquist a strong success, and several other promising sons in the pipeline, Uncle Mo may be gone – but long will he live.
Into Mischief continues to reign supreme among North American stallions, highlighting Daily Racing Form's leading sires edition as he claimed his sixth consecutive general sire earnings title in 2024.
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Coal Front is new to Louisiana for 2025 just as his son Coal Battle is making some noise on the Kentucky Derby trail and his daughter Haulin Ice is coming off a season in which she won stakes at Gulfstream Park and Oaklawn to contend for 2024 Arkansas-bred of the year.
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Gun Runner and Justify have been hailed for extraordinary starts to their stud careers, which now have them among the nation's leading sires.
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Into Mischief, who stands at Spendthrift Farm, claimed his sixth consecutive North American general sire title in 2024, placing him among some of the bloodstock industry's all-time greats.
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Two successful Kentucky sires have made their way to Canada for the 2025 breeding season, Breeders' Cup Classic winner Ghostzapper and Tapiture.
