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Brickyard Ride is one of several new stallions in California for 2025, a group that includes Storm the Court, winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile; the multiple stakes winner Forbidden Kingdom; and Catholic Boy, a prominent 3-year-old in 2018 who previously stood in Kentucky.
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It is possible that in the final days of the year, a runner owned by Californian Nick Alexander will win or place in a race or two at Santa Anita and push the stable past $1.5 million in earnings for the fifth time in the last six years.
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In a race that looks like it is coming down to the wire, veteran California sire Grazen is looking to hold off Stay Thirsty and secure his second straight leading sire title.
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Uncle Mo, euthanized Thursday at a relatively young 16 following a leg injury, leaves a void bigger than a stall. The beloved Thoroughbred, a champion runner and an even better sire, left a sizeable mark on the sport.
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Born Noble was an eye-catching debut winner at Gulfstream Park 51 weeks ago, but as quickly as his star rose, it faded. Narrowly defeated in his second start in February and away from the races ever since, Born Noble returns Sunday in a first-level/optional $25,000 claiming race at Gulfstream Park.
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Always Dreaming, winner of the 2017 Kentucky Derby, has died following a bout with colic. The son of Bodemeister was 10.
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Classic winner, Eclipse Award champion, and prominent sire Lemon Drop Kid has died, Lane's End Farm, the stallion's birthplace as well as his current home, reported Friday. The stallion, who stood alongside his sire, the late Kingmambo, was 28.
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The hard-knocking graded stakes winner Five Star General will begin his stud career at Covilar LLC’s Owl Hollow Farm in Floyd, Va., in 2025.
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As of the first of December – some 10 weeks from the start of the Northern Hemisphere breeding season – a pair of major "free agents" were still on the board. Grade/Group 1 winners Senor Buscador and Rich Strike remained without announced stallion deals, with their connections intending to stand them at stud in 2025.
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While many long-established partnerships are reflected in Claiborne's current stallion roster, the farm’s two newcomers this year represent new links to prominent racing entities. Claiborne will debut Grade 1 winners Bright Future and Prince of Monaco for 2025.
