Frank Stronach is the mastermind behind the $12 million Pegasus World Cup at his Gulfstream Park – and his carefully constructed breeding program, out of his Adena Springs, will be well-represented in inaugural edition of the world’s richest race.
Brookdale Sales is the only consignment to have sold two Pegasus World Cup starters, in Noble Bird and War Story, both bred by longtime client Jack Swain III.
Reigning leading sire Tapit, who sired his second American classic winner last year, leads all stallions by early nominations to the 2017 Triple Crown series.
Box Score, an unraced full brother to young Kentucky sire Temple City, will enter stud at Milky Way Farm in Temecula, Calif. for the 2017 breeding season, when he will stand for an advertised fee of $1,000.
Grade 2 winner Ethnic Dance will enter stud at Pacific Coast Thoroughbreds in Hemet, Calif., for the 2017 breeding season at an advertised fee of $1,500.
The only stallion represented as both the sire and broodmare sire of an Eclipse Award champion on Saturday night was the late Bernstein, who died in the fall of 2011 at just 14 following complications from colic.
Classic Empire became the second Eclipse Award champion juvenile in three years for sire Pioneerof the Nile on Saturday night. The first of those champion youngsters? American Pharoah.
As a bright chestnut with white points, City Zip is the sort of horse who catches the eye. But when it comes to his accomplishments in the breeding shed, he's been somewhat overlooked – despite a good deal of success.
Beautyinthepulpit, a multiple stakes-placed runner, will retire to Buckridge Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y., for the 2017 breeding season.
Only a handful of representatives for Kenny and Lisa Troutt's WinStar Farm could get up on stage to accept the operation's Eclipse Award as outstanding breeder. However, farm president and CEO Elliott Walden noted that there were dozens who belonged there.
