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Gun Pilot was bred, born, and raised at Three Chimneys Farm, where his sire, Gun Runner, reigns supreme. Unsurprisingly, the latter's first sons to stud have been in high demand. After carrying the Three Chimneys colors to a Grade 1 victory in the Churchill Downs Stakes, Gun Pilot now becomes the first of those to join his sire in the farm’s stallion complex.
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Grade 1 winner Domestic Product joins his successful sire Practical Joke at Coolmore's Ashford Stud for 2025.
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More Than Looks scored a career-best victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar, and co-owner Anthony Bartolo said immediately afterward that the owners intended to continue to race the colt. But More Than Looks was found to have reinjured a tendon, so he will now begin his stud career at Lane's End Farm in 2025, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $15,000.
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Welcoming a classic winner to a stallion roster is a proud moment. Welcoming two to the roster in the same year is an exceptional rarity. Spendthrift Farm will welcome two winners of American Triple Crown races to its stallion ranks for the 2025 season – and if that isn't enough, the farm adds another Grade 1 winner as well.
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There may still be scorch marks on the Saratoga turf from Cogburn's virtuoso performance in this year's Grade 1 Jaipur as he sizzled 5 1/2 furlongs in less than a minute for a North American record. Despite a loss in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in his career finale, Cogburn will begin his stallion career as an extremely hot commodity whose bandwagon is becoming crowded with supporters.
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Gainesway Farm introduces four new stallions this year. They are Grade 1 winner Tapit Trice, graded stakes winner Charge It, Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey, and Grade 1 winner Muth.
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Five years after shocking the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at 45-1 odds, the 2019 champion juvenile male Storm the Court has been retired to stud in California. Trainer Peter Eurton said the 7-year-old will stand at the Eclipse Thoroughbred Training Center in the Santa Ynez Valley.
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Breeders' Cup Mile winner More Than Looks has been retired and will begin his stud career at Lane's End Farm. More Than Looks, by the late More Than Ready, was intended to race next year as a 5-year-old for Victory Racing Partners and trainer Cherie DeVaux. In a release issued Monday by Lane’s End, no details were given as to why the change of plans.
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Old Forester, the sire of 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd, died peacefully at age 23 at T.C. Westmeath Stud on Nov. 17, according to farm owner John Carey.
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Wootton Bassett was already a successful sire when he was purchased by the Coolmore group and moved from France to the international operation's Irish headquarters. He has rapidly rewarded Coolmore, as his first Irish-conceived 2-year-olds on the track this year have been nothing short of sensational.
