American Pharoah’s place in racing’s pantheon was cemented the early evening of June 6, 2015, as he rolled through the stretch at Belmont Park with thousands of cameras and cell phones thrust skyward to forever capture the moment.
Grade 1 winner Seek Again will shuttle to Haras Carampangue in Argentina for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season after completing his first Northern Hemisphere season at Stroud’s Lane Farm in Reddick, Fla.
Halling, Europe’s champion older male of 1996 and a sire of note in England, was euthanized at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England, on Monday due to the infirmities of old age.
Michigan’s Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, and Arabian horsemen’s groups named their 2015 champions over the weekend, largely drawing on the second flat meet since returning to Hazel Park.
Divine Park, a Grade 1 winner and sire of multiple Grade 1 winner Lady Eli, has been sold to stand in Korea. The 12-year-old son of Chester House previously stood at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., where he was advertised in 2015 for a fee of $7,500. According to Korean Racing Authority records, Divine Park was exported to the country on Jan. 28.
What a View earned $137,500 for his victory in the California Cup Turf Classic, more than recouping the supplemental investment made by owners Sal and Patsy Berumen, Rob Riggio, and the family of the late Bud Johnston. What a View won his first stakes in the Cal Cup Turf Classic and gave the Johnston family, and its Old English Rancho in Sanger, Calif., a tremendous boost on the final weekend of January.
Stallions Bob and John and Musket Man, both prominent runners, have been sold to continue their stud careers in Korea, headlining that country's new sires for 2016.
Lovely Maria, the winner of the 2015 Kentucky Oaks, has been sold to Japanese interests for an undisclosed amount.
Hakassan, a Chilean Triple Crown winner and champion 3-year-old of 2013, will stand the 2016 breeding season at Millennium Farms in Lexington, Ky. The 7-year-old son of Sir Cat will stand as the property of Green Hills Farm Inc. for a private fee.
When California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2014, the success propelled his sire, Lucky Pulpit, to the top of California's stallion ranks. That season, Lucky Pulpit's progeny earned $5,149,180. California Chrome accounted for $4,007,800. Lucky Pulpit and California Chrome each might go way beyond those figures this year. Last week, California Chrome was sent to Dubai to begin preparations for the Dubai World Cup. Back in California, Lucky Pulpit, 15, is weeks away from the start of the 2016 breeding season at Harris Farms in Coalinga, his 10th year at stud.
