Added Edge to Raimonde Farms in Ohio for 2016
Added Edge, a perennial leading sire in Iowa, was purchased by Raimonde Farms in Wooster, Ohio, and will stand the 2016 breeding season for $1,500.
Joe NevillsJan 05, 2016
Added Edge, a perennial leading sire in Iowa, was purchased by Raimonde Farms in Wooster, Ohio, and will stand the 2016 breeding season for $1,500.
Hampton Court, a Group 1 winner in Australia, will shuttle to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2016 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $6,000.
Grade 3 winner Elusive Bluff will relocate to Southern Indiana Equine in Austin, Ind., for the 2016 breeding season and will stand for an advertised fee of $1,500.
Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., released the advertised 2016 fees for its seven-horse stallion roster, led by champion sprinter Big Drama.
DRF Breeding sales editor Joe Nevills makes his selections for the 2015 Eclipse Awards in the form of haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Regal Ransom, a Grade/Group 2 winner and resident of Darley’s American stallion operation, was euthanized Tuesday due to complications from colic. He was 9 years old.
Grade 2 winner Magna Graduate will relocate to Rockin’ Z Ranch in Beggs, Okla., for the 2016 breeding season and will stand for $2,500.
Dance With Ravens, a Grade 2 winner and veteran Mid-Atlantic stallion, has been sold to Saudi Arabian interests and will stand in that country for the 2016 breeding season. The 13-year-old son of A.P. Indy previously stood at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for a fee of $3,000.
Sales of 2-year-olds in training long ago shed their initial reputation as strictly a source of precocious, short-running juveniles with no future as classic horses, but given the nature of the beast, speed is still what is always going to sell best when buyers gather to watch immature horses go as fast as they can at juvenile breeze shows. The contrasting results one can get from that exercise – even when highly successful – are evident in the sire and grandsire of recent Grade 3 Mr. Prospector winner X Y Jet.
Like a rising tide lifting all boats, all aspects of the Thoroughbred industry have been touched by its long-awaited Triple Crown winner. American Pharoah’s timing was opportune, as he burst onto the scene in a recovering industry that has seen larger foal crops and improved auction figures indicative of optimism – along with rising stud fees, on which the Triple Crown winner had a direct impact.