Thoroughbred Charities of America stallion season auction set for January
The 26th annual Thoroughbred Charities of America stallion season auction will be held Monday, Jan. 4 through Saturday, Jan. 9.
DRF Breeding StaffNov 19, 2015
The 26th annual Thoroughbred Charities of America stallion season auction will be held Monday, Jan. 4 through Saturday, Jan. 9.
Curlin to Mischief, an unraced half brother to champion Beholder and popular young sire Into Mischief, will debut at stud in 2016 at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif.
Tiago, a multiple Grade 1 winner and resident of Adena Springs’ stallion operation in Paris, Ky., was euthanized due to an inoperable chronic digestive disorder.
Soviet Song, a five-time Group 1 winner and Europe’s champion older horse of 2004, was euthanized Monday at Oak Lodge Stud in Paris, Ky. due to recurring foot problems, Racing Post reports.
Sir Alfred James Munnings’ signed painting Lord Astor’s Broodmare and Foal topped the third annual Sporting Art Auction on Wednesday evening at Keeneland, hammering for $207,000, including buyer premium.
Al Kazeem, an eight-time European group stakes winner whose lofty expectations at stud were quashed by subfertility, will return to the breeding shed for the 2016 season after a brief but successful stint at the races this year. Racing Post reports that the 7-year-old son of Dubawi will stand at owner-breeder John Deer’s Oakgrove Stud in Chepstow, England, for an advertised fee of $18,250 (12,000 British pounds) on a special live foal basis.
Grade 2 winner Zivo has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 season at Rick Burke’s Irish Hill Century Farm in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for a fee of $6,000.
OwnerView, an industry-led initiative to encourage ownership of Thoroughbreds, has introduced the New Owner of the Year award to honor a newcomer who has been successful in the sport and had a positive impact on racing.
The sensation of the 1923 racing season in England was a beautiful gray filly named Mumtaz Mahal. The “Flying Fill” later became one of the greatest foundation mares of the 20th century, and another direct tail-female descendant attained graded stakes-winner status on Nov. 7, when Spelling Again won the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs.
A number of championships were decided at the Breeders’ Cup on Oct. 30-31, with fortunes made and dreams dashed through the 13 races. The biggest winner of all may well have been Ashford Stud, home now to Triple Crown hero American Pharoah – who blitzed the Classic field and solidified his status as one of the best racehorses seen in decades. With that came validation of a high stud fee for the son of Pioneerof the Nile when he covers mares for the first time in 2016 at the Versailles, Ky., farm.