Just The Judge injured, retired at 5
Just The Judge, a Grade 1 stakes winner who competed in graded and group stakes in five different countries, has been retired due to a minor tendon injury, Racing Post reported.
DRF Breeding StaffJul 13, 2015
Just The Judge, a Grade 1 stakes winner who competed in graded and group stakes in five different countries, has been retired due to a minor tendon injury, Racing Post reported.
Lady Eli is easily the best horse sired by Divine Park, but she is yet another illustration of the value of buying mares from the great breeders of the world.
Uncle Mo and Twirling Candy were quick out of the gate as juveniles, stamping themselves as stars of the sport with debut wins on the East Coast and West Coast, respectively. Fittingly, both have established themselves as freshman sires to watch, with several runners from their first crops looking like standouts as 2-year-old racing kicks into high gear with the opening of the Del Mar summer meet on Thursday and the Saratoga meet on July 24.
Grade 1 winner Congaree will relocate to Lane’s End Texas in Hempstead, Texas for the 2016 breeding season for a fee to be announced later, American Racehorse reports.
Grade 3 winner Conveyance has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Buck Pond Farm in Versailles, Ky., for a fee to be determined.
Utopia, a Japanese Group 1 winner and former U.S. stallion, died of an apparent heart attack at the Jockey Club of Turkey’s Karacabey National Stud in Bursa, Turkey.
Classic-placed Grade 3 winner Medal Count has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Sprint champion Speightstown got to showcase the versatility of his offspring over the holiday weekend, with a pair of graded stakes winners on July 4 at Belmont Park.
Henry Lindh, the owner and breeder of Grade 1 winner Grecian Flight, died Friday in New York City at age 84.
Juddmonte Farms, Winchell Thoroughbreds, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, and Kaleem Shah have earned regional Owner of the Year honors from the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), and will be honored at the organization’s annual awards dinner Friday, Sept. 11 at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky.