Champion Smuggler dies at age 13
Smuggler, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2005, died April 16 at Claiborne Farm due to complications from foaling. Her foal, by War Front, was also lost.
DRF Breeding StaffApr 22, 2015
Smuggler, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2005, died April 16 at Claiborne Farm due to complications from foaling. Her foal, by War Front, was also lost.
Easter Bunnette, the dam of 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, died April 18 due to hemorrhaging caused by foaling her Bernardini colt. She was 17.
Vinery Stud in Scone, New South Wales, Australia, has released its stud fees for the 2015 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, headed up by U.S. shuttle sire More Than Ready.
WinStar Farm unveiled a promising runner on Friday at Keeneland when homebred Speightster rolled by seven lengths in his career debut. The 3-year-old colt is a son of champion sprinter Speightstown, who stands at the Versailles, Ky., farm.
Limehouse became West Virginia’s leading sire by progeny earnings the minute he became a resident at O’Sullivan Farms in Charles Town in preparation for the 2013 breeding season.
Rainbow Heir was named New Jersey’s 2014 Horse of the Year on the strength of a campaign highlighted by a pair of stakes victories at Monmouth Park
Uncle Mo set the racing world on fire as a juvenile, winning his three starts that season – including the historic Champagne Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile – by a combined 23 1/4 lengths en route to earning the 2010 Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male. Those accomplishments have set the bar high for his own juvenile progeny. Uncle Mo is part of a diverse group of freshman sires whose first foals are 2-year-olds this year. The class includes a handful of Eclipse Award champions, a classic winner, and a number of other major winners. However, it’s Uncle Mo’s exploits as a juvenile that set him apart.
If Pioneerof the Nile’s son American Pharoah adds the Kentucky Derby to his April 11 romp in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, it will establish a four-generation near-miss sequence somewhat in contrast to Tesio’s rule. The Arkansas Derby was American Pharoah’s fourth consecutive easy victory from five starts, and he will almost certainly start as the favorite at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May.
Multiple Grade 1 producer Fun House has been named 2014 Broodmare of the Year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA) and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders (KTOB).
Fresh off a record-setting season, leading sire Tapit will look to add another feather in his cap with his first Kentucky Derby winner, and he has a strong shot to do so in Wood Memorial winner Frosted. The Godolphin color-bearer has classic influences on both sides of the family that place him in good stead moving forward.