Overall, at least 35 male-line descendants of A.P. Indy are scheduled to stand in Kentucky in 2015, with many more sure to come in the next few years. Even as good a racehorse as he was, as good as his pedigree was, as good an individual as A.P. Indy was, it was hardly predictable that he would lead a resurgence of the waning Bold Ruler branch of the Nasrullah male line.
New Vocations will host its annual Thoroughbreds For All event, showcasing the usefulness of Thoroughbreds for second careers, the evening of Friday, April 24 in Lexington, Ky.
Multiple Grade 3 winner Swift Warrior has been retired from racing and will stand the 2015 breeding season at David Spears Racing in Hartshorne, Okla., for an advertised fee of $1,000.
Grade 2 winner Wired Bryan will begin his stallion career in Uruguay after being purchased privately for $30,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
Law Enforcement, a multiple stakes-winning son of Posse, has been purchased by David O. Hansen’s Quintana Farm, and will remain standing at Dove Hill Farm in New Prague, Minn., for the 2015 breeding season.
Dortmund remained unbeaten with a narrow victory in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Park, capping a big day for his sire, Big Brown.
DRF Breeding's special edition looking at the new stallions of 2015, including market outlook, profiles of top newcomers, and the emergence of major sire lines.
Youth is coming back in vogue for spring – and just in time for a diverse group of stallions set to enter stud in Kentucky for 2015. After several years of breeders and buyers gravitating toward proven sires, younger stallions have been met with signs of favor in a resurgent bloodstock and sales market.
After a record-setting year on the racetrack and in the auction ring, the demand for progeny of leading sire Tapit has never been higher. That enthusiasm is now starting to carry over into the stud barn. At least eight sons of Tapit will debut at stud in North America in 2015, entering at all points on the breeding market’s spectrum.
Sire lines cannot endure, however, without representation to produce results, and the Sadler’s Wells male line at last is getting a chance to succeed in America.
