Leading California sires: Grace Upon Grace
It took little for Grace Upon Grace to lead California’s freshman sires in 2014.
Steve AndersenJan 23, 2015
It took little for Grace Upon Grace to lead California’s freshman sires in 2014.
Sky Classic, a Canadian Hall of Famer, champion in the U.S., and sire of 1999 Canadian Horse of the Year Thornfield, has been pensioned from stud duty at Pin Oak Stud in Versailles, Ky.
Multiple Grade 2 stakes winner Bluesthestandard was found to have died last year at age 17.
Comeflywithanangel, who went through the ring at the 2009 Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association yearling sale without drawing a single bid, won the state's Horse of the Year title for 2014.
The Florida Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ “Horsemen Helping Horsemen” annual charity stallion season auction will be held Jan. 21-23.
Escapedfromnewyork, a resident of Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky., died Sunday from a heart attack brought on by colic at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in nearby Lexington.
Grade 1 winner and sire Spring At Last has been purchased by H.H. Prince Sultan bin Mohammed Saud Al Kabeer and will stand in Saudi Arabia.
Champion Shanghai Bobby sired his first foal on Jan. 16 when Opulence, an unraced daughter of champion Rags to Riches, produced a dark bay colt at Coolmore’s Creekview Farm in Paris, Ky.
Old Friends Equine Retirement has announced a partnership with Kentucky Downs to establish a satellite facility at the Franklin, Ky., racetrack.
Fiftyshadesofgold, a Grade 3 winner last spring at Churchill Downs, has been retired and is to be bred Tapit, said Ken Carson, a representative of the horse’s owner, Doug Scharbauer. Fiftyshadesofgold, whose most prestigious win came in the Eight Belles last May, is now based at Hidden Brook Farm in Paris, Ky.