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Snapper Sinclair, a popular blaze-faced runner campaigned throughout his career by Jeffrey Bloom's Bloom Racing, was pensioned from stallion duty after a rare genetic mutation in his sperm rendered him subfertile.
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Horse of the Year Cody's Wish, the most expensive new stallion of this season, has had his first mares reported in foal, owner-breeder Godolphin announced over the weekend.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Deterministic
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Plum Pretty, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Oaks, has died at age 16, Gainesway Farm reported in a press release on Monday. A cause of death was not given for the daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, who was boarded at Gainesway for owner Mandy Pope.
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Grade 1 winner Eskendereya, sire of champion and leading freshman sire Mitole, has died at age 17 of heart failure. The son of Giant’s Causeway had been standing at the Shichinohe Stallion Station in Japan.
Due to the success of the North Warning Distance Claiming Series that debuted in 2023, Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack Racing Secretary Jerry Richards has added three more claiming series to the 2024 meet that kicks off on Monday, April 29, pending New York State Gaming Commission approval.
Officials at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack (FLGR), in conjunction with the Finger Lakes Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (FLHBPA), today announced purse increases totaling $500,000 for the upcoming 2024 racing season. The 63rd consecutive season of thoroughbred racing is slated to kick off Monday, April 29, pending New York State Gaming Commission approval.
Mr. Big, one of the leading stallions in California in recent years, was euthanized Tuesday due to complications of laminitis, according to a statement released on behalf of owner George Krikorian.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Dornoch
Juddmonte announced today that the first mare bred to Multiple Eclipse Champion Elite Power ($3,775,711) has been pronounced in foal. The mare, Candy Strike, is a Candy Ride daughter of GSW/3xG1pl Scarlet Strike (Smart Strike) and is a half sister to GSW Toro Strike. The mare is from the immediate family of Santa Margarita (G1) winner Tara's Tango and King's Bishop (G1) winner Visionaire as well as Scarlet Fusion (G3) and Madison's Luna (G3).
