Lemon Drop Kid will be 19 years old when the calendar flips to 2015 in a few weeks, but Sparkling Review will hardly be his last graded stakes winner. Lemon Drop Kid may never be the brightest star in the stallion firmament, but he has earned a place of consistent honor.
Stallions Pomeroy and Flashy Bull have been purchased by Saudi Arabian-based Aysoob Stud Farm, and will stand at Suliman ibn Zu’air Stud Farm in the same country during the 2015 breeding season. Pomeroy, a 13-year-old son of Boundary, previously stood at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., while Flashy Bull, an 11-year-old Holy Bull horse, resided at Penn Ridge Farm in Harrisburg, Penn.
Country Side, believed to be the oldest living stallion by Secretariat, died Aug. 26 at Diamond J Farms in Needville, Texas, at the age of 29.
Grade 2 winner Aikenite will relocate to John and Leslie Malone’s Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., for the 2015 breeding season.
Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., has released the advertised 2015 fees for its six-horse stallion roster. Leading the group is champion sprinter Trinniberg, whose first foals will arrive in 2015.
Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs North in Aurora, Ontario has released the advertised 2015 stud fees for its nine-horse stallion roster. Three stallions will command the co-highest fee: Milwaukee Brew, Sligo Bay, and Silent Name, who will each stand for $6,612 ($7,500 Canadian).
Grade 3 winner Laugh Track will debut at stud in 2015 at Double LL Farms in Bosque, N.M., after being purchased at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Grade 2 winner Balance the Books will begin his stallion career in 2015 for Mammad Huseynov’s Royal Pegasus Farm in Azerbaijan after being purchased at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Grade 2 winner and sire Strong Contender has relocated to stand at R Star Stallions at RichWine in Anderson, Ind., for the 2015 breeding season. His introductory fee at R Star will be $3,000.
Grade 2 winner Rookie Sensation has been retired from racing and will make his debut at stud at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs North in Aurora, Ontario for an advertised fee of $4,422 ($5,000 Canadian) in 2015.
