The stakes winners Boisterous and Unusual Heatwave will begin stallion careers at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, Calif., in 2015, farm manager Mike Allen said on Thursday.
Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky. has released the its advertised stud fees for the upcoming 2015 breeding season.
WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., has released the advertised fees for its 22-horse stallion roster for the 2015 breeding season.
J. Michael O’Farrell’s Ocala Stud in Ocala, Fla. has released the advertised fees for its 2015 stallion roster, led by newcomer Uncaptured.
Laurie’s Rocket, whose two career stakes win came in Arkansas, will be returning to the state to launch his stallion career in 2015. The horse will stand at McDowell Farm in Sparkman, Ark., and his fee has been set at $1,000 live foal, said farm manager Bill McDowell.
Golden Eagle Farm, one of California’s leading boarding and breeding operations, will close Oct. 31 after four decades in business. The 560-acre farm in Ramona, Calif., will be sold, and its lone remaining sire, Stormin Fever, will relocate.
Turf champion and young sire Cape Blanco will relocate to Japan for the 2015 breeding season. The son of Galileo was previously based at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
Declaration of War, a Group 1 winner in England, will stand at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., for the 2015 breeding season, for a fee to be announced at a later date. The son of War Front stood his initial season at Coolmore’s headquarters in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
The Jockey Club released its Report of Mares Bred statistics for the 2014 breeding season, which revealed the first increase in North American mares bred since 2005.
Nelson Bunker Hunt, one of the most prominent figures in the Thoroughbred industry during the second half of the 20th century and a three-time Eclipse Award winner, died Tuesday at 88. The Associated Press reported that Hunt died at an assisted-living facility in Dallas after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
