Coolmore Stud announced Saturday that this year’s English and Irish Derby winner Australia has been retired due to injury and will commence his stud career in 2015 alongside his sire Galileo at Coolmore’s farm in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Certainly no stallion in the second half of the 20th century passed on the ability to accelerate on demand to his offspring and their descendants more reliably than Northern Dancer. That ability was on full display last weekend at Longchamp’s two-day Arc meeting, particularly in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and in the roughly seven-furlong Prix de la Foret.
Ohio's Fair Winds has been home to cornerstone stallions such as Honey Jay and Mercer Mill and was the birthplace of Ohio-bred millionaire Catlaunch. The farm also has sought to capitalize on the improved prospects for the state’s racing and breeding industry following the approval of casino gambling by acquiring high-profile stallion prospects Kettle Corn and Stately Victor.
Grade 1 winner Bluegrass Cat will relocate to Donald and Karen Cohn’s Ballena Vista Farm in Ramona, Calif., for the 2015 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $6,500.
Canadian champion Hunters Bay has relocated to Joseph and Helen Barbazon’s Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla., where he will stand the 2015 breeding season for an advertised fee of $5,000.
Bill Gates has joined Southern California Thoroughbred racing, or at least the property market. In September, Gates, the co-founder of the technology giant Microsoft, finalized the $18 million purchase of Rancho Paseana, the picturesque training center in Rancho Santa Fe.
Lucky Pulpit, sire of dual classic winner California Chrome, will see his advertised stud fee quadruple to $10,000 for the 2015 breeding season at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif.
Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky. has revealed the advertised fees for its 2015 stallion roster, with a handful of stallions standing for lower fees.
Claiborne Farm stallion Parading has been pensioned from stallion duty and will reside at the Paris, Ky. operation’s Marchmont Farm division.
Grade 2 winner Ive Struck a Nerve and stakes winner Awesome Bet will make their stallion debuts during the 2015 breeding season at Peach Lane Farms in Opelousas, La., each for an advertised fee of $1,500.
