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Not only did five-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief get on the board with his first graded stakes winner of 2024 on Saturday, he continued to advertise his growing legacy, as three of his sons sired stakes winners on the same day.
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National Treasure, the 2023 Preakness Stakes winner who took last Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup in his most recent start, will have a future as a stallion at Spendthrift Farm.
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Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man has been moved from Kentucky to Adena Springs North in Aurora, Ontario, for the 2024 breeding season.
On January 27, Lucky Appeal became the first winner for Blue Star Racing’s stallion Breaking Lucky. In the $33,000 Maiden Special Weight at Sam Houston Race Park, Lucky Appeal ralied from the rear and won by a neck –covering 5-1/2 furlongs on a fast track in 1:07.72.
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Triple Crown winner Justify, coming off a breakout season at stud, has already recorded his first graded stakes winner of 2024 and appears lined up for continued success with a strong group of 3-year-olds coming into this year, a well-bred group of 2-year-olds, and a strong book of mares committed to him for the upcoming breeding season.
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War Front, the flagship of the current roster at historic Claiborne Farm, quietly put together another consistently outstanding season.
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Justify was a breakout success as a racehorse, crossing the line first in all six of his starts in 2018, including a sweep of the Triple Crown series. The Horse of the Year, now based at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, enjoyed breakout success as a sire in 2023, with six Grade/Group 1 winners, tied for most by a North American sire.
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Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin made the vast majority of his starts in Grade/Group 1 races and only missed the top three once while retiring as North America’s all-time leading money winner. His high achievement has continued into his second career as a stallion, as he has been a remarkably consistent sire of upper-level horses.
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A number of the most exciting sires currently standing in Ohio have moved there from other states. In the case of National Flag, he began his career in Ohio for one of the Buckeye State’s most prominent partnerships and is rewarding them as a rising star.
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Great Notion led Maryland’s general sire list for the fifth consecutive year in 2023, with progeny whose longevity is helping him continue to dominate this market.
