European champion Russian Rhythm dies at age 14
Russian Rhythm, Europe’s champion 3-year-old filly of 2003, was euthanized Wednesday due to colic. She was 14.
DRF Breeding StaffAug 22, 2014
Russian Rhythm, Europe’s champion 3-year-old filly of 2003, was euthanized Wednesday due to colic. She was 14.
Champion sprinter Benny the Bull will relocate to stand the 2015 breeding season at John and Leslie Malone’s Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla. His fee has not yet been determined.
Prominent English owner and breeder Sir Eric Parker died at age 81 after a lengthy battle with cancer, Racing Post reports.
New Mexico’s breeding program has received a jolt of energy over the past 18 months due to the auspicious early success of Diabolical’s first two crops on the racetrack.
Turf champion English Channel has relocated to continue his stud career at Brad Kelley’s Calumet Farm near Lexington, Ky. He most recently stood at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky.
The Rokeby Stables estate of the late Paul and Rachel "Bunny" Mellon in Upperville, Va., has been listed on the market at $70 million.
The Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association have elected officers and members of its board of directors for upcoming terms.
In almost every way, Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms serves as the modern model of how to build a world-class racing and breeding organization. Abdullah bought first-class racehorses and broodmares on the open market, but he also has utilized a tactic that consistently has rewarded growing operations by buying intact broodmare bands from other successful breeders on more than one occasion.
Classic-placed runner and young sire Dunkirk has been sold to the Japan Race Horse Agency to stand at East Stud on the island of Hokkaido beginning in 2015, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Verrazano has been retired due to lameness and will begin his stallion career at Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., in 2015.