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Sparkman: Bracelet sports a charmed pedigree

There are several candidates for best broodmare of the contemporary Thoroughbred era – Juddmonte’s Toussaud and Hasili, Germany’s Sacarina, the Tsui family’s Urban Sea. There is really no realistic challenger for the title of most influential contemporary broodmare to Urban Sea’s dam, Allegretta, whose rapidly expanding family added a fifth classic winner and 10th Group/Grade 1 winner last Saturday, when her great-granddaughter Bracelet, by Montjeu, won the 2014 Irish Oaks.

John P. SparkmanJul 25, 2014

CARMA fundraiser brings in over $70,000 for retired racehorses

The California Retirement Management Account (CARMA) raised more than $70,000 toward the care of retired racehorses in California at its seventh annual “CARMA Cares Charity Fundraiser” on July 19 at the Del Mar Hilton Hotel in San Diego, Calif.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 24, 2014

Maybry’s Boy to E.A. Ranches in California

Stallion Maybry’s Boy has been relocated to E.A. Ranches in Ramona, Calif.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 24, 2014

City Place sold to Yarradale Stud in Australia

Florida-based stallion City Place has been sold to Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup, Australia, and will stand there permanently beginning with the upcoming Southern Hemisphere season.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 24, 2014

War Chant to stand in Australia permanently

Breeders’ Cup Mile winner and shuttle sire War Chant will remain in Australia permanently beginning with the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season, standing at Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup, Western Australia.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 22, 2014

Sparkman: Divine rewards for deep family

Whatever Ogden Phipps paid for the top-class Argentine mare Dorine, by Aristophanes, when he purchased her privately and imported her in 1970, she proved a bargain many times over. Her first American foal, the Bold Ruler colt Our Hero, set a track record in the Atlantic City Handicap and won the Garrison Handicap as well, but it was her winning daughter, Grecian Banner, by Hoist the Flag, who made Dorine look cheap at any price.

John P. SparkmanJul 18, 2014

Quality critical to New York breeding program

As the racing calendar rolls into the showcase meet at Saratoga Race Course, there is perhaps no more lucrative time to have a New York-bred on the track.

Joe NevillsJul 18, 2014

Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Prized euthanized at Old Friends

Prized, winner of the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Turf and a pensioned sire, was euthanized Sunday at the Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., due to the infirmities of old age. The Kris S. horse was 28.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 14, 2014

Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden retired, stud plans to be determined

Globe-trotting Dunaden, winner of the 2011 Melbourne Cup, was retired on Monday by owner Sheikh Fahad al-Thani. Racing Post reported that the 8-year-old Nicobar horse suffered a setback while training for a return to racing, and that stud plans would be determined in the coming weeks.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 14, 2014

Sparkman: Mutual rewards for Coolmore, Juddmonte

Early in the 21st century, Juddmonte Farms and Coolmore Stud formulated an agreement whereby Juddmonte bred about 10 mares to Sadler’s Wells each year and the two organizations divided the subsequent produce. The idea provided obvious benefits for each operation. Juddmonte acquired broad access to the best sire in Europe, and Coolmore acquired some of the produce of some of Juddmonte’s best mares. After Sadler’s Wells’ retirement, the arrangement continued with his successor at Coolmore, his great son, Galileo.

John P. SparkmanJul 13, 2014

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