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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

Shakin It Up retired, will stand at Spendthrift

Grade 1 winner Shakin It Up has been retired by owners Mike Pegram and Dennis Cardoza and will stand the 2015 breeding season at B. Wayne Hughes’s Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky. The 4-year-old son of Midnight Lute will stand for a $10,000 fee, payable when the foal stands and nurses.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 12, 2014

The Fugue injured, retired at 5

The Fugue, a four-time Group 1 winner and the runner-up in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf, was retired Thursday after sustaining a foreleg injury in her July 5 start in the Coral Eclipse Stakes.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 11, 2014

Grade 1 winner Streaming retired

Grade 1 winner Streaming has been retired from racing due to a hind leg injury and will join the broodmare band at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 08, 2014

Darley buys Ascot winner Slade Power

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Darley operation has acquired Group 1 winner Slade Power with plans to retire him to stud in Ireland at the end of his 2014 campaign.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 08, 2014

Dam of Breeders’ Cup winner Pluck dies

Secret Heart, the dam of 2010 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Pluck, died over the weekend at Denali Stud in Paris, Ky. The 15-year-old Fort Wood mare was in foal to first-year stallion Point of Entry at the time of her death; a cause of death has yet to be determined.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 07, 2014

Lammtarra, European champion and pensioned sire, dies at age 22

Lammtarra, a European champion and pensioned stallion, died at Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England, according to a release on Godolphin’s website posted on Monday. He was 22.

DRF Breeding StaffJul 07, 2014

Catching up with Gio Ponti: Great expectations at stud

For the past year or so, Daily Racing Form has featured an occasional freestyle “Catching Up With” column wherein a reporter writes about an individual that piques his or her interest. Me, I like doing horses … and believe me when I say, I’m selective.

Mary SimonJul 04, 2014

Sparkman: Orientated toward speed

In 1976-77, a red comet called Blushing Groom streaked across the French racing firmament, winning seven of his nine French starts from about five furlongs to about a mile. The son of the erratic Nasrullah stallion Red God lost his first start only through inexperience and his last when he did not find a clear passage until too late in a farcically slow Prix Jacques le Marois.

John P. SparkmanJul 04, 2014

Solid breeding season spurs optimism in California

The state that produced the star 3-year-old California Chrome may have a breeding industry shaking off the effects of a grueling decline in recent years.

Steve AndersenJul 02, 2014

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