Vision in Gold, Grade 2 winner, dies of colic
Grade 2 winner Vision in Gold died May 25 from complications due to colic.
DRF Breeding StaffMay 28, 2014
Grade 2 winner Vision in Gold died May 25 from complications due to colic.
Danehill Dancer, a multiple Group 1 winner and Irish stallion, has been pensioned from stud duty due to declining fertility, Racing Post reports.
The Factor will shuttle to stand in Australia later this year, joining Declaration of War as the second young stallion by leading U.S. sire War Front who will stand on that continent in the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season.
Clever Allemont, a Grade 1-placed stakes winner, was euthanized due to colic Monday morning at Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky.
Vessels Ranch, a 1,390-acre Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse breeding farm in Bonsall, Calif., has been put up for sale with a $55.6-million price tag.
A census study by United States Department of Agriculture—National Agriculture Statistics Service found that the U.S. equine population has decreased by about 10 percent during the five-year period between 2007 and 2012.
Ide Be Cool, who won all four of his starts last year at 2, was named the 2013 Louisiana-bred Horse of the Year on Saturday, according to an announcement on the website of the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
European champion Duke of Marmalade has been sold to Drakenstein Stud in South Africa, and will stand there in the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season, Racing Post reports.
The results of the first three American classics and the first four European classics of the season exemplify the different directions in which Thoroughbred genetics appear to be headed on the eastern and western sides of the North Atlantic.
Champion sprinter Trinniberg will stand the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Haras Ponta Pora, Brazil, beginning later this year.