By definition, it is all but impossible for a “filly sire” to become an important sire of sires. Future sires are almost invariably culled from among outstanding Grade 1-winning sons of top sires, since they are the horses who receive the best – these days, sometimes the only – opportunities at stud.
Now 3, California Chrome has won three stakes, most recently the $250,750 California Cup Derby by 5 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita on Jan. 25. The win has put California Chrome on course for the Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 8, a key prep for the Grade 1, $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 5.
Wolf Pack Jack has been named 2013’s Iowa-bred Horse of the Year, edging out Boji Moon by a narrow margin to earn the honor.
Executiveprivilege, who won a pair of Grade 1 wins as a 2-year-old in 2012, has been retired, trainer Bob Baffert said.
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) has announced the winners of its 2013 performance awards pilot program.
Grade 2 winner Corfu has been retired from racing, and will stand the 2014 breeding season at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., for an advertised fee of $3,500.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner and champion Danedream produced her first foal, a filly from the first crop of the unbeaten Frankel, Jan. 27 at Newsells Park Stud in England.
Multiple stakes-winning sire Deputy Storm has been relocated to R Star Stallions at RichWine in Anderson, Ind., for an advertised fee of $1,500 in 2014.
WinStar Farm has launched its annual Fantasy Derby Contest, for which the grand prize is a pair of box seats to the 2014 Kentucky Derby.
Grade 2 winner Domasca Dan, who was placed in multiple Canadian classics, died Jan. 21 at Mapleville Farms in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. He was 28.
