Stallion Tiger Ridge dies at age 18
Tiger Ridge, a South African stallion and sibling to A.P. Indy and Summer Squall, died from a heart attack on Jan. 16, reports Wilgerbosdrift Stud Farm. He was 18.
DRF Breeding StaffJan 17, 2014
Tiger Ridge, a South African stallion and sibling to A.P. Indy and Summer Squall, died from a heart attack on Jan. 16, reports Wilgerbosdrift Stud Farm. He was 18.
The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey will conduct its annual stallion season auction beginning at noon on Friday, January 17, and ending at noon on Monday, January 20.
The Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association will host its annual stallion season auction on Jan. 27-28.
The first foal by unbeaten two-time European Horse of the Year Frankel, a colt out of Group 1 winner Chrysanthemum, was born at 8:30 p.m. local time Jan. 11 at Coolmore Stud in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
In the latest development from an ongoing legal case involving the resumption of horse slaughter in the U.S., a state judge in New Mexico upheld a temporary ban on the opening of a slaughter facility in Roswell after the state’s attorney general issued a preliminary injunction against the facility’s owners.
Nearly six months after suffering a career-ending injury while training in Ireland, multiple Group 1 winner St Nicholas Abbey's long battle against various complications ended when he was euthanized Tuesday morning during colic surgery.
Tom Bowman, D.V.M., the co-founder and former partner in the Mid-Atlantic-based Northview Stallion Station, will join as a partner in the newly-formed Heritage Stallions Inc.
Dancin Renee, New York’s Horse of the Year in 1997, was euthanized following a battle with laminitis Jan. 11 at the Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky. The daughter of Distinctive Pro was 22.
A “Celebration of the Thoroughbred” party, featuring a benefit auction, will be held on the eve of the Eclipse Awards, on Friday, Jan. 17, at Gulfstream Park to benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA).
Over the past two years, few buyers have made a bigger splash in the auction market than Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm. The Citra, Fla., resident purchased the most expensive broodmare in North America in both 2012 and 2013 and has shown a flair for buying fan favorites who make their way through the auction ring.