Mandy Minger, vice president of marketing at Daily Racing Form, has been elected to serve on the board of directors for New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program, a multi-state program founded in 1992 that rehabilitates, retrains, and rehomes retired racehorses.
Darley will hold two online auctions for individual seasons to six of its European stallions for the 2014 breeding season.
HallMarc Stallions in Ocala, Fla. released its advertised stud fees for the 2014 breeding season, led by champion sprinter Big Drama. The 7-year-old Montbrook horse, whose first foals arrived in 2013, will stand for an unchanged fee of $10,000 during the upcoming breeding season.
Australian champion Americain and regally-bred newcomer Raison d’Etat will each stand for $15,000 in 2014 to lead the stallion roster at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Events this month added to the already-impressive credentials of the incredibly successful regional sire Not For Love, a 23-year-old son of the legendary Mr. Prospector who stands at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md. The progeny of Not For Love enjoyed solid returns at the Kentucky auctions and he was flattered by the ongoing success of one of his best runners on the track.
For most of the racing world, the most memorable moment of the 2001 Breeders’ Cup at Belmont Park in the darkest days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was Tiznow’s game victory in the Classic over Sakhee that incited Tom Durkin’s “Tiznow for America” race call. For the author, though, the most memorable moment occurred a bit earlier on the program.
Lentenor, a stakes-winning full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, will relocate to stand the 2014 breeding season at the Indiana Stallion Station in Anderson, Ind., for an advertised fee of $2,000 stands and nurses.
Grade 1 winner Turbo Compressor will join the stallion roster at Northwest Stud in Ocala, Fla., for an advertised fee of $3,500.
Archwarrior, a highly-touted juvenile of 2012, as well as stakes winners Rattlesnake Bridge and Doctor Chit have been retired from racing and will stand their inaugural seasons at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala, Fla.
Royal Delta, a 10-time graded stakes winner and two-time Eclipse Award champion, has been retired from racing and will be bred to the European champion Galileo, who stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland.
