Thoroughbred Charities of America will hold its 24th annual stallion season auction from Jan. 2-4, featuring phone and online bidding, as well as a live auction.
Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky., released its advertised stud fees for the 2014 breeding season, which will remain largely unchanged from the previous season.
Grade 1-winning sire Frost Giant will stand the 2014 breeding season for an advertised fee $10,000 at Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y.
Juddmonte announced that it will raise the fees of both its U.S.-based stallions, Grade 1 winners First Defence and Mizzen Mast, for 2014.
Multiple Grade 3 winner Ioya Bigtime, Illinois Horse of the Year in 2012, has been privately purchased for stud duty in Uruguay.
Multiple Group 1 winner Declaration of War will stand for 40,000 Euros (about $53,642) and classic winner Camelot will stand for 25,000 Euros ($33,525) as they begin their stud careers at Coolmore Stud’s headquarters in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Unbeaten champion Frankel will stand for an unchanged fee of 125,000 pounds, or about $199,733, to lead the 2014 roster at Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud near Newmarket, England.
North America's reigning leading general sire Giant's Causeway will stand for an unchanged fee of $85,000 to lead the roster at Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., for 2014.
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Multiple Grade 3-winning turf sprint specialist Bridgetown will enter stud in 2014 at Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for an introductory fee of $4,500.
Breeder-owner William R. Harris, 90, died Friday at his home in Mineral, Va., according to trainer Chris Grove.
