Flashy Bull to Penn Ridge Farms
Grade 1 winner Flashy Bull will relocate to Penn Ridge Farms in Harrisburg, Pa., for the 2014 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $4,500.
DRF Breeding StaffNov 06, 2013
Grade 1 winner Flashy Bull will relocate to Penn Ridge Farms in Harrisburg, Pa., for the 2014 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $4,500.
Owner-breeder Egon Wienfeld, founder of Britain’s renowned Meon Valley Stud, died on Tuesday at age 85, Racing Post reports.
Saratoga Stud LLC, a full-service Thoroughbred breeding facility, will open in mid-December in Stillwater, N.Y., with the former Highcliff Farm team at the helm.
WinStar Farm released its 2014 stallion roster and fees on Tuesday, with the Versailles, Ky., farm’s 23-stallion roster led by Distorted Humor and Speightstown.
A federal appeals court halted the planned opening of horse slaughter facilities in New Mexico and Missouri on Monday, temporarily delaying the resumption of horse slaughter in the U.S. and adding another twist in an ongoing legal battle between the plants and animal rights groups.
Orb, winner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby, has been retired from racing and will begin his stallion career at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., for an advertised fee of $25,000, payable when the foal stands and nurses.
Special Rate, who ranks among the leading stallions in Texas, has moved within the state and will stand the 2014 season at Stoneview Farm in Hempstead. He will stand for an advertised fee of $3,000.
Champion turf horse and leading North American sire Kitten’s Joy will stand for an advertised fee of $100,000 for the 2014 breeding season at Ramsey Farm in Nicholasville, Ky. The fee is double the rate he stood for in 2013.
Grade 1-winning sprinter Justin Phillip has been retired and will enter stud at Shane Ryan’s Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky. He will stand the 2014 season for an advertised fee of $12,500, payable on Nov. 1 terms.
In its three decades of existence, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile has firmly established its position on the calendar as a season-defining event. Not only does the race typically determine the Eclipse Award champion 2-year-old male, the winner is traditionally recognized as the winter-book favorite for the Kentucky Derby.