Pensioned broodmare and multiple stakes winner Wide Country died Oct. 9 at the farm where she lived out her retirement in Middletown, Del. The Magesterial mare was 25.
Two-time Grade 1 winner Include Me Out has been retired after two disappointing performances in recent months. Owner Samantha Siegel made the announcement Monday via Twitter.
Kettle Corn, winner of two graded stakes on synthetic tracks in the last two years, has been retired to stud because of a recent injury, trainer John Sadler said.
Grade/Group 1 winners Treasure Beach and Poseidon’s Warrior will highlight the stallion roster in the inaugural season for Pleasant Acres Stallions in Marion County, Fla. Joe and Helen Barbazon of Morriston, Fla., are launching the new stallion center near their existing Pleasant Acres Farm operation.
Dullahan, a multiple Grade 1 winner and half brother to Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury.
Breeders of Thoroughbred foals have until midnight Tuesday, Oct. 15, to submit a $500 nomination fee to make weanlings of 2013 eligible for the Breeders’ Cup and its stakes program, the Breeders’ Cup said Monday.
Reckless Abandon, a Group 1 winner in England and France, has been retired and will stand the 2014 breeding season at Darley’s Kildangan Stud in Co. Kildare, Ireland. A fee will be announced at a later date.
Camelot, whose quest to become the first English Triple Crown winner since 1970 was thwarted by three-quarters of a length, has been retired from racing after coming up lame Monday morning, according to his Coolmore Stud-affiliated owners.
The California stallion McCann’s Mojave, who won the 2007 Sunshine Millions Classic and seven other stakes, was euthanized Friday due to colic, according to owner Mike Willman.
Ultimate Eagle, who won three graded stakes and earned over $540,000 on the racetrack, has been retired to stand at at Rick Taylor’s Special T Thoroughbreds in Temecula, Calif. A 2014 fee for the 5-year-old Mizzen Mast horse will be announced at a later date.
