Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Wrote and multiple graded stakes winner Duke of Mischief will stand the 2014 breeding season at Northwest Stud near Ocala, Fla. Stud fees for both will be announced at a later date.
Champion Leroidesanimaux, sire of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, will relocate overseas to stand at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, England beginning in 2014.
Dayjur, an English champion who provided one of the most memorable moments in Breeders’ Cup history when runner-up in the 1990 Sprint, was euthanized Wednesday at Sheikh Hamdan al-Maktoum’s Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Ky., due to the infirmities of old age. The son of Danzig was 26.
The American Quarter Horse Association filed a Notice of Appeal on Monday to begin the process to overturn an August 22 ruling requiring the breed organization to accept cloned horses.
Grade 1 winner So Many Ways has been sold to Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm of Hokkaido, Japan to begin a broodmare career, owner Maggi Moss announced on Monday.
Spanish Steps, sire of Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Little Mike, has been sold to continue his stud career in Saudi Arabia.
Six mares have been confirmed in foal to Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom, who is standing his first season at stud at Arrowfield Stud in New South Wales, Australia.
The former Richland Hills/Wafare Farm property in Midway, Ky., has been sold and re-named Endeavor Farm.
New regulations that will go into effect in 2014 will effectively reduce the number of stakes that qualify for black type in sale catalogs.
The most striking feature of the American breeding scene over the past decade has been the steady increase in influence of the male line of 1992 Horse of the Year and dual leading North American sire A.P. Indy as a source of North American graded stakes winners. That trend has been maintained this year, but its significance has been somewhat overshadowed by the growth in influence of another male line, that descending from 1984 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Sadler’s Wells.
