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Idiomatic only burst onto the scene this year. But Idiomatic's rise to the top was decades in the development, as she is from one of the foundation families for the international Juddmonte operation that was founded in 1980 by the late Prince Khalid bin Abdullah.
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Based on reports received through Oct. 18, The Jockey Club reports that 867 stallions covered 26,597 mares in North America during the 2023 breeding season. The official breed organization estimates an additional 2,500 to 3,500 mares will be reported as bred.
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Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting, who entered stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky this past season, will not stand in 2024 due to problems with breeding.
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Champion Langfuhr, who went on to become a prominent sire across North America, has died at the age of 31 at Lane's End Farm. The son of Danzig moved to Lane's End beginning with the 2004 season, and was pensioned in 2018.
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Triple Crown winner Justify, who has emerged as a stellar young international sire, will stand for an advertised fee of $200,000 in 2024 at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, ranking him among the most expensive sires on the continent.
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Reigning leading sire Into Mischief, perennial classic sire Curlin, and young phenom Gun Runner will all stand for $250,000 in 2024, sharing the highest stud fee in North America as farms begin to roll out their rosters and fees for the upcoming season.
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Eclipse Award champion Elite Power will retire to Juddmonte Farm in Kentucky after seeking to defend his victory in next month's Breeders' Cup Sprint, the farm announced on Friday.
The former California-based stallions Kafwain and Ministers Wild Cat were shipped last week to a retirement farm near Nashville, Tenn.
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Mage, the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby, will stand at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., upon his eventual retirement from racing, the farm announced Wednesday.
The Jockey Club is projecting a 2024 North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 18,000, which is 500 fewer than the 2023 estimate.
