Desert Style, Group 3 winner and sire, dies of colic
Desert Style, a multiple Group 3 winner and sire, died in Qatar after a severe case of colic, Racing Post reports.
DRF Breeding StaffAug 23, 2013
Desert Style, a multiple Group 3 winner and sire, died in Qatar after a severe case of colic, Racing Post reports.
Two-time Canadian International winner Joshua Tree will retire at the end of the season to become the first stallion to stand at his owners' new Haras de Gastines near Chateaubriant, France.
By the time A.P. Indy was retired from racing in the fall of 1992, the soon-to-be-named Horse of the Year had ascended to heights reached by few racehorses to become one of his era’s defining athletes.
Champion Kitten’s Joy provided Ken and Sarah Ramsey with one of the greatest days in the history of American Thoroughbred racing, with three Grade 1 victories Aug. 17.
Young Adena Springs homebred Harlem Rocker, a Canadian classic winner in 2008, has been pensioned following spinal surgery.
Lando, a German-based global standout as a runner and sire, was euthanized August 20 after suffering a spiral fracture in a leg while in recovery from a successful colic surgery.
Godolphin, John and Debby Oxley, Brereton Jones, and Reddam Racing LLC will be among those honored when the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) hosts its annual National Awards Dinner Friday, Sept. 6, at the Fasig-Tipton facility in Lexington, Ky.
Home At Last, a Grade 1 winner and pensioned sire, died July 30 due to the infirmities of old age. He was 26 years old.
Two-time Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Conduit was represented by his first winner on Aug. 17 when Meine Valiente captured a maiden race at Kokura in Japan.
Grade 1 winner Jimmy Creed has been retired due to a minor sesamoidean ligament injury in his right front ankle, and will stand the 2014 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky. for an advertised fee of $12,500.