This year’s Preakness Stakes brought a sense of déjà vu to horse-racing fans when they witnessed the Hall of Fame trainer-jockey combination of D. Wayne Lukas and Gary Stevens return to the winner’s circle in a classic.
El Padrino, a Grade 2 winner and leading contender on last year’s Kentucky Derby trail, will enter stud in 2014 at the Pennsylvania division of Northview Stallion Station in Peach Bottom, Pa.
Multiple graded-placed stakes winner A. U. Miner will begin his stallion career in 2014 at Six Oak Stable in Terre Haute, Ind., BloodHorse reports.
Grade 1 winner and sire Unaccounted For died Wednesday in Turkey after suffering from ethmoid hematoma, an upper respiratory tract anomaly found in horses. The son of Private Account, who had stood abroad since 2002, was 22.
Freshman congressman Andy Barr (R-Lexington) of Kentucky introduced a bill on May 24 in the U.S. House of Representatives to make permanent for all racehorses the 3-year depreciation schedule, which is subject to expire at the end of the year.
Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms was honored as the leading British-based flat racing breeder by earnings this week as Britain’s Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association announced several of its annual awards.
WinStar Farm has hired Darren Fox as stallion seasons director for its 22-stallion facility in Versailles, Ky.
Tiznow, the two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic and the 2000 Horse of the Year, has fashioned a consistent stud career at Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., succeeding both as a sire of racehorses and in the commercial arena.
Horse Racing Alberta, the governing body for racing in the Canadian province, named its champions for the 2012 racing year, led by a pair of standout geldings.
Ohio’s breeding industry hit rock bottom in the spring of 2011, but today, Ohio’s racing landscape is in the midst of a major facelift.
