Frost Giant, New York’s leading freshman and juvenile sire in 2012, will shuttle to Yarradale Stud in Western Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, which begins in August.
The first 2-year-olds by the freshman sire class of 2013 reach the races this year, and stallion owners and breeders will find out if their investment will pay off. At this point, hope springs eternal.
True Sense, an unraced full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, will begin his stud career in 2013 at Cam and Sherisse Ziprick's Ziprick Thoroughbreds near Russell, Man., in Canada.
War Power, a stallion from the immediate family of classic winner Union Rags, will relocate to stand at Gibson Thoroughbred Farm in Thorp, Wash.
Multiple stakes winner Vibank has relocated to stand the 2013 breeding season at Robin Berryhill's Hidden Spring Farms in Palmyra, Ind.
Multiple stakes winner Killenaule has relocated to continue his stud career at Ed and Angie Crother's Cedar Brook Farm near West Union, Ohio.
One week following surgery for foaling complications, 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra remained stable at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., with owner Stonestreet Farm noting that attending veterinarians continue to be encouraged by her progress.
Aspen Ridge, a stallion from the immediate family of two Canadian classic winners, has relocated to stand the 2013 season at DKMR at Colby Fields near Winchester, Ky.
Dual classic winner Point Given, who earned Horse of the Year honors in 2001, will relocate to continue his stud career at historic Calumet Farm.
Although the condition of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra remained "serious but stable" on Monday as she continues her recovery from surgery for foaling complications, veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., were encouraged by the mare's progress.
