Makors Finale was named Horse of the Year at the 2012 Washington Champions Annual Awards banquet held on Saturday by the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash.
The size of the British foal crop declined for the fourth consecutive year, according to figures released Sunday by Weatherbys.
Grade 2 winner Casino Drive, a half-brother to two Belmont Stakes winners, was represented by his first foal on Jan. 26, a filly born in Japan.
While the condition of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra "remains serious" as she continues to recover from surgery related to foaling complications, her new Bernardini filly continues to do well under the care of a nurse mare at Stonestreet Farm in Lexington, Ky.
The stud career of Frankel, the two-time reigning European Horse of the Year, officially began Friday when he covered his first mare, multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Midday.
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The condition of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra "remains serious," but her attitude improved on Friday as the mare continues to recover at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. from surgery related to foaling complications.
The American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Equine Practitioners are among groups backing an exemption for veterinarians in light of the Drug Enforcement Agency's more aggressive stance toward mobile veterinary use of controlled drugs.
Early season stakes results have left Ministers Wild Cat as the top-ranked stallion in California, and one very much in demand at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, Calif., this breeding season.
McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds is set to become the largest stallion facility in New York state, as it will welcome six Highcliff Farm stallions for the 2013 breeding season.
