Multiple Grade 3 winner American Lion was represented by his first foal on Jan. 31 when a filly born at Red Riding Hood Stables in Holly, Mich. The filly is out of the stakes-placed Klinsman mare Klinsman's Luck, who is a half-sister to stakes winners Regal Pusher and Born to the Bad.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Marquetry, sire of two Eclipse Award-winning sprinters, was euthanized on Feb. 1 at Michael Blowen’s Old Friends retirement home for Thoroughbreds in Georgetown, Ky.
Grade 1 winner Here Comes Ben was represented by his first foal on Jan. 31, a filly born at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The well-bred stakes winner Causeway's Kin was represented by his first foal on Jan. 30, a filly born at Stonewall Farm Ocala in Ocala, Fla.
Champion sprinter Orientate will relocate to stand the 2013 breeding season at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md.
There are few bigger risks in the Thoroughbred business than standing a new stallion. To stay in stallion business, though, it’s all part of the game.
The board of directors for the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders announced changes to voter eligibility for their annual Kentucky-bred Champions and Broodmare of the Year awards.
Getting mares to stallions today may be as hard as ever. The number of mares bred has fallen 39 percent from 2006 to 2011, and the foal crop in North America is at levels not seen since 1972.
From the beginning of the Triple Crown season through the Breeders’ Cup, the division’s top males seemed to fast disappear from the racing scene, first canceling scheduled starts because of injury or illness, followed by many being shuffled off to the breeding shed for 2013.
The Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation will conduct its annual stallion season auction online from Saturday, Feb. 2 through Sunday, Feb. 10.
