Here Comes Ben represented by first foal
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.
DRF Breeding StaffFeb 01, 2013
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.
Group 2 winner Midas Touch has been retired from racing and will enter stud at War Horse Place in Lexington, Ky. for the 2013 breeding season.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Life At Ten has produced her first foal, a colt by Medaglia d'Oro, at Adena Springs in Paris, Ky.