Transcend, a champion dirt horse in Japan and runner-up in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, has been retired from racing and will stand at Arrow Stud in Hokkaido, Japan, reports Japan Racing Network.
WinStar Farm stallion Harlan’s Holiday established a North American record for 2-year-old earnings in 2012 when his progeny finished the year with $2,954,556.
The Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) will host its 23rd annual select stallion season auction Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Ky.
Chachamaidee, credited with the victory in last year’s Group 1 Matron Stakes via disqualification, has been retired and will be bred to Galileo.
Adena Springs Kentucky in Paris will hold an open house for breeders on Sunday, Jan. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Britain’s Racing Post released its 2012 Bloodstock Awards on Monday, covering European breeding and sales.
Second-year stallions Backtalk and Motovato will stand at the Appleton family’s Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., for the 2013 breeding season.
Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky. will host an open house for breeders from Monday, Jan. 7 through Friday, Jan. 11.
Lord Avie, who was voted the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male in 1980 and later became a productive sire, died on Friday at Blue Ridge Farm in Upperville, Va. He was 34.
Led by classic-producing sire Leroidesanimaux at $25,000, Woodford Stallions LLC at Stonewall Farm Ocala in Florida unveiled its 2013 stallion roster and fees on Friday.
