Cal-bred Weewinnin ready to take next step for Koriner after upset win
Any respect afforded to the 2-year-old California-bred Weewinnin in early 2013 is going to come grudgingly.
Steve AndersenDec 28, 2012
Any respect afforded to the 2-year-old California-bred Weewinnin in early 2013 is going to come grudgingly.
The male line of Northern Dancer maintained its supremacy in graded stakes winners in North America in 2012, with 119 of the 348 winners tracing to him.
Highlighted by the $10 million sale of Havre de Grace, the 2012 auction season largely fulfilled hopes that the Thoroughbred marketplace had stabilized after the recession. But that’s not to say it was easy.
Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta produced their first foals in early 2012, among the many happy highlights during a year in which Thoroughbred breeding activity continued its decline.
Rulership, a Group 1 winner in Hong Kong this year, has been retired and will enter stud in 2013 at Shadai Stallion Station on the island of Hokkaido, Japan.
Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace will be sent to Tapit for her initial mating in 2013, while 2011 Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty will be bred to Distorted Humor.
Xaar, a European champion whose progeny have earned over $27 million, has been pensioned from stud duty by Darley Japan.
Acclamation is starting his stud career in 2013 at the top. The soon-to-be 7-year-old is the first Eclipse Award winner to retire to stand his first year at stud in California since Bertrando, the champion older male of 1993.
Empire Way, a full brother to champion Royal Delta, and California-based stallion Swiss Yodeler will stand at Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch near Warner Springs, Calif., for the 2013 breeding season.
Danedream, who won the 2011 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in record time but missed a repeat bid in October after contacting equine infectious anemia, has been retired by owner Teruya Yoshida.