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Havre de Grace became the highest-priced broodmare prospect ever sold at public auction when she sold to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for $10 million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale. A month later, the 2011 Horse of the Year has settled into the next stage of her life at Wayne and Cathy Sweezey’s Timber Town Stable in Lexington, Ky. She will be bred for the first time in 2013.
International performer Scalo, a Group 1 winner in Germany, has been retired following a sesamoid injury.
Indian Days, a multiple Group 2 winner in Turkey, has been retired and will begin his stud career in that country in 2013.
Spendthrift farm is enrolling New York stallion Dublin in its Breed Secure program, which was launched two years ago to relieve commercial breeders of the risk of paying stud fees on some of its young Kentucky-based stallions.
Multiple graded stakes winner and Florida-based stallion Chapel Royal has been sold to the Korean Thoroughbred Breeders Association and will stand in that country in 2013.
A federal judge in Australia ruled on a case Wednesday that could have global implications for the Thoroughbred breeding industry, upholding the prohibition of artificial insemination for registered Thoroughbreds.
Kentucky-based stallions Pioneerof the Nile and Maimonides will relocate to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., for the 2013 season, majority owner Ahmed Zayat announced Tuesday.
Lane's End will host an open house for breeders daily from Saturday, Jan. 5 through Wednesday, Jan. 9 at its stallion complex in Versailles, Ky.
Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Farm operation has purchased Vinery Ltd.’s training facility in Summerfield, Fla., Vinery's president, Tom Ludt, confirmed Tuesday morning.
Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, new to Darley Japan for 2013, will stand for 4.5 million yen, or about $53,547, to lead the Hokkaido facility’s stallion roster for next season.
