A $200,000 Giant’s Causeway colt from the family of graded winners Grasshopper and Turf War earned top billing Monday as Fasig-Tipton’s October yearling sale got under way with across-the-board gains.
A $200,000 Giant’s Causeway colt from the family of graded winners Grasshopper and Turf War had top billing Monday as Fasig-Tipton’s October yearling sale got under way.
Street Sense, the 2006 juvenile champions and 2007 Kentucky Derby winner who is now a Darley stallion, will join Darley’s Japanese roster for 2013.
Breeding statistics released Friday by The Jockey Club show a continued decline in North American breeding activity overall contrasted with pockets of increased activity for some stallions and in the key states of New York and Florida.
Grade 2 winner Santiva, who last ran in January, will enter stud at Dana and Gerry Aschinger’s War Horse Place in Lexington, Ky.
Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Ky., will reduce the stud fees for five of its stallions in 2013, with 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor taking a dramatic cut from his advertised 2012 fee of $20,000 to $4,000 next year.
The Tattersalls October yearling Book 2 sale ended Thursday in Newmarket, England, with a record gross and improved median, though average price remained slightly under last year’s figure.
New York’s leading freshman sire, Frost Giant, will relocate from Vinery New York to Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y. He’ll also get a fee hike, from $5,000 this year to $7,500 for 2013, according to a Keane Stud announcement.
Havre de Grace, the reigning Horse of the Year who was retired in April, looked in championship form at Taylor Made Farm as she prepared to sell at Fasig-Tipton's November sale.
Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky., will host a fan appreciation day at its Midway Road stallion complex on Sunday, Nov. 4.
