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Tizamagician retired, will stand at Milky Way Thoroughbreds
The two-time Grade 3 winner Tizamagician has been retired and will enter stud at Milky Way Thoroughbreds in Temecula, Calif., next month.
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The two-time Grade 3 winner Tizamagician has been retired and will enter stud at Milky Way Thoroughbreds in Temecula, Calif., next month.

Hot Rod Charlie, a four-time stakes winner who was third in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has been retired to stud at Shadai Farm in Japan, co-owner Bill Strauss said Tuesday.

A season to unbeaten Flightline, among the most valuable stallion prospects in recent history, is likely to be a major financial draw at the Thoroughbred Charities of America's annual stallion seasons auction in the coming week.

While Kentucky dominates the nation by stallion population and activity – according to The Jockey Club's Report of Mares Bred, 196 stallions in the state covered 61.4 percent of mares in 2022 – Daily Racing Form statistics showed stallion activity in 39 other states.

Into Mischief claimed his fourth consecutive North American leading sire title in 2022 and again broke his own single-season earnings record while doing so.

She's All Wolfe, a top Oklahoma-bred mare who was recently retired, is scheduled to be bred to Flightline this coming season, according to her breeder and owner, Robert Zoellner.

A long goodbye, which has called to mind vivid memories from a half-century of racing history, is drawing to a close for Sam-Son Farm.

Mind Control, a three-time Grade 1 winner including a victory in the $750,000 Cigar Mile on Dec. 3 at Aqueduct in his final career start, will stand stud at Rockridge Farm in Hudson, N.Y. Mind Control will be under the management of Irish Hill Farm, Dutchess View Stallions, and Rockridge Stud.

California-bred Indian Charlie stood his entire stud career outside of his home state. But Indian Charlie left a sizeable influence on the breed that is continuing to grow nationwide, including stretching back to the state of his birth.

Eight Rings had a dynamic start to his racing career in the summer and fall of 2019, winning a maiden race in his debut at Del Mar and the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita in his third outing. As the most prominent new stallion in California in 2023, Eight Rings has a chance for a splashy beginning to his stud career as well.