Multiple Grade 1 winner Jack Christopher has officially been retired after missing last week’s Breeders’ Cup, and will enter stand in 2023 at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
Flightline, the undefeated Breeders’ Cup Classic winner who is sure to be named Horse of the Year, will have a $200,000 fee in his first year at stud, according to an announcement by Lane’s End Farm, where the 4-year-old colt will stand next year.
Susan Moulton will have runners both days of the Breeders' Cup in Manny Wah and homebred Andthewinneris, both graded stakes winners at Keeneland, and both carrying the sentimental silks of her late father, Naylor Morton.
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It's rare, but not unprecedented, for half or full siblings to contest races at the same Breeders' Cup. This year, however, it's an exceptionally unique circumstance, as two sets of half-siblings will share the weekend.
Flightline is campaigned by the partnership of Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, breeder Summer Wind Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds, and the Lane's End-affiliated Woodford Racing.
Jane Lyon bred and raised the unbeaten and unchallenged Flightline. But she can't say he's her favorite horse. “Do people love one of their children more than the others?” Lyon asked rhetorically. “Probably not.”
Gun Runner set the earnings record for a North American freshman sire in 2021, with his first Breeders' Cup winner that season. Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, is now loaded for the upcoming Breeders' Cup.
Major farms are rolling out their stallion rosters for 2023, and they include several Breeders' Cup candidates. The stallion class of 2023 will include Grade 1 winners Life Is Good, Olympiad, and Happy Saver, all candidates for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 5.
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint favorite Golden Pal will retire to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky following that Nov. 5 race at Keeneland, the farm confirmed Wednesday.
Grade 1 winner Olympiad is the latest Breeders' Cup Classic contender spoken for as a stallion as it was announced that Gainesway Farm will stand him upon his eventual retirement from racing.
