
Gun Runner edges Yaupon as most active stallion of 2022
Following his record-setting freshman crop of 2021, Horse of the Year Gun Runner was the busiest stallion in North America during 2022.

Following his record-setting freshman crop of 2021, Horse of the Year Gun Runner was the busiest stallion in North America during 2022.

Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston has been retired and will enter stud at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, Ky., in the coming season. He will stand for an introductory fee of $7,500, and breeder incentives will be available.

Champion Avie’s Flatter and Grade 1 winners Collusion Illusion and Tamarkuz are three promising new Ontario sires for the 2023 breeding season.

Special Me has climbed into elite status among North America's active broodmares, as Gina Romantica became her second Grade 1 winner, and fourth graded stakes winner overall, in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on Saturday at Keeneland.
The Jockey Club released breeding statistics Wednesday that indicate the live foal crop of 2022 is down about 2.2 percent.

Early Voting, winner of this year's Preakness Stakes, has been retired and will stand at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky for 2023.
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Stradivarius, who put together a legendary career as a stayer in England and France, has been retired and will enter stud next year at the National Stud in Newmarket, England.

Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal has been retired and will begin his stud career in 2023 at Spendthrift Farm, the farm announced late Friday night.

Mandaloun, who will hold a place in racing history for being promoted to the victory in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has been retired to stand at Juddmonte's Lexington, Ky., farm, the international operation announced Tuesday.

The brilliant and unbeaten Flightline, who has several connections to Lane's End Farm, will officially stand at that facility “upon the conclusion of his racing career.”