Rachel Alexandra and foal back home at Stonestreet
Rachel Alexandra and her 10-day-old Curlin colt have returned to Stonestreet Farms near Lexington.
Glenye Cain OakfordJan 31, 2012
Rachel Alexandra and her 10-day-old Curlin colt have returned to Stonestreet Farms near Lexington.
Woodford Thoroughbreds has hired trainer John Dowd and plans to open a public training division this summer at CloverLeaf Farms II in central Florida.
A Stravinsky-Jesmond’s Gift filly brought about $606,800 Monday to top the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s national yearling sale series in Karaka, which saw across-the-board declines.
Catalogs are available online now for the Barretts March selected 2-year-old sale, set for March 5 at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif.
James Edwards, a two-time New York breeder of the year who owned Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y., and the Stallion Park in Millbrook, N.Y., has died at age 94.
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year who produced her first foal on Jan. 22, was taken with her Curlin colt to the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital here "as a precautionary measure after her delivery for pain management related to the birth," according to a statement from Stonestreet Farms.
Ron Stolich made the 80-mile drive from Rancho Mirage, Calif., to Pomona last Monday with a singular purpose. The mare Sci Fi Kin was available at the Barretts January mixed sale, and she was the one Stolich wanted for his Kentucky broodmare band.
Old Forester, with North American progeny earnings of $3,106,650, has been granted a $50,000 award as Ontario’s top sire of 2011.
Stakes-placed Sawtooth Mountain has retired from racing and will enter stud at Wayne George’s Circle G Farms in Atoka, Okla.
Grade 1 winner E Z’s Gentleman will enter stud this year at Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind.