Unusual Heat again tops California stallions in progeny earnings
Unusual Heat defended his title as California’s leading stallion by progeny earnings in 2011 with earnings of $4,495,713, slightly edging his 2010 total.
Steve AndersenJan 06, 2012
Unusual Heat defended his title as California’s leading stallion by progeny earnings in 2011 with earnings of $4,495,713, slightly edging his 2010 total.
Keeneland’s January mixed auction, which runs Jan. 9-12, already has one positive factor: a 13 percent smaller catalog. Shorter supply helped the Thoroughbred market achieve better stability last season, and it’s one of the reasons Keeneland sale director Geoffrey Russell feels optimistic about the 2012 January sale. Another reason: the autumn’s better-than-expected sale results for both yearlings and breeding stock.
Ice Box, the 2010 Florida Derby winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up, will enter stud this year at Calumet Farm in the second stud deal that historic nursery secured in a week.
Diana and Bert Firestone have retired their homebred Grade 1 winner Winchester, the Blood-Horse has reported.
In a move that would bring a stallion operation to Calumet Farm for the first time in at least seven years, the historic Lexington farm will stand Cactus Ridge in 2012.
Never Retreat, a Grade 1 winner, has been retired and will be bred this winter to War Front, trainer Chris Block said Monday.
Grade 1 winner Giant Oak has been retired from racing to stand stud at Millennium Farms in Kentucky, it was announced Monday.
Ben Warren, one of California’s most prolific owner-breeders in recent years, has stopped breeding and will wind down his racing operation in coming years, he said on Thursday.
California stallion statistics and Beyer Speed Figure reports for statebred racehorses.
Having a famous Thoroughbred ambassador is a source of pride for Magali Farms, but it is not the farm’s main objective. Farm manager Tom Hudson and the rest of the Magali team are hoping that Giacomo is also well-received by California mare owners in the upcoming breeding season.