Graded stakes winner and pensioned sire Broken Vow died on Saturday of natural causes at Pin Oak Farm in Versailles, Ky. A homebred son of Unbridled who raced for and stood at Pin Oak, Broken Vow was 25.
Off a strong start to his freshman season, Grade 1 winner Girvin has been "called up" from Florida to the Kentucky stallion ranks, the epicenter of the American breeding industry and where he will have access to additional high-quality mares to continue his ascent.
Grade 1 winner and successful sire Include was euthanized in July at Airdrie Stud, it was reported this week.
West Point Thoroughbreds is already enjoying a special summer, having scored its 1,000th victory in August. The partnership looks to keep working on its next 1,000 this weekend, with Grade 1 action from coast to coast with leading older horses it runs in partnership.
The legacy of More Than Ready, a Grade 1 winner who went on to become one of the most successful sires in the history of the Breeders' Cup, will be as the most prominent keeper of the Halo line in the United States. More Than Ready was euthanized Aug. 26 at WinStar Farm in Kentucky due to the effects of old age at age 25.
More Than Ready, a Grade 1 winner who became a prominent sire on two continents and one of the most successful stallions in the history of the Breeders' Cup, was euthanized Friday at WinStar Farm "due to the cumulative effects of old age." The son of Southern Halo was 25.
Grade 1-winning regional stallions Combatant and Imagining, who it was hoped would help carry on important sirelines, recently died of colic.
The five Thoroughbred stallions at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater was joined by another New York-bred standout this year – Coraggioso, the 2012 New York Sire Stakes trotting champion. Mill Creek is thus in the unique position of standing both breeds.
Horse of the Year Gun Runner will get a chance to continue to build on the smashing success of his first crop as his Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting and multiple Grade 1 winner Cyberknife face off in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga. His second crop also is beginning to light up the board.
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: Duke of Love
