Triple Grade 1 winner Vineyard Haven, who hasn't races since finishing seventh in the 2010 Cigar Mile, has been retired and will enter stud at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla.
Airdrie Stud will trim the fees for most of its stallions in 2012, but its most prominent sire, Indian Charlie, is among three getting raises.
Shared Account, the winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, has been retired and will be bred in 2012, trainer Graham Motion said on Wednesday.
A three-quarter-sister to graded winner Yarrow Brae was the session-leader Wednesday as the 11-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale approached its conclusion.
Tuesday evening's late burst of six-figure horses led by a half-brother to recent Breeders' Cup Mile winner Court Vision did not help the Keeneland November sale's ninth session from becoming the first to post declines in gross and average figures since the auction began on Nov. 7. But the 11-day sale still is running well ahead of last year's figures overall.
Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky., is holding the line on stud fees and will stand its stallions for the same advertised fees as last year.
Weanlings came to the fore Tuesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale’s ninth session. Prices were far lower than the seven-figure blockbusters seen in week one of the 11-day auction, but the sale continued to run well ahead of last year’s figures overall.
Owner-breeder Harold Queen has sent his recently retired 2010 Breeders’ Cup Sprint and Eclipse Award champion Big Drama to the Stonewall Farm in Ocala, Fla., where he’ll begin his breeding career in 2012. Big Drama’s stud fee has been set at $10,000.
Keeneland's November breeding stock sale continued to ring up remarkable gains in all financial categories when its eighth of 11 sessions ended Monday with gross receipts up 35 percent, the average price up 27 percent, and the median up 25 percent.
Taylor Made will drop the stud fees for all but two of its sires, including its most expensive stallion, Unbridled's Song, for 2012.
