Breeders’ Cup Classic contender Drosselmeyer will retire after that race on Nov. 5 and will enter stud in New York, his owner, WinStar Farm, announced late Tuesday.
A day after posting powerful gains in its opening session, Fasig-Tipton’s Kentucky fall yearling sale continued to look strong Tuesday with a $260,000 Arch filly the highest price at 3:45 p.m.
The market peaked late Monday at the Tattersalls autumn horses in training sale in Newmarket, England, where French stakes winner Red Gulch was the opening-day session-topper at about $420,000.
The market peaked late Monday at the Tattersalls autumn horses in training sale in Newmarket, England, where French stakes winner Red Gulch was the opening day session-topper at about $420,000.
In a move that is likely to fuel more optimism for New York’s breeding program, the New York Breeding and Development Fund has said it will raise statebred breeders’ awards by 50 percent across the board next year.
Castleton Lyons announced Sunday that the farm’s 14-year-old stallion Bernstein had been euthanized due to complications from colic.
Five stallions, including 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo and the Grade 1 winner Heatseeker, will stand in California in 2012, the farms involved announced in recent days.
The 2012 North American foal crop is expected to be approximately 10 percent smaller than the 2011 crop, according to estimates made by the Jockey Club based on the number of mares bred this year.
D' Funnybone, a son of D'wildcat and the winner of five Grade 2 stakes, all as a 2-year-old and 3-year-old, will stand in 2012 at Vinery's New York stallion operation, the farm announced on Thursday.
Results from the second day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's two-day mixed sale rebounded strongly from a poor performance on Tuesday, according to sales figures provided by the company.
