INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Cee’s Tizzy, a former leading sire in California and the sire of two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Tiznow, has been pensioned, Harris Farms manager Dave McGlothlin said on Thursday.
William O’Neill, owner of Circle O Farm in Kentucky with his wife, Arlene, died Thursday at his home in Paris, Ky. O’Neill, a former Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Manager of the Year, was 85.
Ramsey Farm in Nicholasville, Ky., will reduce its stud fee for champion Kitten’s Joy sharply in 2011. A 9-year-old El Prado horse, he will stand for $25,000, down from his 2010 fee of $40,000.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association was scheduled to respond to critics Friday at a special meeting in Ocala, Fla., where a group led by small breeder Gordon Reiss planned to raise questions about the organization’s transparency and the direction of Florida racing and breeding, particularly for smaller breeders.
First, the bad news. Florida’s breeding industry has shrunk dramatically. Between 2007 and 2010, the number of mares bred there fell 52 percent, from 6,383 to 3,076, according to Jockey Club statistics. In the same time frame, the stallion population went from 253 to 123. But Florida has had good news recently on the national racing scene.
Leading Florida sire Wildcat Heir will stand for a higher fee of $10,000 next year, but most of the 13 other stallions at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., will remain at their 2010 fee levels in 2011.
Graded-winning sires Midas Eyes and Champali are headed to Saudi Arabia.
A pair of $494,550 horses led a day of mixed results at the Tattersalls December mare sale in Newmarket, England.
Keeneland has cataloged 1,827 horses for its Jan. 10-14 horses of all ages sale in Lexington, Ky.
A few years ago, when the El Nino weather effect struck California with significant rainfall, the late Scoop Vessels thought of a way to house top Quarter Horse stallion First Down Dash if the river
