Lookin at Lucky, 2009’s juvenile champion who went on to win the Preakness and Haskell this year, has retired from racing at age 3 and will enter stud at Coolmore Stud’s Kentucky division, Ashford Stud. Coolmore has purchased the colt from owners Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman, and has not yet set a fee for the Smart Strike colt.
The Pamplemousse, who won two Grade 3 stakes in early 2009 but was later plagued with injuries, has been retired and will stand the 2011 breeding season at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif.
Applebite Farms in French Camp, Calif., is closing this winter, former farm manager Duane Griffith said Thursday.
Hill 'n' Dale Farms has lowered all but one of its stallions' fees for 2011 and is offering a 10-percent discount for payment on or before Nov. 15, 2011.
Shadwell Farm's 4-year-old Medaglia d'Oro colt Iqbaal was the leading light Thursday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale's 11th session. Trainer Wesley Ward snapped up the Grade 3-placed winner for $70,000 late in the afternoon to top the session on a day that saw more declines.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – As New York Thoroughbred breeders and owners anticipate the arrival of casino-style gaming at Aqueduct, Kentucky’s Vinery Stud has announced it will take over management of Empire Stud in Hudson, N.Y., under the name of Vinery New York.
As Keeneland's senior auctioneer, Ryan Mahan is part comedian, but his comedy has a serious purpose: to get that bid.
Quality racing-age stock continued to be in some demand Wednesday at the Keeneland November sale's 10th of 13 sessions in Lexington, contributing to some increases. But the cumulative figures continued to lag behind last year's total, which was helped by Overbrook Farm's pricey dispersal.
After announcing earlier this month that it would raise Malibu Moon’s stud fee, B. Wayne Hughes’s Spendthrift Farm in Lexington announced Wednesday that it will leave most of its other horses’ fees unchanged in 2011.
As New York Thoroughbred breeders and owners anticipate the arrival of casino-style gaming at Aqueduct, Kentucky's Vinery Stud has announced it will take over management of Empire Stud in Hudson, N.Y., under the name of Vinery New York.
