Alphabet Soup, the upset winner of the 1996 Breeders' Cup Classic, was euthanized Friday at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky., after battling chronic kidney disease. At the time of his death, the 31-year-old son of Cozzene was the oldest living Breeders' Cup Classic winner.
Into Mischief has amply rewarded his late owner B. Wayne Hughes's optimism throughout his career. A Grade 1 winner in Spendthrift's colors, he has gone on to be a record-setting three-time leading sire for the historic farm, bringing it a Kentucky Derby victory and building a legacy of his sons and grandsons now joining him in the barn.
Too Much Bling, a perennial leading sire in Texas, was again the leading stallion with state-sired progeny in 2021. He'll have more competition moving forward.
Broodmare of the Year Leslie's Lady, whose legacy continues to impact racing through son Into Mischief, died early Monday at her longtime home, Clarkland Farm in Lexington, Ky. The daughter of Tricky Creek was 26.
The first several months of a new year are always full of foaling announcements, particularly anticipated arrivals for new stallions. The incoming stallions of 2021 – whose resulting first crops are arriving now, roughly 11 months later – were led by 2020 Horse of the Year Authentic.
Halladay, the winner of the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga in 2020 and two other stakes, has been retired to stud at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., it was announced earlier this week.
The top price among newly turned yearlings at the Keeneland January sale was a $375,000 colt by Gun Runner, purchased by Narvick International to lead a strong sale for the young sire.
Grade 1 winner Frost Giant was euthanized from complications of laminitis on Monday. The 19-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway had resided as a pensioner at the ReRun Thoroughbred retraining and adoption farm in East Greenbush, N.Y., since early last year.
Grade 3 winner Speightster, who hails from one of Canada's most successful families, will return to those roots to continue his stud career, as he has been purchased by Jay and Christine Hayden’s Saintsbury Farms to stand at Northern Dawn Stables in Hillsburgh, Ontario.
Suzie O’Cain, a prominent figure in New York breeding and racing for decades, died Tuesday in Saratoga Springs after a battle with breast cancer.
