Champion female sprinter Gamine retired from racing
Gamine, the 2020 Eclipse Award champion female sprinter, has been retired from racing, owner Michael Lund Petersen announced via a press release issued Tuesday evening.
Nicole RussoJan 04, 2022
Gamine, the 2020 Eclipse Award champion female sprinter, has been retired from racing, owner Michael Lund Petersen announced via a press release issued Tuesday evening.
Lentenor, a full brother to the popular and star-crossed 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, will continue his stud career at Cabin Creek Farm in Bernville, Pa., for 2022.
European champion juvenile Air Force Blue has been acquired by Pegasus Farm of South Korea to continue his stud career. The young stallion, who previously stood at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, will become the first son of popular international sire War Front to stand in Korea.
Spendthrift Farm announced in the final days of 2021 that it is discontinuing its operations in Australia and putting its 600-acre farm in Victoria up for sale.
As the calendar turned, Into Mischief wrapped up his third consecutive North American sire title.
A season to Triple Crown winner Justify, standing at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, is being auctioned this week to benefit relief efforts for those affected by tornadoes that devastated Western Kentucky on Dec. 11, one of several major donations made by high-profile Thoroughbred breeding establishments this week.
Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator and Grade 1 winner Carpe Diem will relocate from Kentucky to Texas and Louisiana, respectively, to continue their stud careers.
Spendthrift Farm continues to double down on its Into Mischief sireline by adding By My Standards, a hard-knocking son of Goldencents, a son of Into Mischief that it also stands, to its roster for 2022.
In 2017, after the easing of import restrictions, the Korea Racing Authority made a significant purchase, picking up a gray Maryland-bred from the second crop of Paynter for $87,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale. The colt, Knicks Go, proved to be a slam dunk.
For Eclipse Award champion Essential Quality and fellow multiple Grade 1 winner Maxfield, their retirement to stud marks a proud homecoming. Both colts are homebreds for Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum's international operation, and raced in the Godolphin blue while based in Kentucky throughout their careers.