Veteran sire Stormy Atlantic, the sire of stakes performers including Eclipse Award champion Stormy Liberal, has been pensioned from stallion duty. The 27-year-old Storm Cat horse, who most recently stood at Hill ‘n' Dale farm in Kentucky, has returned to his birthplace, Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., to live out his days.
You'resothrilling provided her accomplished family with another thrilling moment as her daughter Joan of Arc won the French Oaks on Sunday, becoming the brilliant broodmare's third European classic winner.
Unbeaten two-time European Horse of the Year Frankel was among the leading sires at last week's renowned Royal Ascot meeting, leading the charge for his own sire, Galileo, who continued to expand his legacy.
Denise Martin, who with husband Perry Martin co-bred and co-campaigned two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, died June 14 at age 61.
Entering this week's Royal Ascot meeting, one of the major events on the international calendar, Make Believe and his grandsire Dubawi lead the European sires list by earnings – although Make Believe's accomplishments are largely attributable to one horse.
Classic sire Tapit, who is already a successful sire of sires, has several sons in this freshman sire class. The first to make his presence felt on the leaderboard is Iron Fist, off to a solid start with three winners from his first three starters.
Nominations for the North American edition of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards are now open, running through Aug. 2.
Caravaggio and Astern, among the stallions adding international flavor to this North American freshman sire class, were among the several in that class to record early-career milestones over the past week.
There were 18 stakes races run from Thursday through Sunday on a marquee weekend at Belmont Park. Although there were some common themes among the victorious sirelines, the only stallion with two of his direct progeny finding the winner's circle on the competitive weekend was breakout young sire Maclean's Music, who could be poised for an upswing.
A celebration of life for Steve Dance, a senior member of Fasig-Tipton’s auction team for five decades, will be held 1 p.m. June 16 at the sales pavilion at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.
