Princess Noor was the most expensive horse of the turbulent 2020 juvenile sales season, bringing $1.35 million at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training from Saudi businessman Amr Zedan, who competes as Zedan Racing. She is the only seven-figure horse of her crop to make it to the Breeders' Cup.
Sam-Son Farm, a legendary Ontario-based operation responsible for numerous influential champions, has announced that it will disperse its remaining breeding and racing stock over the next 12 to 18 months.
Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus has been pensioned from stallion duty at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
Three Adena Springs stallions, led by champion Ghostzapper, will move to Hill ‘n' Dale as part of a partnership venture between both major Thoroughbred farms that continues to evolve.
Daredevil, the sire of Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil and Preakness Stakes winner Swiss Skydiver from his first crop, will be repatriated from Turkey to stand at Lane's End Farm in 2021. The farm announced the news while also revealing its 21-stallion roster and stud fees for next season.
The international Coolmore group’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky on Friday released its stallion roster for 2021, with Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify among three six-figure stallions on the roster and Eclipse Award champion Maximum Security among three newcomers on the star-studded lineup.
Uncle Mo was the busiest stallion in North America in 2020, according to The Jockey Club's Report of Mares Bred that was released Friday.
After a stellar reception for his first yearlings in the sales ring, the international Coolmore group announced that Group 1 winner Caravaggio, by Scat Daddy, will move from its Irish headquarters to its Ashford Stud in Kentucky for 2021.
Laoban and Nyquist, both sons of Uncle Mo and freshman stallions who will have Grade 1 winners appearing at the Breeders’ Cup, got major votes of confidence in what is a changing marketplace for stallions in 2021.
Tiznow, the only two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, has been pensioned from stud duty. WinStar Farm made the announcement in revealing its roster and stud fees for 2021.
