By the time of his retirement in late winter 2015, Clubhouse Ride was a three-time stakes winner and a millionaire. For all that went right for him on the racetrack through an accomplished six-year career, Clubhouse Ride had a bumpy start as a stallion.
Clubhouse Ride was retired at a difficult time, reaching Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., in March 2015, a month after the start of the breeding season. By then, many breeders had advanced plans for their mares.
Sir Prancealot, a stallion formerly based in Europe and Australia, will arrive in California in early January prior to the start of the 2020 breeding season. A 9-year-old Irish-bred, Sir Prancealot has an advantage for an established stallion being sent to a new region. He already has a solid reputation in this state and across the nation.
European Horse of the Year Giant’s Causeway, a perennial leading sire in North America who died last year at age 21, left a legacy behind at stud. However, many of his best sons have been based overseas. Joining those ranks is Bricks and Mortar, a candidate for 2019 Horse of the Year, who recently arrived at Shadai Stud in Japan to begin his stallion career next year.
Shaken by a horrific raid in which four stallions, including a pair of graded stakes-winning half-brothers to American classic winners, were killed by intruders, Haras Barlovento, founded in the early 1950s in Peru, has announced that it will disperse its remaining stock and close its doors.
The third season of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's "Foal Patrol" project, which will highlight champions and Grade 1 producers among its featured performers this season, has officially launched, with its live camera feeds now available on the Hall of Fame’s official website for the project.
In a strong class of freshman sires, highlighted by a rare Triple Crown winner, Fury Kapcori still managed to accomplish something unique. The Florida stallion is the sire of twins from his first crop who are both now winners on the racetrack.
Grade 3 winner The Lieutenant, a half-brother to Triple Crown winner Justify, was among four stallions killed by intruders at Haras Barlovento in Peru, the farm posted on its website and social media channels on Sunday morning.
Also killed were graded stakes winner Cyrus Alexander, a half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver; Group 1 winner Kung Fu Mambo; and Grade 3-placed Timely Advice. The farm said that the intruders incapacitated the night watchman and went after the stallions.
"They had one intention and they have succeeded," the farm wrote on Instagram.
The Thoroughbred Improvement Program, which aims to increase the quality and value of Ontario-bred racehorses, has unveiled two new incentives for mare owners in 2020 to bring mares and foals to the province.
Manitoba-bred Escape Clause emerged from a handful of foals produced in her home province to become a multiple graded stakes winner and make her sire, Going Commando, one of the top Canadian stallions outside of Ontario, where the country’s breeding activity is centered.
Among the top 10 living and active Canadian general sires, Not Bourbon, standing at Flying Horse Farm in British Columbia, and Going Commando, who stands for Ziprick Thoroughbreds in Manitoba, are poised to finish sixth and seventh on the earnings list.
