Godolphin homebred Thunder Snow, the only two-time winner of the Dubai World Cup, will begin his stallion career at the international operation’s Darley in Japan.
Thunder Snow retired with more than $16.5 million in earnings, thanks largely to his two scores in the Dubai World Cup. He rolled by 5 3/4 lengths over 3-year-old champion West Coast in 2018, and a year later defeated classic-placed Gronkowski by a nose.
Coolmore’s No Nay Never was Europe’s leading freshman sire of 2018, raising the hopes for other sons of his late sire, Scat Daddy, worldwide – including, of course, Triple Crown winner Justify, who entered stud this season.
Graded stakes winner Demarchelier will become the first son of Dubawi, one of the leading sires in the world, to stand in Kentucky when he enters stud at historic Claiborne Farm.
Grade 1-winning millionaires Preservationist and Divisidero both rewarded the patience their connections took in shaping their careers with multiple high-end wins as older horses. The responsibility for shaping their second careers now falls to Airdrie Stud, which welcomes both to its roster for 2020.
It’s Tricky was a stellar racemare in Godolphin blue, winning three Grade 1 events and placing in four others while competing in the same crop as Hall of Famer Royal Delta. She defeated that runner, along with Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty, and multiple Grade 1 winner Love and Pride.
New York-bred Disco Partner had his brightest performances on the racetrack in his home state, and, fittingly, retires to stud there for 2020. A millionaire and North American track-record setter, Disco Partner will begin a stallion career at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., in 2020. He keys a strong incoming hand for the farm, which also welcomes Grade 1 winner Leofric to the roster.
Disco Partner, a 7-year-old son of the late Disco Rico, raced as a homebred for Patricia Generazio and retired with a career record of 33-11-6-8 for earnings of more than $1.4 million.
Force the Pass will enter stud in Maryland in 2020, becoming a rare Grade 1 winner to stand in the state. He is the latest newcomer at Louis and Grace Merryman’s Anchor and Hope Farm in Port Deposit, Md., which is continuing to build an exciting roster of young stallions even while rebuilding from a destructive barn fire in August.
It’s college basketball season, and everything in Lexington, Ky., is wallpapered in Wildcat blue. But students from the University of Kentucky could be forgiven for having fond thoughts about an adopted Oklahoma Sooner. Multiple Grade 3 winner Fear the Cowboy, bred and raised by the University of Kentucky’s Maine Chance Farm, which employs students as part of the curriculum, enters stud this season at Glasses Creek Ranch near Madill, Okla.
At age 25, Tale of the Cat has shown no signs of slowing down. Over the last decade, the Coolmore stallion is responsible for multiple Eclipse Award champion Gio Ponti and Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Stopchargingmaria, and in 2019 continued to light the board with several stakes-performing juveniles who will eye bigger things.
Journeyman Stud has found great success this year with freshman sire Khozan, a lightly raced half-brother to a champion. The Ocala, Fla., farm hopes to continue that winning formula as it adds St Patrick’s Day to its roster for 2020.
St Patrick’s Day is a Group 3-placed full brother to Triple Crown winner and leading freshman sire American Pharoah. He will stand as the property of a syndicate that includes Journeyman, Climax Stallions, and Stonehedge Farm.
