Classic-placed Grade 1 winner and young classic sire Bodemeister has been sold to continue his stud career in Turkey.
Yaris Magazine of Turkey first reported, on Oct. 2, that Bodemeister was to be added to The Jockey Club of Turkey's roster, pending administrative approval. Bodemeister was not listed on WinStar Farm's stallion roster and stud fees for 2020, which were released on Friday.
Dual-surface Grade 1 winner Catholic Boy has been retired from racing and will take up stallion duty next year at Claiborne Farm, which acquired his breeding rights earlier in the year. The son of More Than Ready will debut for a $25,000 fee.
St Patrick's Day, a Group 3-placed full brother to Triple Crown winner and leading freshman sire American Pharoah, has retired to Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., for the 2020 season. He will stand as the property of a syndicate that includes Journeyman, Climax Stallions, and Stonehedge Farm.
Bourbon Courage and Imagining, who have held their own nationally in a tough freshman sire class, get their chance to shine locally with several first-crop runners on the Maryland Million program this Saturday at Laurel Park. The stallions are part of a young roster for Anchor and Hope Farm, which is continuing to build its stallion operation even while rebuilding from a destructive fire, which its two freshmen escaped, in August.
Just shy of a decade after his sire won the Empire Classic, one of the top prizes on the New York-bred circuit, Mr. Buff will try to land that $300,000 event. Meanwhile, his sire Friend Or Foe is fashioning an unconventional stallion career in a new adopted state.
Medaglia d'Oro will stand for an unchanged fee of $200,000 in 2020, leading the roster at Darley’s Kentucky farm, which announced its advertised stud fees on Tuesday.
Medaglia d'Oro is one of North America's most expensive stallions, as his 2019 fee trailed only War Front, standing for $250,000 at Claiborne Farm, and Tapit, standing for $225,000 at Gainesway. Neither has had his 2020 fee confirmed yet.
Millionaire and North American record-setter Disco Partner has been retired to his home state and will begin a stallion career at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., in 2020.
Disco Partner, a New York-bred Disco Rico horse, raced as a homebred for Patricia Generazio and retires with a career record of 33-11-6-8 for earnings of more than $1.4 million. The 7-year-old retires after going winless in five starts this year, most recently finishing fifth in the Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational on Oct. 5.
International commercial rivals Godolphin and Coolmore dominated the top seats on the buying bench during Book 1 of the Tattersalls sales company's flagship October yearling sale in Newmarket, England – but several other seats on that bench were occupied by an increasingly strong U.S. presence.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Clubhouse Ride, the leading stallion of 2-year-olds in California this year, will stand the 2020 breeding season at Legacy Ranch in Clements, Calif., according to his former trainer Craig Lewis.
Clubhouse Ride stood the 2019 season at Harris Ranch in Coalinga, Calif., for $2,500. The 2020 fee will be $3,500, according to Lewis, who has a minority share in the stallion primarily owned by Six-S Racing.
“A lot of people thought the fee should be higher, but they want to keep it reasonable,” Lewis said on Sunday.
