The globe-trotting career of classic winner and champion Animal Kingdom will continue in Japan, as the stallion has been acquired by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association to stand in that country beginning in 2020.

Preservationist, who rewarded his owner’s patience by winning the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes as a 6-year-old, has been retired from racing. He will stand stud next year for $10,000 at Brereton Jones’s Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., it was announced Tuesday.

Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, a consistent classic sire who is enjoying a career year in the commercial arena, will stand for an unchanged stud fee of $175,000 in 2020, Hill 'n' Dale Farm announced Sunday night. Fees for the rest of the farm's roster will be announced at a later date.

The exacta in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was swept by the influence of international leading sire Galileo and the holdings of England's Newsells Park Stud.

Galileo is the sire of Waldgeist, who ran down the great Enable to win the Arc. Enable, who was bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Arc victory, is from the first crop of Galileo's son Nathaniel, who stands at Newsells Park – which also co-owns Waldgeist.

The Jockey Club released its annual statistics report on the foal crop of 2019 on Thursday, with figures following the trend of recent years of a slightly shrinking foal crop. 

Frank Stronach's homebred Canadian Hall of Famer Awesome Again, the sire of multiple champions and classic winners, has been pensioned from stud duty, Adena Springs announced on Wednesday. The son of Deputy Minister is 25, and had been servicing select books of mares for a private fee in recent years.

At first glance, it may appear that Mongolian Groom, upset winner of the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, and Ohio-bred Verissimo, who won the Catlaunch Stakes at Thistledown in his home state a few hours prior, have nothing in common. But they are linked through Calumet Farm’s large and diverse stallion roster, which includes representation in various regional and international markets.

It was no surprise to see Uncle Mo atop the freshman sire list in 2015. After all, he was an unbeaten juvenile champion himself, with every right to start his stud career off fast. But he exceeded expectations, shattering records with his first crop.

Palace Malice never set foot on turf during his own racing career – but, drawing ability from the stamina and versatility of his sire line, the freshman sire has found success with his first juveniles routing on the turf. This was in evidence over the weekend at Belmont Park. Structor, Palace Malice’s top earner to date, remained unbeaten in two starts by winning the Grade 3 Pilgrim Stakes on the turf Saturday and is now bound for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. A day later, his daughter Crystalle, winner of the P.G.

The Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover, set to take place this week in Lexington, Ky., showcases former racehorses who have moved on to second careers in a variety of disciplines. But learning new things is old hat for Mr. Hot Stuff, who is on to his third career.