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.

In conjunction with the opening of Santa Anita's winter season, Daily Racing Form's annual special edition takes an in-depth look at California stallions and the state's breeding industry.

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.

Hopes have been high for sons of the late Scat Daddy at stud, with No Nay Never a breakout success as Europe’s leading freshman sire of 2018 and Triple Crown winner Justify tied as the most-active stallion in North America in his first season at stud in 2019, according to The Jockey Club’s Report of Mares Bred. Scat Daddy’s son Frac Daddy, who displayed the versatility the sire line is known for, is Canada’s leading freshman sire of 2019.

It’s not quite Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, but the stallions Silent Name and Old Forester have established a rivalry atop the Canadian sire ranks.

Old Forester and Silent Name have both been among the top 10 Ontario sires for eight consecutive years, with Old Forester atop the list in 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Silent Name steadily closed in. After finishing second on the list in 2017, he took over the top spot last year, with Old Forester second.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Elate has been retired, but her family continues to be active on the racetrack. Correctness, who is bred on a close cross to Elate, emerged as the latest winner for that family with a maiden victory Saturday going one mile on the Tampa Bay Downs turf.

Graded stakes winner Copper Bullet will enter stud at Darby Dan Farm this season, with a unique incentive program in place to attract solid mares to his book in a competitive market.  

Bricks and Mortar potentially sealed his title as Horse of the Year with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, his fifth Grade 1 win of the year on his fifth different course. By the time the award is presented in late January, he’ll be on the opposite side of the globe preparing to begin his stud career as his travels take him to Shadai Farm in Japan, which struck a deal for his stallion rights over the summer.

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.