Thu, 10/17/2019 - 08:39

War Front to remain at $250,000 for 2020 breeding season

Barbara D. Livingston
War Front leads all sires in Daily Racing Form's Sire List in 2017, based on the number of Beyers greater than 90.

War Front will stand for an unchanged fee of $250,000 in 2020 at Claiborne Farm, presumably continuing his reign as the most expensive sire in North America.

Tue, 10/15/2019 - 13:04

Darley keeps Medaglia d'Oro at $200,000 for 2020 breeding season

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Cambier Parc returns to the winner's circle follwing her win in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II. She will not race again until next year.

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.

Mon, 10/14/2019 - 11:06

Disco Partner retired, will stand at Rockridge Stud in New York

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Disco Partner wins the Grade 2 Jaipur Stakes at Belmont Park.

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.

Sun, 10/13/2019 - 18:33

U.S. buyers increasingly active at Tattersalls October

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.

Sun, 10/13/2019 - 16:25

Clubhouse Ride moving to stand at Legacy Ranch in 2020

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A suspensory injury has cast doubt as to whether Clubhouse Ride will race again.

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.

Sat, 10/12/2019 - 11:37

Animal Kingdom purchased, being moved to Japan

Barbara D. Livingston
Animal Kingdom, shown at Darley at Jonabell on Sept. 30, won the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup before beginning his stud career.

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.

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 11:35

Preservationist retired to Airdrie Stud

Barbara D. Livingston
Preservationist earned a 106 Beyer Speed Figure for his victory in Saturday's Grade 1 Woodward Stakes.

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.

Mon, 10/07/2019 - 14:01

Curlin's stud fee to remain at $175,000 for 2020

Barbara D. Livingston
Curlin had 10 graded stakes winners in 2019.

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.

Sun, 10/06/2019 - 20:50

Overlapping connections underlie Arc upset

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Waldgeist (right) passes Enable (left) in the final furlong to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.

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.

Thu, 10/03/2019 - 09:59

Foal crop shrinks slightly, according to Jockey Club report

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.