Cowtown Cat began his stud career in Florida and established himself among the leading stallions there, siring horses such as Canadian champion Calgary Cat. He moved to Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm in Polk, Ohio, beginning with the 2015 season and has made himself right at home in the Midwest region. Represented by his first locally sired runners, Cowtown Cat reigns as Ohio’s leading general sire for 2018.
On Jan. 27, 2018, it seemed a fait accompli that Candy Ride would be the leading general sire of the season, as his son Gun Runner stormed to a win in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup, taking home the winner’s share of $7 million in his career finale.
Italian Group 1 winner Biondetti, Florida’s leading freshman sire of 2016, will relocate to continue his stallion career at Poplar Creek Horse Center in Bethel, Ohio. He is part of a duo of incoming stallions for the farm, with the other coming from much closer to home, as Ohio champion sprinter Rivers Run Deep retires for 2019.
Grade 1 winner and sire Stephen Got Even has died, Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Ky., reported on Tuesday. The 23-year-old stallion spent his entire stud career at his birthplace of Lane's End, and continued to reside there after being pensioned following the 2015 season.
Mark Valeski didn’t get the press of Cross Traffic, whose first-crop daughter Jaywalk coasted in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. He also lacked the numbers of runners to reach the top ranks of a competitive freshman sire earnings list, in which four individuals had progeny earnings of more than a million. But what Airdrie Stud’s homebred lacked in quantity, he made up in consistency and quality.
Maximus Mischief recorded the top Beyer Speed Figure for a 2-year-old of 2018, recording a 98 for an allowance win at Parx which preceded his score in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes to cap an unbeaten campaign.
