Breeders’ Cup Turf winner and freshman sire Magician will return to his native country to continue his stud career at Coolmore’s Castlehyde Stud in Ireland, the international operation has announced.

Group 2 winner and prominent sire Dansili has been pensioned due to declining fertility, Juddmonte Farms announced this week. The 22-year-old son of Danehill and the late blue hen Hasili will live out his days at the operation’s Banstead Manor Stud in England.

Champion and leading sire Giant’s Causeway, who recently died at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, will continue to make a colossal impact on Thoroughbred racing for years to come.

Vino Rosso
Curlin–Mythical Bride, by Street Cry
Bred in Kentucky by John D. Gunther ($410,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Mike Repole and St. Elias)

Unbeaten Santa Anita Derby winner Justify tries to break the “Apollo curse” in the Kentucky Derby. Among his challengers will be a former stablemate, Wood Memorial victor Vino Rosso.

Giant’s Causeway, Europe’s 2000 Horse of the Year and a cornerstone of Coolmore’s international racing and breeding operations, died Monday night at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., following a brief illness. He was 21.

Khaled Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms has bred or raced way more than its fair share of great racehorses over the last 40 years, but by far the best sire Juddmonte has produced is Danehill.

Bred by Juddmonte in Kentucky by the great Danzig out of Razyana, by His Majesty, Danehill possessed a classic “stallion’s pedigree” since he was inbred 3x3 to Northern Dancer’s dam Natalma. Northern Dancer himself was Danzig’s sire and Razyana’s dam Spring Adieu was Northern Dancer’s half-sister by Buckpasser.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will again shuttle to stand the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Coolmore’s Australia farm, the international operation confirmed as it released the stud fees for that roster on Thursday night.

Lemons Forever, the dam of champion Forever Unbridled and Grade 1 winner Unbridled Forever, was named 2017 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year on Wednesday by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association.

A 15-year-old daughter of Lemon Drop Kid, Lemons Forever is owned by Charles Fipke, who bought the mare for $2.5 million at the 2007 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The transaction came at the end of a career highlighted by a win in the 2006 Kentucky Oaks. At 47-1, she was the longest-priced winner in the race’s history.

Magnum Moon
Malibu Moon–Dazzling Song, by Unbridled’s Song
Bred in Kentucky by Ramona S. Bass LLC ($380,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Robert and Lawana Low)

Mind Your Biscuits, who recently became the highest-earning New York-bred of all time, was named the state’s 2017 Horse of the Year by New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. for the second straight year on Monday.

The 5-year-old son of Posse also took home champion older dirt male and champion male sprinter honors during the NYTB’s annual awards banquet at the Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.