Conquest Tsunami fired off a 106 Beyer Speed Figure while winning the Grade 3 Daytona Stakes on Feb. 24 at Santa Anita Park, the highest turf figure of 2018 to date.
The number was the first three-digit Beyer for Conquest Tsunami, putting him at the forefront of another strong season for turf runners by his sire, Stormy Atlantic, in the Daily Racing Form’s Beyer Sire Performance Standings.
Distilled, a Grade 2 winner in the U.S. and pensioned sire residing in Korea, died on Jan. 10. He was 20.
The son of Hennessy was bred in Kentucky by Craig Singer, was acquired by owner Dogwood Stable, and placed in the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher. He spent his 2-year-old campaign in New York, and broke his maiden at Aqueduct in his fourth start.
Etched, a multiple Grade 2 winner, has been exported to South Korea to continue his stud career for the 2018 breeding season.
The 13-year-old son of Forestry previously stood at Bonita Farm in Darlington, Md., where he was advertised for $2,000.
Records from the Korean Racing Authority show Etched was imported to the country on Feb. 20.
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Except for the very top tier of stallions that produce classic winners and Grade 1-winning 2-year-olds, commercial breeders lose interest even in consistently successful sires as the horses age. Sales statistics show that young, unproven sires - most of whom ultimately will be nowhere near as productive as those solid, proven commodities - are far more popular with buyers than the consistent second-tier stallion.
Multiple graded stakes winner Irish War Cry has been honored as the New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey.
The millionaire Curlin colt, also honored as the state's 3-year-old of the year, raced as a homebred for Isabelle de Tomaso. He won the Holy Bull Stakes and Wood Memorial, both Grade 2 events, early in the season, and later finished second, beaten two lengths by Tapwrit, in the Belmont Stakes.
Grade 1 winner Dublin has been sold to Mohns Hill Farm in Reinholds, Pa., and will stand the 2018 breeding season for a private fee.
The 11-year-old Afleet Alex horse previously resided at Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y., for $2,500. In 2016, Keane Stud purchased a controlling interest in Dublin from Spendthrift Farm, which bought the horse to stand at stud following his retirement from the racetrack.
Jen Roytz has been named the new executive director of the Retired Racehorse Project.
Her appointment is one of several board additions and staffing changes announced by RRP, which will host its flagship Thoroughbred Makeover show Oct. 4-7 at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Snuck In, a Grade 3 winner, has been moved to Sky PH Quarter Horses and Paints in Paynton, Saskatchewan, for the 2018 breeding season and is advertised for 1,500 Canadian dollars. The 21-year-old son of Montbrook previously stood at Matthews Thoroughbred Farm in Benton, La., for $1,000.
Snuck In has sired 13 crops, with 180 winners and progeny earnings of more than $10.7 million. His top runners include five-time stakes winner Sneak a Cold Treat, four-time stakes winner Sneaking Uponyou, and stakes winners Star Snuck, Sneakin By, and Captin Bry.
Canadian champion Eye of the Leopard will relocate to Osborne Farm in Cambridge, Minn., where he will stand for an advertised fee of $1,500 for the 2018 breeding season.
The 12-year-old son of A.P. Indy previously resided at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he was advertised for $2,500.
Eye of the Leopard has sired three crops of racing age, with 13 winners and combined progeny earnings of $345,357. His highest earner is Divine Kitten, a two-time winner who has made $56,149.
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Bred in Kentucky by John D. Gunther ($500,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by China Horse Club and Maverick Racing)
