The headline for a recent stallion advertisement exerted perhaps a very different effect on my brain than the advertiser planned. “The stallion who made the best-ever start at stud” immediately made me think of Uncle Mo instead of the stallion advertised.
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NEW ORLEANS – Mo Tom, a major player on the 2016 Kentucky Derby trail, has been retired from racing and will go to stud at Red River Farms in Coushatta, La.
Mo Tom won the Lecomte Stakes in January 2016 at Fair Grounds, then suffered through high-profile terrible trips in the Risen Star Stakes and the Louisiana Derby, finishing third and fourth, respectively. He had another relatively luckless trip finishing eighth in the Kentucky Derby, and won the $500,000 Ohio Derby in his next start.
Mo Tom, 5, is retired with a record of 4-2-4 from 19 starts and earnings of $665,356.
Toews On Ice, a Grade 3 winner, will begin his stallion career at Justin and Vanessa Evans’ A & A Equine in Anthony, N.M., during the 2018 breeding season for an advertised fee of $1,000.
The 5-year-old son of Archarcharch finished his on-track career with 6 wins in 17 starts for earnings of $394,740, highlighted by victories in the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes and the non-graded William Walker Stakes, Speakeasy Stakes, and Barretts Juvenile Stakes. He also finished second in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity.
A campaign that saw strong efforts within his home state and elsewhere helped earn Shadow Tracer the Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s 2017 Horse of the Year title.
The Even the Score colt was dominant in three starts against his fellow Michigan-breds at Hazel Park, winning a June allowance by 8 3/4 lengths, then taking the Lansing Stakes by 14 3/4 lengths in June and Mackinac Stakes in August by 5 1/4 lengths.
Grade 1 winner and Canadian champion Shaman Ghost will begin his stallion career at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, Calif., during the 2018 breeding season for an advertised fee of $10,000.
Special considerations will be made for young stakes-winning mares at a reduced fee of $7,500.
Kennedy, a half-brother to Grade 3 winner Thiskyhasnolimit, will stand the 2018 breeding season at Raimonde Farms in Wooster, Ohio, for an advertised fee of $1,000.
The 10-year-old son of A.P. Indy sold to Raimonde Farms for $2,000 on Wednesday at the Keeneland January sale of horses of all ages. He previously resided at River Oaks Farm in Sulphur, Okla., for $1,250.
Grade 1 winner Misremembered has been relocated to Barton Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, Calif., for the 2018 breeding season, where he will stand for $2,500.
The 12-year-old son of Candy Ride previously resided at BG Thoroughbreds at Hemet, Calif., where he was advertised in 2017 for the same fee.
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O’Prado Again, a Grade 2 winner, has been relocated to Peaceful Valley Farms in Didsbury, Alberta, for the 2018 breeding season at an advertised fee of $3,000 Canadian.
The 9-year-old son of El Prado previously stood at Bar 17 Stable in Huxley, Alberta, for a private fee.
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O’Prado Again has two crops of racing age, headed up by the stakes-placed O’Prado’s Prayer.
The first foal out of two-time Eclipse Award champion female sprinter Groupie Doll, named Tapability, was born early and spent the first months of his life in a veterinary clinic. After overcoming that rough beginning, the 3-year-old is set to make his career debut Saturday at Fair Grounds.
Medaglia d’Oro was represented by more Grade 1 winners than any other North American stallion in 2017, and that translated into five individual finalists when the 2017 Eclipse Awards candidates were announced last week, leading all stallions.