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.
In the big-book era of Thoroughbred breeding, first-crop success for a young stallion is more important than ever. If a sire’s first 2-year-olds, which race during a stallion’s fourth season at stud, fail to win stakes races, the number of mares craters for season five, and in too many cases a stallion’s career is essentially over.
Stallions as good as Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm’s Curlin, whose fifth-crop number of foals dropped to 40 after his first juveniles failed to shine, can overcome early stumbles, but Hill ‘n’ Dale’s young sire Violence will not have that problem.
Grade 1 winner We Miss Artie will relocate to Ramsey Farm in Nicholasville, Ky., for the 2018 breeding season, when he will stand for an advertised fee of $5,000.
The 7-year-old son of Artie Schiller began his stud career at Colebrook Farms Stallion Station in Ontario, where he stood in 2017 for $3,000 Canadian. His first foals are yearlings of 2018.
Tu Brutus, a stakes winner on dirt in the U.S. and on turf in Chile, has been retired and will stand stud at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, Ky., trainer Gary Contessa said Wednesday.
Tu Brutus, a 6-year-old Chilean-bred son of Scat Daddy, made an auspicious U.S. debut, running second, beaten a half-length by Send It In, in the Grade 3 Excelsior Stakes at Aqueduct in April. Tu Brutus earned a 118 Beyer Speed Figure, the third-highest figure earned by any horse in 2017.
Grade 1 winner Power Broker has been exported to Saudi Arabia for the 2018 breeding season. The 8-year-old Pulpit horse previously resided at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm, where he was advertised in 2017 for $3,500. His first foals are 3-year-olds of 2018.
Power Broker’s first crop featured 16 winners, with progeny earnings of $355,669.
Papa Clem, a Grade 2 winner, has been sold to stand at Karacabey Stud in Turkey for the 2018 breeding season.
The 12-year-old Smart Strike horse previously resided at Legacy Ranch in Clements, Calif., where he was advertised in 2017 for $2,000. He was a top-10 sire in California by progeny earnings in each of the past two years.
Grade 1 winner Mr. Sidney has been relocated to Beau Ridge Farm in Kearneysville, W.Va., for the 2018 breeding season and will stand for an advertised fee of $6,500.
The 14-year-old son of Storm Cat previously stood at Walmac Farm in Lexington, Ky., for $5,000. The Kentucky-bred Mr. Sidney began his stud career in France and returned to the U.S. to stand at Walmac for the 2015 season. His first foals as a domestic sire are 2-year-olds of 2018.
