The centennial of the birth of America’s greatest racehorse Man o’ War has been duly noted by the popular media, but it is perhaps difficult for contemporary readers to understand why Man o’ War is still so revered 100 years on from his birth. It is true that Man o’ War performed feats never seen before on an American (or perhaps any) racecourse, setting five world time records, winning the Lawrence Realization Stakes by 100 lengths, and making even his solitary defeat memorable by succumbing to the most appropriately named equine villain of all time, Upset.

Factum, a half-brother to leading commercial sire War Front, will relocate to Poplar Creek Horse Center in Bethel, Ohio for the 2018 breeding season for a private fee.

The 9-year-old Storm Cat horse last stood publicly at Stonehedge Farm South in Williston, Fla.

Factum has sired three crops of racing age, with 28 winners and combined progeny earnings of $750,960. His runners are led by the stakes-placed Brother Fred.

Grade 1 winner El Deal has been retired from racing, with future stud plans to be determined.

The 5-year-old son of Munnings ends his career with nine wins in 17 starts and earnings of $575,025, racing last for trainer Jorge Navarro and owners Al and Michelle Crawford, who bought the horse privately this spring.

Grade 3 winner Ocean Knight has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Get Away Farm in Lowell, Fla., for the 2018 breeding season.

A fee of $4,000 has been set for the 5-year-old Curlin horse, who finished his ontrack career with four wins in 15 starts and earnings of $390,000. His biggest victory came in the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes, with in-the-money efforts in the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap and Grade 3 Discovery Handicap.

Ocean Knight raced for Stonestreet Stables, and he was trained by Kiaran McLaughlin.

Airoforce, a Grade 2 winner, has been retired to Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind., where he will stand the 2018 breeding season for an advertised fee of $2,500.

The 4-year-old Colonel John colt was purchased by Jeff and Stacey Jeans for $12,000 on Tuesday during the racing-age portion of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

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Grade 2 winner Protonico will relocate to Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky. for the 2018 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $6,500.

The 6-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway stood his debut season this year at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., for the same price.

Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator will shuttle to stand the 2018 Southern Hemisphere season at Haras Doña Icha in Calera de Tango, Chile.

Haras Doña Icha made the announcement on its social media channels. 

Homage, an unraced half-brother to sires Congrats and Flatter, will enter stud in Argentina after selling to bloodstock agent Carlos S.E. Moore for $9,000 on Wednesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

The 3-year-old War Front colt was bred in Kentucky by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider and was consigned Wednesday by Claiborne.

Robert Courtney Sr., a highly respected breeder and consignor under the banner of his Crestfield Farm in Lexington, Ky., died Tuesday at age 96.

A Lexington native, Courtney’s fingerprints can be found throughout central Kentucky’s Thoroughbred business in the horses he bred and sold, and in his service to the industry.

Hall of Famer Ghostzapper will stand for an increased fee of $85,000, and his sire Awesome Again will remain at a private fee for 2018 at Adena Springs’s flagship Kentucky farm, which could see changes in the coming year.