Two stallions will move to western Canada for the 2017 breeding season following the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
It’s No Joke, a Grade 2-winning son of Distorted Humor, was bought by Alberta-based Dr. Don Gibb for $6,000.
The 15-year-old stallion last stood publicly at HallMarc Stallions at Stonewall Farm Ocala in Florida, and has not covered a mare on record since 2014.
Suns Out Guns Out, a multiple allowance winner, will relocate for the 2017 breeding season to Stonewall’s Prestige Stallions in Ocala, Fla., where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The 8-year-old son of Empire Maker debuted at stud last year at Hand Ride Stables in Ohio, where he stood for $2,000. His first foals arrive in 2017.
Suns Out Guns Out won four of 26 starts for $327,451, with allowance wins at Gulfstream Park, Parx Racing, and Indiana Grand. He also finished fourth in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Marathon.
Da Stoops, a Grade 2-placed multiple stakes winner will move to Rockin’ BB Ranch in Tecumseh, Okla. for the 2017 breeding season after selling to Danny Caldwell for $4,000 on Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
The 14-year-old son of Distorted Humor will stand for an advertised fee of $1,000.
Notional, a Grade 2-winning son of In Excess, will stand the 2017 breeding season at Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind, after selling to a partnership based in the state for $8,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
He will stand the upcoming season for an advertised fee of $2,000.
Notional stood the past two seasons at Dr. Robert Zoellner’s Rockin’ Z Ranch in Beggs, Okla., most recently for $2,500. He was offered at the Fasig-Tipton sale as part of the dispersal of Zoellner’s equine interests, handled by Vinery Sales.
Grade 2 winner I Spent It will continue his stallion career at Merrick Ranch in Sayre, Okla. after selling on Tuesday for $22,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.
The 5-year-old son of Super Saver previously stood at Ocala Stud in Ocala, Fla., where he was advertised last year for a fee of $2,500. His first foals are weanlings of 2017.
A full brother to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah was born early Thursday at Summer Wind Farm in Georgetown, Ky.
Summer Wind’s Karen Bailey reported that the bay Pioneerof the Nile colt arrived at about 1:40 a.m., and that both he and dam Littleprincessemma, an 11-year-old daughter of Yankee Gentleman, were in good health.
Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala, Fla., will stand a trio of stallions in 2017, all with unchanged fees from the previous breeding season.
Veteran stallion With Distinction will once again stand for an advertised fee of $7,500.
With Distinction, a 16-year-old son of Storm Cat, has eight crops of racing age for combined progeny earnings in excess of $21.8 million. His leading runners of 2016 included stakes winners We’re All Set and Too Clever by Half, as well as stakes-placed Distinctive Lady and Too Fast to Pass, and Puerto Rican Group 3-placed Distinction Bird.
Grade 2 winner Cool Coal Man will be exported to Iran after selling to bloodstock agent Marco Bozzi for $25,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale. Cool Coal Man previously resided at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, where he was advertised at $3,500 in 2016.
“I bought him for his grandsire line, A.P. Indy, [which] is very attractive for the Iranian breeders,” Bozzi said. “His racing career influenced the purchase, and obviously his great conformation. In Iran, the races are on the dirt, and he is a great opportunity for the country.”
Grade 1 winner Connect will enter stud at Lane’s End in Versailles, Ky., upon his retirement from racing.
Connect has won five of seven starts, earning $1,250,000 for owner Paul Pompa Jr. He most recently won the Grade 1 Cigar Mile in November, capping a campaign that also included wins in the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby and the Curlin Stakes.
The son of Curlin is currently training at Palm Meadows toward his 4-year-old debut under trainer Chad Brown.
Grade 1 winner Purge will continue his stallion career in Korea after being relocated from The Philippines.
The 16-year-old son of Pulpit arrived on Jan. 23 after standing the past five breeding seasons at Jade Bros. Farm in Lipa City, south of Manila. He stood his first six seasons in the U.S., entering stud at Vinery in Lexington, Ky., for the 2006 season, then moving to Vinery New York for one season in 2011 before being exported.
