Mon, 11/07/2016 - 16:31

Pharoah's fee private for '17, Uncle Mo's doubles

Barbara D. Livingston
Uncle Mo finished 10th in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic in his final career start.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will stand for a private fee and record-setting young sire Uncle Mo will get a significant hike in 2017, Coolmore’s Ashford Stud of Kentucky announced on Monday.

American Pharoah stood for an advertised fee of $200,000 in his first season at stud this year, tying him with War Front at Claiborne Farm as the second most expensive stallion in the country for 2016, with that pair only trailing Tapit (Gainesway Farm) at $300,000. Some breeders were later offered a two-for-one deal, able to breed two approved mares for a combined $200,000.

Mon, 11/07/2016 - 15:40

Grade 1 winner Frosted retired at 4

Barbara D. Livingston
Frosted will retire with nearly $4 million in career earnings.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Frosted has been retired and will stand at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2017 breeding season.

The son of two-time leading sire Tapit concluded his career by finishing sixth in last Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic. He will debut for a fee of $50,000.

Mon, 11/07/2016 - 11:59

Sparkman: A new golden age for American Thoroughbred racing?

Emily Shields
Arrogate, by Unbridled's Song, gets by California Chrome to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.

The 15 years or so from the mid-1960s through the end of the 1970s is rightly regarded as the Golden Age of American Thoroughbred racing. Beginning with the Kentucky Derby and Preakness victories of Northern Dancer in 1964, the following decade and a half produced a steady stream American-bred horses with credentials both on the racetrack and in the breeding shed that rival or surpass the all-time greats of the Thoroughbred breed.

Mon, 11/07/2016 - 11:35

Airdrie Stud's top stallions to stand for $15,000 in 2017

Airdrie Stud announced fees for its stallions for 2017, and Cairo Price, Creative Cause, and Majesticperfection top its eight-stallion roster with fees of $15,000 each. The Midway, Ky., farm will have two new stallions in 2017, Upstart and Mark Valeski, the latter moving from Florida to replace the deceased Proud Citizen.

Cairo Prince, by Pioneerof the Nile, will be standing his third season at stud. The winner of the Grade 2 Nashua Stakes at 2 and the Grade 2 Holy Bull at 3 has stood for $15,000 each year.

Sun, 11/06/2016 - 18:19

Beholder paired with Uncle Mo for first season as broodmare

Susie Raisher
Beholder will begin her career as a broodmare at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky.

Three-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder, who won her final career start in last Friday's Breeders' Cup Distaff, has been booked to standout young sire Uncle Mo for her first season as a broodmare.

Beholder, a 6-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes, will soon ship from her California base to owner B. Wayne Hughes's Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, where she will reside as a broodmare.

Sun, 11/06/2016 - 17:43

Stellar Wind withdrawn from Keeneland sale, will race again in 2017

Barbara D. Livingston
Stellar Wind (left) works in company with Hard Aces on Friday going six furlongs in 1:13.15.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Stellar Wind, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2015, will remain in training in 2017 after being withdrawn from the Keeneland November breeding stock Sale, trainer John Sadler said on Sunday.

Stellar Wind was scheduled to be sold on Tuesday.

Stellar Wind finished fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita last Friday. She broke slowly and raced wide on the final turn, but was unable to close ground, finishing 3 3/4 lengths behind race winner Beholder.

Sun, 11/06/2016 - 17:01

Lane's End raises stallion fee for Union Rags to $50,000

Leading first-crop sire Union Rags will stand for the second-highest advertised fee on the Lane’s End stallion roster in 2017, rising to $50,000.

Union Rags, a 7-year-old son of Dixie Union, stood at the Versailles, Ky., farm for $35,000 in 2016. He leads all North American first-crop sires by earnings with $1,114,054, highlighted by Grade 1 winners Dancing Rags and Union Strike.

Fri, 11/04/2016 - 13:29

Breeders’ Cup contenders pledge winnings to New Vocations’ aftercare efforts

A number of owners and trainers will be supporting New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program by pledging a percentage of their 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championship purse earnings to New Vocations, which rehabilitates, retrain, and rehomes retired racehorses. This will be the seventh year owners and trainers have donated a percentage of their Breeders’ Cup purse earnings, and so far from such efforts more than $380,000 has been raised, with 100 percent of funds raised supporting the program’s aftercare efforts.

Fri, 11/04/2016 - 11:50

Multinational group will stand Flintshire after Breeders' Cup

Barbara D. Livingston
Flintshire will retire following the Breeders' Cup Turf, where he's the morning line favorite.

A multinational partnership has been formed to stand multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Flintshire in Kentucky.

Flintshire was to make his final start as the morning-line favorite in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf and then retire to Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Kentucky. Hill ‘n’ Dale is one of four partners in his stud career, along with owner-breeder Juddmonte Farms, the China Horse Club, and S.F. Bloodstock.

Flintshire’s fee will be announced later.

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 14:52

Flintshire to stand at Hill ‘n’ Dale in 2017

Barbara D. Livingston
Flintshire will retire following the Breeders' Cup Turf, where he's the morning line favorite.

A multinational partnership has been formed to stand Flintshire, a Grade/Group 1 winner in three different countries and the morning-line favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky., upon his retirement following the Breeders’ Cup.

The partnership is composed of Flintshire’s owner-breeder, Juddmonte Farms, John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms, S.F. Bloodstock, and China Horse Club.