The sorry state of American turf racing was on full display in the Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita on May 29. Half of the 10-horse field were bred abroad, and French-bred Si Sage and Patentar finished first and second ahead of the best of the American finishers, Montego Bay.

Preakness Stakes winner Shakleford sired his first winner today when the colt Little Nappy held on by a nose to win the third race at Gulfstream, a $40,000 maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds.

Champion Leroidesanimaux, sire of versatile champion and classic winner Animal Kingdom, has died at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, England, following complications from injuries suffered in a paddock accident earlier this year. The son of Candy Stripes was 16 in Northern Hemisphere time.

Shakhimat

Lonhro–Reggae Rose, by Touch Gold

Shakhimat’s victory in the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes on April 8 solidified the colt’s place on the Queen’s Plate radar, and gave sire Lonhro one of his biggest North American wins.

Ride On Curlin, the 2014 Preakness Stakes runner-up, has been retired from racing and will debut at stud in 2017 at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla.

A fee for Ride On Curlin, a 5-year-old son of Curlin, will be announced at a later time.

Ride On Curlin finished his career with 3 wins in 22 starts for earnings of $795,175.

Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar sired his first winner when the 2-year-old colt Draft Beer won the fifth race at Gulfstream Park today, a $40,000 maiden special weight race for Florida-bred juveniles going 4 1/2 furlongs.

Maclean’s Music had a world of talent, and unfortunately only had one chance to show it, but he surely made the most of the opportunity.

Two days after his son Exaggerator won the Preakness Stakes, sire Curlin reaped immediate benefits at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile sale. His lone offering, a colt, sold to George A. Mellon for $225,000 out of the consignment of bloodstock agent Bobby Dodd.

Exaggerator is the fourth classic winner or classic-placed runner from as many crops by Curlin, joining 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice, 2014 Preakness runner-up Ride On Curlin, and 2015 Belmont third-place finisher Keen Ice.

Malibu Moon started his stud career at Country Life Farm before being “called up” to his owner’s Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky. But it’s safe to say he’s still thought of fondly in his adopted “home” state.

Malibu Moon sired nine horses sold for a total of $1,177,000, a strong average of $130,778, at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile sale. His group was led by a $500,000 filly sold to bloodstock agent Steven Young, on behalf of Oussama Aboughazale’s Sumaya US Stables. She was consigned by de Meric Sales, as agent.

A local boy made good at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile sale, as young Maryland stallion Friesan Fire was represented by the second highest-priced horse of the auction overall, an $825,000 colt sold to Crupi’s New Castle Farm. He was consigned by Scanlon Training and Sales.

Friesan Fire, a son of A.P. Indy, stands at Country Life Farm in Bel Air, Md. The Grade 2 winner’s first foals are 3-year-olds of 2016.