By Denise Steffanus
Every broodmare owner has heard the mantra about increasing calories to keep the mare in optimum body condition score for conception, support her and her fetus during gestation, and enable her to provide ample milk for her foal. But broodmare nutrition is more complex than simply increasing rations. How you reach that optimum body condition score of six on the nine-point Henneke scale is important.
Grade 1 winner Einstein will relocate to Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, Calif. for the 2016 breeding season.
The 13-year-old son of Spend a Buck previously resided at Adena Springs North in Ontario, where he stood for an advertised fee of $5,000.
Einstein is the sire of three crops of racing age, with 41 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $1.4 million. His runners are led by Grade 3-placed Rankhasprivileges and stakes-placed E Equalsmcsquared, Scholar Athlete, Cup of Soup, and Pensador.
Suns Out Guns Out, a multiple allowance winner, will debut at stud in 2016 at Hand Ride Stables in Dublin, Ohio, for a fee of $2,000.
The 6-year-old son of Empire Maker finished racing career with four wins in 26 starts for earnings of $327,451. He finished fourth in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Marathon.
Dale Romans trained Suns Out Guns Out for owner West Point Thoroughbreds.
Grade 1 winner Jack Milton will stand his first season at stud at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, Ky., for a fee of $6,500, and will participate in the “Share the Upside” program.
The 5-year-old son of War Front retired with five wins in 19 starts for earnings of $853,828, highlighted by wins in the Grade 1 Maker’s 46 Mile Stakes at Keeneland, as well as the Grade 3 Poker Stakes at Belmont Park and Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland. He was second in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic and third in five additional stakes, including two Grade 1 races.
The Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development Program received approval from the state racing commission on Wednesday to make an additional $1.4 million in purses available to Indiana-breds in 2016 because of changes in legislation passed this year.
Woodford Thoroughbreds in Reddick, Fla., released the advertised fees for its 2016 stallion roster.
The farm will roll out a new incentive plan for the upcoming season, calling for no out-of-pocket stud fees, which will be paid out of future proceeds. The farm will also offer a variety of package options with special incentives.
Tonalist, whose four Grade 1 victories were highlighted by the 2014 Belmont Stakes, has been retired and will stand the 2016 season at Lane's End in Versailles, Ky. The son of reigning leading sire Tapit will stand for $40,000 in his initial season.
Tonalist burst into national prominence with his victory in the Belmont Stakes, in which eventual Horse of the Year California Chrome finished fourth in a Triple Crown bid. The victor went on to pick up two editions of the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and concluded his career with a final Grade 1 tally in the Cigar Mile on Nov. 28.
The 2015 Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association online stallion season auction is now online, running through Dec. 12.
Seasons from more than 180 stallions residing in 16 states are on offer, with the proceeds funding three stakes races for all 2017 offspring of stallions whose seasons are sold at the auction: the 2019 Iowa Stallion Futurity and two races for 3-year-olds in 2020, one for males and one for females.
Kentucky Downs announced on Tuesday that two more horses, Lusty Latin and Hussonfirst, will be among the retirees at the Old Friends at Kentucky Downs facility in Franklin, Ky. The aftercare facility opened on the racetrack complex this summer with five horses: Ball Four, Rumor Has It, Sgt. Bert, Thornfield, and Tour of the Cat. It also now has a miniature horse, Fonzi, at the facility.
