The Jockey Club reminds owners of unregistered yearlings and 2-year-olds that the requirements for registration must be completed by Thursday, Dec. 31 to avoid additional late fees.
The late registration fee increases from $550 to $800 after Dec. 31 of the yearling year and from $800 to $2,025 after Dec. 31 of the 2-year-old year.
Wild Gold, a six-time stakes winner and prominent Iowa stallion, has died of natural causes at age 25.
The son of Wild Again had resided at Madison County Thoroughbreds in Macksburg, Iowa since 2004, having previously stood at Pegasus Ranch in California and Adena Springs South in Florida.
“Wild Gold blessed so many of us,” Pamela Schutz of Madison County Thoroughbreds said in a Facebook post. “He was one of those rare horses you wish everyone could have.”
Edward “Bo” Boerjan doesn’t know how long he’ll be around, but no need to get morbid here. Boerjan was diagnosed six years ago with colon cancer and still suffers from its remnants, a condition he blithely waves off while living life to the fullest.
Reigning leading sire Tapit, who stands at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky., has broken his own single-season progeny earnings record for a North American stallion.
Through Nov. 29, Tapit's 2015 earnings stand at $17,853,584, leading Medaglia d'Oro by more than $5 million on the general sire list. Tapit finished his record-setting 2014 season with $16,813,536 in earnings, shattering the previous single-season mark of $14,358,570 established by Smart Strike in 2007.
Grade 1 winner Mr Speaker has been retired from racing and will debut at stud in 2016 at Lane’s End in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $10,000.
The 4-year-old son of Pulpit finished his ontrack career with six wins in 18 starts for earnings of $1,247,544, highlighted by wins in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes, the Grade 2 Commonwealth Cup Stakes, and the Grade 3 Lexington Stakes and Dania Beach Stakes. Shug McGaughey trained Mr Speaker for owner Phipps Stable.
Commissioner, a Grade 3 winner and narrow runner-up in the 2014 Belmont Stakes, will make his debut at stud in 2016 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., following a planned final start in the Grade 2 Hawthorne Gold Cup.
The 4-year-old son of A.P. Indy will stand for an advertised fee of $7,500, and will participate in WinStar’s “Dream Big” program, which offers breeders the opportunity to earn a lifetime breeding right after producing two live foals from his first books.
Rousing Sermon, a Grade 1-placed multiple stakes winner, has been retired from racing and will debut at stud in 2016 at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., for an advertised fee of $2,000.
The 6-year-old son of Lucky Pulpit finished his on-track career with six wins in 36 career starts for earnings of $821,572. He raced as a California homebred for owners Larry and Marianne Williams and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
Yes It’s True, a Grade 1 winner and member of the Three Chimneys Farm stallion roster, was euthanized Monday at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., due to a perforated intestine.
The 19-year-old son of Is It True began to show signs of colic before being diagnosed with a perforated intestine, and the decision was made to euthanize after emergency surgery proved unsuccessful. He was buried at Three Chimneys in Midway, Ky.
Kentucky Oaks winner Keeper Hill died on Nov. 20, Mill Ridge Farm, which co-bred and co-campaigned her, has announced. The daughter of Deputy Minister was 20.
Keeper Hill earned more than $1.6 million in a career that included Grade 1 triumphs in the 1998 Oaks and Las Virgenes Stakes and the 1999 Spinster Stakes. She recorded eight additional Grade 1 placings, including a third-place finish in the 1998 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
