The offspring of dual leading sire Smart Strike rarely have been noted for their physical beauty. His best son, Curlin, is no exception. He is a big, strong, reasonably correct horse with an impressive shoulder and muscular quarters, and he is sturdy and workmanlike but reminds no one of an Alfred Munnings oil painting.
Charlie Boden has been named stallion season sales director and racing manager for historic Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Boden previously served as head of sales at Darley’s U.S. base at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, where he managed the careers of stallions including Bernardini, Street Cry, and Medaglia d’Oro over a nine-year tenure.
Hall of Famer Curlin, who is in the midst of an outstanding summer season with runners such as Travers Stakes winner Keen Ice, will relocate to Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky., for the 2016 breeding season.
Curlin, a two-time Horse of the Year, has stood at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky., since beginning his stud career in 2009.
Grade 3 winner Gallant Son will move to Daehling Ranch in Elk Grove, Calif., for the 2016 breeding season, standing for an advertised fee of $2,000.
The 9-year-old son of Malabar Gold debuted at stud in 2015 at Bar C Racing Stables in Hermiston, Ore., for the same fee.
Sought After, the sire of Grade 1 winner Masochistic, was euthanized after developing severe laminitis in both front legs.
The 15-year-old son of Seeking the Gold last stood at Daehling Ranch in Elk Grove, Calif., where he was advertised in 2015 for a fee of $2,000.
Sought After is the sire of 10 crops of racing age, with 48 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $2.6 million. In addition to Masochistic, winner of the 2015 Triple Bend Handicap and Grade 2 Kona Gold Stakes, he is the sire of Grade 3-placed multiple stakes winner Control Seeker.
Who owns the racing game? The answer to that question should be the deciding factor when it comes to who makes the critical decisions on how the sport is managed – and that includes whether the sport should seek federal help to set up a national test lab and establish federal guidelines for all states that conduct Thoroughbred racing if those states want their tracks to be able to simulcast races across state lines.
Darby Dan Farm stallion Tale of Ekati enjoyed a productive Saturday afternoon, as Daily Racing Form's SirePowered Results shows him with two maiden special weight winners, one on each side of the country.
Grade 1 winner Swagger Jack will move to Dana Point Farm in Lenhartsville, Penn. for the 2016 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $3,500, BloodHorse reports.
The 7-year-old son of Smart Strike previously stood Nicks Farm in Indiana, and debuted at stud in 2014 at Millennium Farms in Kentucky. His first foals are weanlings of 2015.
The first racehorse I ever fell in love with was Gallant Man. His trainer was John Nerud.
Although I had no way of knowing as a 10-year-old farm boy in rural Tennessee, Gallant Man was not Nerud’s first top racehorse, and he was certainly not his last. Born in 1913 on a ranch near Minatare, a small hamlet in western Nebraska, Nerud was one of nine children of pioneer stock and grew up in the classic pioneer setting of a dirt-floor log cabin.
By Denise Steffanus
Everybody has arthritis, or so it seems – even our horses. There are different types of arthritis, but the most common, called osteoarthritis, occurs as a result of constant wear and tear on the cartilage or a traumatic injury to the joint.
