Great sire that he was, the late Dynaformer has never established himself as a sire of sires. The death of his Kentucky Derby-winning son, Barbaro, before he had an opportunity at stud may well have had something to do with that, but the sad fact is that Undrafted’s victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot a few weeks ago was only the second Group 1 or Grade 1 win for a grandson of Dynaformer, following that of Twilight Eclipse in the Man o’ War Stakes a few weeks earlier.

Calamity Kate pulled a major upset in last Saturday’s Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, triggering a $110.80 payout as the longest shot on the board. It was the first career stakes victory for the filly, who became the second graded stakes winner of 2015 for veteran sire Yes It’s True, according to Daily Racing Form’s SirePowered Results.

Grade 1 winner Strong Mandate will shuttle to Agricola Icha Solari Ltda. in Chile for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

The 4-year-old son of Tiznow recently completed his first Northern Hemisphere season at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., where he stood for an advertised fee of $10,000.

Strong Mandate won two of eight starts for earnings of $529,566, highlighted by a 9 3/4-length victory in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes. He also placed in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes the following season.

Just The Judge, a Grade 1 stakes winner who competed in graded and group stakes in five different countries, has been retired due to a minor tendon injury, Racing Post reported.

For much of the 20th century, the quickest path to success in American Thoroughbred breeding was to buy a Whitney mare. Mares bred by W.C., H.P., Payne, and C.V. Whitney and their descendants provided the basis for many of the great private and commercial studs of the century, and their descendants included many of the best of the American breed, including Northern Dancer, Halo, Silver Spoon, Quill, Java Gold, Medaglia d’Oro, and Afleet Alex, among many others.

Uncle Mo and Twirling Candy were quick out of the gate as juveniles, stamping themselves as stars of the sport with debut wins on the East Coast and West Coast, respectively.

Fittingly, both have established themselves as freshman sires to watch, with several runners from their first crops looking like standouts as 2-year-old racing kicks into high gear with the opening of the Del Mar summer meet on Thursday and the Saratoga meet on July 24.

Grade 1 winner Congaree will relocate to Lane’s End Texas in Hempstead, Texas for the 2016 breeding season for a fee to be announced later, American Racehorse reports.

The 17-year-old son of Arazi previously resided at Saratoga Stud in Stillwater, N.Y., where he stood the 2015 season for an advertised fee of $7,500.

Grade 3 winner Conveyance has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Buck Pond Farm in Versailles, Ky., for a fee to be determined.

The 8-year-old son of Indian Charlie finished his on-track career with four wins in 11 starts for earnings of $496,560.

Utopia, a Japanese Group 1 winner and former U.S. stallion, died of an apparent heart attack at the Jockey Club of Turkey’s Karacabey National Stud in Bursa, Turkey.

The 15-year-old son of Forty Niner debuted at stud in 2008 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and stood there until being purchased by Turkish breeder Serdar Kemal Ozcolak in June 2014.

According to Turkish publication Yaris Dergisi, Utopia covered about 55 mares in his first and only season at stud in the country, where he stood for an advertised fee of $2,978 (8,000 Turkish Lira).

Classic-placed Grade 3 winner Medal Count has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky.

The 4-year-old son of Dynaformer will participate in Spendthrift’s Share The Upside program, under which he will stand for an advertised fee of $6,500, and breeders will earn a lifetime breeding right to Medal Count after producing a live foal in 2017. He will also be available on a traditional stands and nurses contract for a fee of $5,000.