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.

Sprint champion Speightstown got to showcase the versatility of his offspring over the holiday weekend, with a pair of graded stakes winners on July 4 at Belmont Park. The WinStar Farm stallion was represented by Force the Pass, who captured the Grade 1 Belmont Derby at 1 1/4 miles on turf; and by unbeaten Speightster, winner of the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes at one mile on the main track.

Henry Lindh, the owner and breeder of Grade 1 winner Grecian Flight, died Friday in New York City at age 84.

A New York City native, Lindh served with the U.S. Army Audit Agency during the Korean War, later became a certified public accountant, and had a career on Wall Street, including a brief stint as a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

Juddmonte Farms, Winchell Thoroughbreds, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, and Kaleem Shah have earned regional Owner of the Year honors from the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), and will be honored at the organization’s annual awards dinner Friday, Sept. 11 at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky.

The TOBA awards honor the achievements of Thoroughbred owners in the four major North American racing regions and breeders in 23 states and Canada. A National Owner of the Year will be named at the dinner from the four regional award winners.

Although flashy, high-profile stallions tend to get all the publicity, the key to building a breeding program in a regional market requires good broodmares. Ease of transportation today makes it possible for broodmares to be sent to national breeding centers such as Kentucky to be covered by top sires, but if the broodmare population for a state program is not up to national standards, that program will not consistently produce top-level horses, regardless of the quality of its stallions.

Grade 2 winner Horse Greeley has been sold to Haras La Leyenda in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Racing Post reports.

The 11-year-old son of Mr. Greeley previously resided at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., where he retired to stud for the 2009 breeding season. He stood in 2015 for an advertised fee of $2,500.

Thoroughbred owner and sports radio personality Jim Rome will deliver the keynote address when OwnerView, The Jockey Club, and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association host the second Thoroughbred Owner Conference in Hallandale Beach, Fla., next January.

Multiple Grade 2 winner and globetrotting sire Twining died Sunday in Japan due to an aortic rupture.

The 24-year-old son of Forty Niner’s death was confirmed Tuesday by the Japanese-based Paca Paca Farm’s Twitter account. Twining resided at Breeders Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan.

By Joe Nevills and Nicole Russo

Genuine Reward, one of only two live foals produced by Kentucky Derby-winning filly Genuine Risk, will become one of the newest residents of Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky.

The 22-year-old son of Rahy began his stud career at a Thoroughbred farm in Virginia, but later moved into other disciplines. He most recently stood as a polo stallion in Sheridan, Wyo., with the American Polo Horse Association listing Perk Connell as his owner.