As we have discussed in this space on several occasions, the Storm Cat male line has not flourished in exactly the manner breeders anticipated when his yearlings were all the rage during the first five years of the 21st century. Among Storm Cat’s sons, only Giant’s Causeway developed into a genuinely top sire, and Giant’s Causeway’s champion son Shamardal has already passed on the male line to his highweighted son Lope de Vega, leading 2014 freshman sire in Europe.
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Sequel Stallions in Hudson, N.Y., has released a mobile application for phones and tablets.
The app enables breeders to access information on the farm’s stallions, submit mares, run nicks, view the farm’s social media outlets, and more. Users can also access the farm’s full site from the app.
Bold Chieftain’s third crop of foals is beginning to hit the ground, with more than a dozen already here.
His first crop turned 2 this year, but breeder Ellen Jackson says: “I’m encouraging my clients to wait and not rush them to the races. These are not little Quarter Horse types. They’re big and rangy like him. He raced a long time and kept getting better with age.”
Jackson said she has gotten a lot of repeat customers for him at her Victory Rose Thoroughbreds.
News coverage
- Adena Springs re-enters Florida stallion market - By Joe Nevills
Profiles - 2014 Florida stallion honors
- With Distinction: Leading general sire, leading turf sire - By Joe Nevills
Popular champion Shared Belief delivered as expected in the Santa Anita Handicap on Saturday, rolling by 4 1/4 lengths as the heavy favorite.
The 4-year-old gelding, an Eclipse Award winner as outstanding juvenile male two seasons ago, is fueling a solid start to the season for Lane’s End stallion Candy Ride. According to Daily Racing Form’s SirePowered Results, it was the fifth stakes victory of the season for the stallion.
It’s hardly breaking news to say that Frank Stronach has invested heavily in the Florida Thoroughbred program.
The head and namesake of The Stronach Group owns Florida’s marquee racetrack, Gulfstream Park, and last year he leased a spiraling Calder Race Course from Churchill Downs Inc., re-christened it Gulfstream Park West, and opened it to positive reviews.
On the bloodstock side, Stronach is a frequent business partner of Fasig-Tipton Sales Co., most recently hosting the company’s boutique sale of 2-year-olds in training at Gulfstream for the first time in 2015.
Leading general sire, leading turf sire
The death of perennial leading Florida sire Wildcat Heir in January left a vacancy at the top of the state’s sire list, and the spot has been ably filled by With Distinction.
The 14-year-old son of Storm Cat’s ascension to the top of Florida’s returning sire list had been a few years in the making.
Leading freshman sire, leading juvenile sire
Change is in the air in the Florida market, and Kantharos could be among the young stallions poised to benefit.
The unbeaten Kantharos, who is currently based at Ocala Stud, finished 2014 as Florida’s leading freshman sire, with 18 winners from 31 starters for total progeny earnings of $868,968. That bankroll far outpaced Journeyman Stud-based freshman sire Cool Coal Man, whose nine winners from 30 starters earned $317,639. No other Florida first-year stallion had more than four starters.
Leading broodmare sire
Although Florida sire Notebook has been gone for more than a decade, his influence continues to burn in the Sunshine State.
The former Ocala Stud sire who died in 2003 led the Florida broodmare sire list for 2014, marking the seventh consecutive year he has been first or second on that list. The son of Well Decorated again edged two familiar rivals, Montbrook and Marquetry, to lead the category.