If you are the owner of a stallion farm in Indiana, where the breeding industry still is in relative infancy, how do you go about acquiring the leading sire in the state? Well, you drive down to Florida and pick him up.

That is what the R Star Stallions operation of Leigh Ann and Kerry Hopper did last October, hauling Strong Contender back to their farm near Anderson, Ind., where he will stand the 2015 breeding season for a fee of $3,000.

Strong Contender stood in Florida in 2014, but his progeny earnings of more than $1.34 million would have topped the Indiana sire list.

The addition of Cowtown Cat to Ohio’s stallion roster near the end of 2014 automatically put him at the top of the state’s general sire list by progeny earnings, and he stands a strong chance of remaining in that spot until he can defend the title with his own Ohio-sired runners in 2018.

Cowtown Cat, an 11-year-old son of Distorted Humor, will make his Buckeye State debut in 2015 at Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm in Polk, Ohio, for an advertised fee of $2,500. He previously had stood his entire career at Journeyman Stud in Florida, where he retired for the 2009 breeding season.

The performance of a stallion’s progeny on the racetrack is ultimately the biggest testament to that horse’s success or failure at stud. However, the truly transcendent stallions leave pieces of their legacy through the generations as sires of sires.

One only needs to look at the myriad sons of all-time greats Mr. Prospector, Northern Dancer, and Storm Cat that were successful at stud to verify the trio’s status that they helped shape the breed.

Grade 2 winner My Best Brother has been retired from racing and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Stonewall’s Prestige Stallions in Ocala, Fla.

The 6-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic finished his racing career with four wins in 16 starts for earnings of $363,392. The turf specialist won the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby and the listed Oceanside Stakes, and finished second in the Grade 2 La Jolla Handicap.

Elite broodmare Kind, dam of champions Frankel and Noble Mission, will be among the mares in reigning Cartier European Horse of the Year Kingman's first book in 2015, Juddmonte Farm, which bred and owns both horses, announced Friday.

In the 30 years from 1955 through 1984, either Nasrullah or one of his male-line descendants led the American general sire list 18 times. However, in the 30 years since Seattle Slew led the list for the only time in 1984, only two Nasrullah-line horses have led the same list.

Those two are the great A.P. Indy and his grandson, Tapit, who climbed to the top of the list in 2014. After a gap of 20 years dominated by Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector, the male line of A.P. Indy has scored three championships in the past 12 years.

New Vocations will host its annual Thoroughbreds For All event, showcasing the usefulness of Thoroughbreds for second careers, the evening of Friday, April 24 in Lexington, Ky.

Thoroughbreds For All, which typically showcases several Thoroughbreds available for adoption via New Vocations, is annually held in conjunction with the Rolex Kentucky three-day event at the Kentucky Horse Park, a four-star evening competition that frequently includes former racehorses at the top level.

Multiple Grade 3 winner Swift Warrior has been retired from racing and will stand the 2015 breeding season at David Spears Racing in Hartshorne, Okla., for an advertised fee of $1,000.

The 7-year-old son of First Samurai finished with seven wins in 29 starts for earnings of $651,952 racing the bulk of his career for owners James Corvello and James Dolan and trainer John Terranova II. His most notable wins came in the Grade 3 John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes at Sam Houston and the Tampa Bay Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, along with a trio of listed stakes victories.

Grade 2 winner Wired Bryan will begin his stallion career in Uruguay after being purchased privately for $30,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale.

Carlos Moore’s Thoroughbred Bloodstock Bureau brokered the deal for the 4-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic after he was offered in the ring, but finished under his reserve with a final bid of $38,000. Consignor Paramount Sales, agent, offered the colt as a stallion prospect.

Law Enforcement, a multiple stakes-winning son of Posse, has been purchased by David O. Hansen’s Quintana Farm, and will remain standing at Dove Hill Farm in New Prague, Minn., for the 2015 breeding season.

The 10-year-old son of Posse was previously owned by Cam Casby, who died in October after complications from a heart attack. Casby bred Law Enforcement in New York, campaigned him throughout his career, and debuted him at stud in 2013 at Dove Hill Farm.