Fort Larned, winner of the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic, will relocate to Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs South in Williston, Fla., for the 2015 breeding season.

Fort Larned, a 6-year-old son of E Dubai, began his stallion career at Adena Springs’ Kentucky farm in 2014, where he covered 78 mares in his first season. Adena Springs announced earlier this week that its Florida stallion division would re-open for the 2015 season. Fort Larned will now stand alongside fellow young stallions Capo Bastone, Hunters Bay and City Wolf at that location.

Like everything else in the world of Thoroughbred breeding, the records of full brothers as stallions are extremely variable. For every highly successful pair like Graustark and His Majesty, there are multiple sets of highly contrasting results like Mr. Prospector and Red Ryder or Northern Dancer and Transalantic. As a general rule, though, if two full brothers were high-class racehorses and one is a good sire, it is much more likely that the other also will be than if one brother failed as a racehorse as Red Ryder and Transalantic.

The Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association released its advertised fees for the 2015 breeding season, featuring several names familiar to U.S. breeders.

Leading the group at the JBBA’s Shizunai Stallion Station on the island of Hokkaido will be 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker, who will command roughly $29,205 (3.5 million Japanese yen). The 14-year-old son of Unbridled entered stud in the U.S. for Juddmonte Farms in 2004, and was later purchased by the JBBA to stand his first season in Japan in 2011.

U S Ranger will relocate to Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., where he will stand the 2015 breeding season for an advertised fee of $3,000.

The 10-year-old son of Danzig previously stood at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. He is the sire of two crops of racing age. He has sired three stakes winners to date: Grade 3 winners Solitary Ranger and Lawn Ranger; and Australian Group 3 winner Get the Nod.

Young stallion Vertiformer will make his stallion debut at Poplar Creek Horse Center in Bethel, Ohio, for an advertised fee of $2,000. The news was initially reported by The Blood-Horse.

Vertiformer, a 7-year-old Dynaformer horse, finished his on-track career with four wins in 16 starts for earnings of $217,580, taking the Grand Prix du Lion d’Angers in France, then relocating to the U.S., where he placed in three graded stakes including a second in the Grade 2 Pan American Stakes.

Sunrise Stallions will offer a raffle on a discounted season to stallion Frost Giant to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and/or the Belmont Child Care Association, operator of Anna House.

The star-studded roster at Old Friends Equine retirement now has a new gem, as the organization celebrated the arrival of dual classic winner, champion, and Hall of Famer Silver Charm on Dec. 2.

The 20-year-old son of Silver Buck arrived at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky., the prior day after being repatriated from Japan, where he had stood since 2005. Silver Charm is the first Kentucky Derby winner to call an Old Friends facility home – and the second American classic winner, joining 2002 Belmont Stakes winner Sarava.

Grade 2 winner Fast Bullet was euthanized Tuesday at WinStar Farm due to complications from colic, the farm announced. The 6-year-old son of Speightstown stood his debut season at stud this year.

“It is with great regret that we had to euthanize Fast Bullet early this morning,” Elliott Walden, WinStar president and CEO, said in a release. “After a lot of ups and downs in treating him, it became evident that he was extremely uncomfortable. We conferred with the attending veterinarians, and the decision was made that euthanasia was the only humane option left.”

Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs announced Tuesday that its stallion division at Adena Springs South in Williston, Fla., will reopen for the 2015 breeding season, standing a trio of stallions: Capo Bastone ($4,000), Hunters Bay ($5,000), and City Wolf ($4,000).

Adena also announced that Declan Doyle has been hired as stallion seasons and nominations manager at the 3800-acre Florida facility, and that Gregg Falk has been promoted to stallion manager.

Cyber Secret, a Grade 2 winner and earner of over $650,000, has been retired and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla. The 5-year-old son of Broken Vow will debut at an advertised fee of $2,500.