Fri, 11/14/2014 - 16:30

Lady Eli breakout performer for sire Divine Park

Tom Keyser
Lady Eli and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf by 2 1/4 lengths Friday.

The fallout from the Breeders’ Cup Classic may have clouded the Horse of the Year picture, but on the undercard, other divisional rankings became much clearer. In the juvenile filly division, the performance of unbeaten Lady Eli in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf could produce an anomaly compared with most years since the Eclipse Awards for both champion juvenile categories are normally granted to dirt horses.

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 16:09

Sparkman: Sire after 'Elusive' honor

Debra A. Roma
Hootenanny, from the first crop of Elusive Quality's son Quality Road, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

For a horse who led the American sire list in 2004, ranked fifth in 2008, and has sired 116 stakes winners, Elusive Quality gets relatively little respect from the commercial market. His 34 yearlings sold this year have averaged $84,056, and stallion stations have hardly been clamoring to stand his sons at stud.

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 15:18

Red Rocks to Calumet for 2015

Red Rocks, winner of the 2006 Breeders' Cup Turf, will return to America to continue his stud career at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.

The 11-year-old son of international titan Galileo previously stood at Centro Equino Arcadia in Italy, where he entered stud in 2010. His fee at Calumet will be announced at a later date.

Red Rocks defeated Better Talk Now by a half-length in the 2006 BC Turf, and finished third in the event the following year. He also captured the Grade 1 Man O' War Stakes in 2008, defeating Horse of the Year Curlin and Better Talk Now.

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 12:57

Daily Racing Form expands DRF Breeding, launches new SirePowered Results tool

Daily Racing Form is pleased to announce the launch of its DRF Breeding SirePowered Results interface, the first interactive sire tool to help breeders and owners sort results on demand.

This new tool will provide:
► Streamlined access to race results from all tracks in the U.S. and Canada
► Sortable by sire, name of winner, track, date, age, type of race, distance, and surface
► Expanded results are free and fast, in most cases available just minutes after a race is final

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 15:44

Gio Ponti to stand for $15,000 in 2015

Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky., has released the advertised fees for its two-horse stallion roster.

Leading the duo is three-time Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti, whose fee will remain unchanged at $15,000. Gio Ponti, a 9-year-old son of Tale of the Cat will be represented by his first crop of 2-year-olds in 2015.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 13:40

Dutchess Views Farm to stand Big Brown in 2015

Dual classic winner and champion Big Brown will stand his first New York season at Dutchess Views Farm in Pine Plains, N.Y., for an advertised fee of $8,500.

It was announced last week that a majority interest in the 9-year-old Boundary horse had been acquired by Andrew Cohen’s Sunrise Stables and Gary Tolchin’s Golden Goose Enterprises. The team announced intentions to relocate the stallion to New York, but did not reveal the farm until Thursday.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 13:32

He’s Had Enough retired to Woodford Thoroughbreds

He’s Had Enough, runner-up in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, has been retired from racing and will make his stallion debut in 2015 at Woodford Thoroughbreds in Ocala, Fla., for an advertised fee of $5,000.

The 4-year-old son of Tapit finishes his career with one win in 11 career starts for earnings of $492,910. He also placed in the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes. Doug O’Neill trained He’s Had Enough for Reddam Racing.

Tue, 11/11/2014 - 20:12

Harlington sold to stand in Saudi Arabia

Harlington, a Grade 2 winner and stallion, was purchased by Saudi Arabian interests on Tuesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, and will stand in that country in 2015.

Bloodstock agent Chad Schumer signed the ticket on the 12-year-old Unbridled horse, who will join Graeme Hall and Stratford Hill among the stallions purchased at the Keeneland November sale that will be headed to Saudi Arabia. All three were sold as part of the dispersal of Eugene Melnyk’s racing and breeding stock, and formerly stood at his Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala, Fla.

Tue, 11/11/2014 - 17:08

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds announces 2015 roster and fees

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has released its advertised stud fees for the 2015 breeding season, including Central Banker, who was purchased by the farm at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Tue, 11/11/2014 - 16:38

Blame to stand for $20,000 in 2015

Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky. has announced the advertised 2015 stud fee for champion Blame and adjusted the fee for Grade 3 winner Algorithms.

Blame, an 8-year-old son of Arch, will stand for an advertised fee of $20,000 in 2015 after standing the previous season for $30,000. His first crop of foals will be 3-year-olds of 2015.

Claiborne Farm also reduced the fee of Algorithms, whose first foals are weanlings of 2014. The 5-year-old son of Bernardini will stand for $5,000 after initially being advertised at $7,500 for the upcoming breeding season.