Kaukokaipuu
Colt by Mr Speaker – Grey Pride, by Mizzen Mast
Bred in Ontario by Sean Fitzhenry ($10,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling purchase by Tedston Holder)
The consistent Kaukokaipuu has already proven a bargain. With storied North American breeding programs on both sides of his pedigree, he won the Queenston Stakes in June before finishing second in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes, pushing his career earnings to $224,413, more than 22 times his $10,000 purchase price as a yearling.
In January 2022, as farms around Kentucky began delivering new foals, the fields were as empty as they’d ever been at Pin Oak Stud in Versailles, Ky. Josephine Abercrombie had been winding down commercial operations at the farm, which she and her father had purchased in the 1950s and which she had developed into a prominent nursery. The farm’s active broodmares and their weanlings had been sold in a dispersal the prior September, and its yearlings had also been sold. Abercrombie died peacefully at her home on the farm Jan. 5, 2022, just 10 days shy of her 96th birthday.
Stanley House
Colt by Army Mule – Stormy’s Song, by Unbridled’s Song
Bred in Ontario by Elevage II and St. Elias Stables ($80,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase by Castleton Stables; $120,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling purchase by Michael DePaulo)
Stanley House, currently ranked number one on Daily Racing Form’s King’s Plate Watch, is the favorite for Sunday’s Plate Trial, in which he will attempt to become the latest stakes winner for young stallion Army Mule.
Kalik
Colt by Collected – Coronation Street, by Street Cry
Bred in Ontario by Peter A. Berglar Racing Interests and Anderson Farms ($80,000 Fasig-Tipton November weanling purchase by Spin to Win Stables; $200,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Whitehorse, Madaket, and e Five Racing)
The Canadian classic series tests 3-year-olds on multiple surfaces over a route of ground. Both sides of Kalik’s pedigree show versatility, as well as some route ability.
At the halfway point of this season, record-setting Into Mischief is again leading the North American sire standings, chasing a fifth consecutive general sire title. Meanwhile, behind him, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and two-time Horse of the Year Curlin lead a tight pack of accomplished stallions fighting for the other placings as they fashion fine seasons.
Frankel continues to build an impressive legacy as he has moved on from a stellar racing career to a stellar sire career. Meanwhile, his own late sire, Galileo, continues to extend his influence.
These two stellar sires each were represented by three winners at last week’s Royal Ascot meeting in England to finish among the leading sires of the event. Siyouni, who stands at Haras de Bonneval in France, also sired three winners.
Multiple Grade 1 winner and successful sire Lion Heart has died in Turkey, where he has stood at stud for more than a decade. The Jockey Club of Turkey wrote in a release that the stallion “died due to circulatory disorder caused by heart failure.” The son of the Storm Cat horse Tale of the Cat was 22.
Godolphin and Juddmonte, two of the world’s foremost breeding operations, are fresh off major performances by leading runners – and potential future stallions – at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. They now move on to another of the world’s great fixtures, this week’s renowned Royal Ascot meeting, with runners by their respective internationally leading sires on tap.
