Wed, 11/06/2013 - 18:27

Street Cry, Bernardini, Medaglia d’Oro lead Darley 2014 roster

Barbara D. Livingston
Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom will stand his first Northern Hemisphere season at Darley's Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky.

The trio of Street Cry, Bernardini, and Medaglia d’Oro will each stand for $100,000 in 2014 to top Darley’s stallion roster at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky.

Street Cry and Medaglia d’Oro each stood for $100,000 in 2013, while Bernardini’s fee represents a drop from his 2013 fee of $150,000.

Wed, 11/06/2013 - 17:00

Belong To Me pensioned at Lane’s End

Belong To Me, sire of champion Forever Together, has been pensioned at Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky. The son of Danzig is 24.

Belong to Me is the sire of 788 winners to date from 17 crops of racing age who have total earnings of over $72 million. He has sired 77 stakes winners.

Wed, 11/06/2013 - 14:47

Point of Entry retired to Adena Springs

Barbara D. Livingston
Point of Entry, shown training at Santa Anita on Tuesday, has not raced since winning the Grade 1 Manhattan Handicap in June.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Point of Entry has been retired from racing and, as was announced earlier this year, will stand the 2014 breeding season at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs Kentucky in Paris, Ky.

The 5-year-old son of Dynaformer made his final start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf last weekend, finishing fourth. That marked a successful return for Point of Entry and recovery from a condylar fracture in his left hind cannon bone suffered last June while winning the Grade 1 Manhattan Handicap.

Wed, 11/06/2013 - 11:42

Ron the Greek sold to foreign interests

Barbara D. Livingston
Ron the Greek, fourth in the BC Classic, will begin his 2013 season in the Sunshine Millions Classic.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Ron the Greek has been sold to undisclosed foreign interests.

Former co-owner Adam Wachtel confirmed the sale of the 6-year-old Full Mandate horse on Tuesday, and added that the horse may make another start or two overseas for his new connections before entering stud, although “nothing is set in stone.”

Wed, 11/06/2013 - 11:22

I Want Revenge to stand for $10,000 in 2014

Grade 1 winner I Want Revenge will stand his first season at stud in 2014 at Pauls Mill in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $10,000.

The 7-year-old son of Stephen Got Even won three of 14 career starts. His résumé is highlighted by a victory in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes, which was preceded by a win in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes. He entered the 2009 Kentucky Derby as the morning line favorite, but was scratched the morning of the race due to injury.

Wed, 11/06/2013 - 09:38

Flashy Bull to Penn Ridge Farms

Grade 1 winner Flashy Bull will relocate to Penn Ridge Farms in Harrisburg, Pa., for the 2014 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $4,500.

The 10-year-old son of Holy Bull previously stood at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., where his most recent fee was $10,000. Airdrie Stud will continue to work in partnership with Penn Ridge Farms regarding the stallion.

Tue, 11/05/2013 - 22:55

Weinfeld, founder of Meon Valley Stud, dies

Owner-breeder Egon Weinfeld, founder of Britain’s renowned Meon Valley Stud, died on Tuesday at age 85, Racing Post reports.

Weinfeld founded Meon Valley Stud, located in Southampton, in 1980, and built an internationally successful stable of homebreds from foundation mares Reprocolor, Home and Away, One in a Million, and Odeon.

Tue, 11/05/2013 - 21:01

Highcliff team to launch Saratoga Stud in December

Saratoga Stud LLC, a full-service Thoroughbred breeding facility, will open in mid-December in Stillwater, N.Y., with the former Highcliff Farm team at the helm.

Saratoga Stud will be located on part of the 300-acre Irish Hill Century Farm, owned by Rick Burke. The operation will be headed by C. Lynwood O'Cain, DVM; his wife, Suzie; and Burke. Dr. O’Cain, as resident veterinarian, oversaw the breeding operation of the late Carl Lizza, Jr.’s, Highcliff Farm, near Amsterdam, N.Y., for 23 years, while Suzie O’Cain was in charge of stallion promotion and development.

Tue, 11/05/2013 - 16:19

Speightstown's fee boosted to $80,000 for 2014

WinStar Farm released its 2014 stallion roster and fees on Tuesday, with the Versailles, Ky., farm’s 23-stallion roster led by Distorted Humor and Speightstown.

Tue, 11/05/2013 - 12:36

Federal appeals court halts opening of horse slaughter plants

A federal appeals court halted the planned opening of horse slaughter facilities in New Mexico and Missouri on Monday, temporarily delaying the resumption of horse slaughter in the U.S. and adding another twist in an ongoing legal battle between the plants and animal rights groups.