Thu, 10/17/2013 - 11:19

Four stallions headed to Saudi Arabia

Regional stallions Keyed Entry, Patriot Act, Roaring Fever, and Zavata have all been sold to stand in Saudi Arabia in deals brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock.

Keyed Entry previously stood at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla. On the racetrack, he won four of 12 starts and earned $322,852 for owner Starlight Racing. He won the 2006 Grade 2 Hutcheson Stakes and the 2007 Grade 3 Deputy Minister Handicap and finished third in the 2006 Grade 1 Wood Memorial. He set a track record of 1:27.12 for seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park in his Hutcheson win.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 11:15

Jockey Club releases 2013 Report of Mares Bred

The Jockey Club released its 2013 Report of Mares Bred, which displayed a continued decline in the stallion population and the number of mares those stallions bred.

According to the report, which represents approximately 90 percent of the mares that eventually will be reported as bred in 2013, a total of 1,698 stallions covered 34,174 mares. Those numbers marked declines of nine percent and three percent respectively, compared to 2012, when 1,861 stallions covered 35,391 mares by last year’s deadline.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 10:42

Lightnin N Thunder to Fruitful Acres in California

Multiple stakes-placed winner Lightnin N Thunder will stand at Vincent Harris’ Fruitful Acres Farm in Aguanga, Calif. for the 2014 breeding season, for an advertised fee of $2,000.

The 12-year-old son of Storm Cat had previously stood at Front Runner Thoroughbreds in West Alexandria, Ohio.

Bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm, Lightnin N Thunder won one of four starts for that operation during his racing career and placed in a pair of stakes races for earnings of $68,510.

Wed, 10/16/2013 - 14:39

Equineline introduces Report of Mares bred product

Individual Report of Mares Bred information by sire is now available for purchase via the Equineline website.

Customers can order reports on individual stalliona in a pdf format by breeding year, commencing with 2013, or buy a subscription that provides unlimited access to all stallions for the 2013 breeding year.

The reports include the name of each mare bred with their year of birth, sire, and information on their last reported live foal. If a mare has not produced a foal, the report includes the name of the mare’s owner when she last raced.

Wed, 10/16/2013 - 10:16

Elite Squadron to Swifty Farms in Indiana

Grade 2 winner Elite Squadron will relocate to Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind., for the 2014 breeding season, BloodHorse reports.

The 9-year-old son of Officer previously stood at Wintergreen Stallion Station in Midway, Ky. His stud fee will be $2,500.

Tue, 10/15/2013 - 17:25

Vinery’s Kentucky facility sold to Chilean company

Chilean interests have purchased the Kentucky operation of Tom Simon’s Vinery, Ltd., which was put on the market last year, in a multi-million dollar deal.

Don Alberto Corp, a division of the Chilean-based Bethia Holdings, purchased the 440-acre Lexington, Ky., property for $13.82 million. The property had been listed on the market for $13.97 million. The sale, which closed last Friday, was first reported by Paulick Report.

Tue, 10/15/2013 - 15:24

Wide Country, stakes winner and broodmare, dies in Delaware

Pensioned broodmare and multiple stakes winner Wide Country died Oct. 9 at the farm where she lived out her retirement in Middletown, Del. The Magesterial mare was 25.

A Maryland-bred bred campaigned by Thomas Tanner, Wide Country won 12 of 26 starts, earning $819,728. That included a streak of eight consecutive stakes victories from the fall of her juvenile campaign in 1990 through the following spring.

Tue, 10/15/2013 - 15:07

Include Me Out retired from racing

Barbara D. Livingston
Include Me Out will be sent to Kentucky to be bred.

Two-time Grade 1 winner Include Me Out has been retired after two disappointing performances in recent months. Owner Samantha Siegel made the announcement Monday via Twitter.

Trained by Ron Ellis, Include Me Out won the Grade 1 Santa Margarita Invitational at Santa Anita and the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar in 2012. She was third in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at Santa Anita last year.

Tue, 10/15/2013 - 14:50

Kettle Corn retired with an injury

Benoit & Associates
Kettle Corn, winner of the San Diego Handicap, has been retired to stud.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Kettle Corn, winner of two graded stakes on synthetic tracks in the last two years, has been retired to stud because of a recent injury, trainer John Sadler said.

The injury was detected following a seventh-place finish by the 6-year-old Kettle Corn in the Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship at Santa Anita on Sept. 29. Owned by Lee and Susan Searing, Kettle Corn won 8 of 26 starts and earned $853,361.

Tue, 10/15/2013 - 14:37

Pleasant Acres Stallions in Florida to stand Treasure Beach, Poseidon’s Warrior

Four-Footed Fotos
Treasure Beach, winning last year's Secretariat, returns to Chicago for Saturday's Arlington Million.

Grade/Group 1 winners Treasure Beach and Poseidon’s Warrior will highlight the stallion roster in the inaugural season for Pleasant Acres Stallions in Marion County, Fla. Joe and Helen Barbazon of Morriston, Fla., are launching the new stallion center near their existing Pleasant Acres Farm operation.