New Vocations, the nation's oldest Thoroughbred retraining and adoption program, will be the beneficiary of the "Night of the Stars Pledge" during one of the nation's marquee mixed stock sales.
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Idiomatic only burst onto the scene this year, as the Juddmonte Farm homebred won her stakes debut in March. She now brings a streak of four straight graded stakes wins, including Grade 1 triumphs in the Personal Ensign and Spinster, into Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita.
But by contrast, Idiomatic’s rise to the top was decades in the development, as she is from one of the foundation families for the international Juddmonte operation that was founded in 1980 by the late Prince Khalid bin Abdullah.
Golden Pal and Epicenter, new stablemates this year at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, were extremely popular in their respective first seasons at stud, ranking as the busiest stallions in North America as The Jockey Club released its Report of Mares Bred for the 2023 season.
Based on reports received through Oct. 18, The Jockey Club reports that 867 stallions covered 26,597 mares in North America during the 2023 breeding season. The official breed organization estimates an additional 2,500 to 3,500 mares will be reported as bred.
Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting, who entered stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky this past season, will not stand in 2024 due to problems with breeding.
The son of Gun Runner was not on the stallion roster when Ashford released its fees for the upcoming year on Tuesday. The Thoroughbred Daily News was the first to confirm why Early Voting was not on the roster.
Champion Langfuhr, who went on to become a prominent sire across North America, has died at the age of 31 at Lane's End Farm. The son of Danzig moved to Lane's End beginning with the 2004 season, and was pensioned in 2018.
Langfuhr earned the Sovereign Award as Canada's champion sprinter of 1996, when he won the Grade 1 Vosburgh Stakes and Grade 2 Forego Handicap. In 1997, he added major victories in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and Grade 1 Carter Handicap. He was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame in 2004.
Reigning leading sire Into Mischief, perennial classic sire Curlin, and young phenom Gun Runner will all stand for $250,000 in 2024, sharing the highest stud fee in North America as farms begin to roll out their rosters and fees for the upcoming season.
The former California-based stallions Kafwain and Ministers Wild Cat were shipped last week to a retirement farm near Nashville, Tenn.
Both previously stood at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, Calif., which is downsizing its California presence for a move to Kentucky. Ministers Wild Cat was pensioned from stallion duty in 2022. Kafwain stood earlier this year.
Kafwain and Ministers Wild Cat will be residents at the 70-acre Premier Equine Rehab, which is operated by Jenny Earhart who has a lifelong involvement in racing and retirement farms for racehorses.
