Silic, winner of the 1999 Breeders’ Cup Mile and a California-based sire, has died of chronic renal failure at Dr. Ben and Kayleeta Davis’ Pacific Coast Thoroughbreds in Hemet, Calif. The son of Sillery was 18.

In a release, the farm said that Silic, who had been undergoing treatment for a kidney disease for several years, maintained his stud duties until the middle of the 2013 breeding season, but only got six mares in foal. Silic initially stood in Kentucky from 2001 to 2006 before moving to California in 2007.

Multiple stakes winner Beau Choix has been retired and will enter stud in 2014 at Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington, Ky.

I fell in love with Unbridled’s Song the first time I saw him at the 1994 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings. Though already more than 16 hands, he moved with such fluid grace that it was obvious he possessed tremendous potential despite less-than-perfect forelegs.

Sheikh Fahad al Thani has acquired Longholes Stud in Cheveley, near Newmarket, England, as a base for his expanding Thoroughbred operation.

The facility, which offers stabling for 50 mares and foals, encompasses 100 acres of paddocks. It is equipped with a five-horse walker, a lunge ring, and a 10-stall isolation unit.

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Shuttle stallion Indygo Shiner was euthanized the morning of Aug. 28 in Argentina after suffering an inoperable ruptured stomach. The son of A.P. Indy, who was 15, was about to begin another Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Haras La Quebrada in Buenos Aires. He stood the Northern Hemisphere season at Hill 'n' Dale Farm near Lexington, Ky.

Former jockey Donna Barton Brothers will host the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s 28th annual National Awards Dinner on Friday, Sept. 6, at the Fasig-Tipton facility in Lexington, Ky. 

Multiple Grade/Group 1 winner St Nicholas Abbey, who suffered a life-threatening injury in training and then underwent colic surgery last month, faced what has been deemed a “major complication” in his recovery on Monday evening.

Well-bred Indiana stallion Star Cat was represented by his first winner when Purrpurrpurr took a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight event at Indiana Downs on Aug. 23.

The 2-year-old bay filly stalked the leader in second early before making her winning move in early stretch and coasting to a 3 3/4-length score. She covered the distance in 1:07.09 and improved greatly from her debut effort Aug. 9 at Indiana, where she finished eighth in a five-furlong maiden.

English Group 1 winner and French stallion Creachadoir was represented by his first winner at stud on August 25 when What About Carlo won a one mile maiden auction stakes at Goodwood.

The bay colt is owned by Anthony Pye-Jeary and the late Mel Smith, and is trained by E. Johnson Houghton. Bred in France by Haras Du Logis and Julian Ince, What About Carlo is the first foal out of the winning Artan mare Boccatenera.