The late Cynthia Phipps maintained a much smaller broodmare band than her brother, Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, but she left a mark in breeding nonetheless. The most recent evidence came on July 13 when Boisterous, a horse she bred out of a family she helped develop, won the Man o’ War Stakes, his first Grade 1 victory.

Phipps acquired the Calumet-bred Yule Log, a half-sister to Sweet Tooth, the future dam of Alydar, through her family’s foal-sharing program to Bold Ruler that also resulted in Meadow Stable breeding Secretariat.

Desert Code, winner of the inaugural Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, was represented by his first winner on Wednesday when his daughter Moving Desert broke her maiden on opening day at Del Mar.

Moving Desert tracked the pace in third early under red-hot jockey Joel Rosario, came three wide into the stretch, and pulled clear to win by three lengths, finishing five furlongs on the all-weather Polytrack in :58.78 and earning a 72 Beyer Speed Figure. She was the third of four winners on the card for Rosario.

Heavy Breathing, a Grade 3-placed winner and a full brother to young New York sire Frost Giant, will debut at stud in 2014, standing at Dutchess View Farm in Pine Plains, N.Y. for a fee to be announced at a later date.

Dosage proponents Steve Roman and Steve Miller have identified the late stallions Gone West and Montjeu as the system’s newest chefs-de-race, according to a report in Racing Post.

Courtesy of GaineswayAfleet Alex

Afleet Alex, the champion 3-year-old male of 2005, has settled into a steady stallion career at Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., though he has yet to sire a true breakout horse.

The Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) has awarded grants totaling $502,058 to 72 Thoroughbred industry-related non-profits that work to uphold the organization’s mission.

TCA distributes grants to Thoroughbred rescue, rehabilitation and adoption organizations, as well as to education and backstretch programs, therapeutic riding programs and research organizations. 

Hopewell Farm, the Woodford County, Ky.,  operation that once stood 1998 Horse of the Year Skip Away and 2002 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Volponi, sold Tuesday at a court-ordered absolute auction, with creditor PNC Bank buying two of the three tracts on offer.

Grade 1 winner Violence will stand his inaugural season at stud at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., next year for an advertised fee of $15,000 payable when the foal stands and nurses.

The 3-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro, one of the early favorites on this year’s Kentucky Derby trail, joined the stallion roster at Hill ‘n’ Dale in March, after suffering a fractured right front medial sesamoid coming out of a runner-up finish in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.

Desert God, the sire of regional legend Peppers Pride and New Mexico’s leading general sire of the past three years, has been pensioned from stallion duty due to age and declining fertility.

A 22-year-old son of Fappiano, Desert God last stood at Fred and Linda Alexander’s A & A Ranch in Anthony, N.M., for a private fee. He was retired to owner Joseph Allen’s farm in Abeline, Texas.

Snow Fairy, a Group 1 winner in four countries, has been retired after re-aggravating a tendon injury, Racing Post reports.

The 6-year-old Intikhab mare re-aggravated the old injury, which had nagged her for the past two years, following a routine workout Tuesday morning, trainer Ed Dunlop said. She will be sent into broodmare duty in Ireland, and is scheduled to be bred to Elusive Pimpernel in 2014.