Pollard’s Vision, the sire of 2010’s champion 3-year-old filly and $3 million earner Blind Luck, will relocate from Wintergreen Farm in Kentucky to Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, N.Y.
He will stand for $5,000 this year as the property of a syndicate. Pollard’s Vision also will continue his shuttle duties to La Mission in Argentina, where his book has averaged 130 mares during the last three Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons.
After years of declines, which mirrored national trends, the New York breeding industry saw a surge in 2012 that appears poised to continue into 2013 and beyond.
The stallion and mare populations in the state are on the upswing, and the stallion market is gaining momentum with the addition of several new horses and an influx of nationally prominent breeders.
The Jockey Club’s Report of Mares Bred for 2012 listed 60 stallions in New York, an increase of 18 percent from 51 in 2011 at the comparable time a year ago.
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has expanded its "Breed Secure" program to include Grade 1-winning stallions Court Vision and Victor's Cry, both standing their second seasons at Park Stud in Orangeville, Ont.
Crestwood Farm announced on Wednesday that the first two mares have been pronounced in foal to multiple Grade 1 winner Get Stormy, who is standing his first season at Pope McLean's Lexington, Ky., farm.
The two mares scanned in foal are Collyns L, a resident of Brandywine Farm; and Wishforemore, who resides at Waterford-Millford Farm.
Thoroughbred owner and celebrity chef Bobby Flay has been selected as the recipient of the Earle I. Mack Thoroughbred Champion Award, honoring outstanding efforts and influence on Thoroughbred welfare, safety, and retirement.
The award will be presented to Flay at his Bar Americain restaurant in New York City on June 6 as part of the 2013 Belmont Stakes Celebration. The event will serve as a fundraising benefit for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
Grade 1 winner Careless Jewel is the first mare pronounced in foal to classic-placed Grade 1 winner Bodemeister, who is standing his first season at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky.
The 7-year-old Tapit mare was confirmed in foal on a 15-day scan over the weekend. Careless Jewel produced her first foal, a Street Cry colt, last year, and gave birth to a Medaglia d'Oro colt in January.
Global Hunter, a Grade 1 winner in the U.S. and a Group 2 winner in Argentina, has been sold to a syndicate of South American breeders and will stand at Haras Chenaut in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina.
The 9-year-old Argentine-bred son of Jade Hunter retired in 2010 after six seasons of racing and stood the first two years of his stallion career at Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, Calif.
Flatterer, a four-time champion steeplechaser who dominated his division during the 1980s, officially became the longest-living National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred on Feb. 25 at 33 years and 265 days old, passing the longevity standard set by 1943 Triple Crown winner Count Fleet.
According to the Racing Hall of Fame, Count Fleet was 33 years and 264 days old when he died on Dec. 3, 1973. Flatterer was born on June 5, 1979.
Alex's Pal, whose daughter C C's Pal was a multiple graded stakes winner in New York last year, has relocated to continue his stud career in that state, at Centennial Farm in Gilbertsville, N.Y.
The 14-year-old Valid Expectations horse, who previously stood at Birch Creek Farm in Cream Ridge, N.J., will stand for a fee of $3,500 at Centennial.
