Canada’s 2010 Horse of the Year and two-time champion Biofuel has produced her first foal, a colt by Tapit, at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., owner Brereton Jones said.
The 6-year-old Stormin Fever mare produced the Tapit colt early Wednesday morning.
“He’s a knockout, big and strong,” said Jones, who also bred and raced Biofuel. “And she’s a great mother.”
Grade 2 winner Friesan Fire was represented by his first foal Jan. 22, a filly born at Maple Valley Farm in Shenandoah Junction, W.Va.
The chestnut filly is out of the winning Louis Quatorze mare Helen Louise. Out of multiple Grade 3 winner Silent Turn, Helen Louise is a half-sister to stakes-placed Quiet Assurance and to Silent Academy, dam of multiple graded stakes winner Sweet August Moon. It is the family of Recital P.R., a champion in Puerto Rico.
Midday, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, produced her first foal, a colt by leading international sire Galileo, on Jan. 16 at Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud near Newmarket, England.
Stud manager Simon Mockridge described the colt as “strong and muscular, an excellent first foal.”
Midday is booked to Juddmonte homebred Frankel, two-time reigning Cartier European Horse of the Year, for 2013. The Galileo horse is standing his first season at Banstead Manor after retiring unbeaten.
The California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association unveiled its 2012 champions on Monday, and announced that its annual meeting and awards dinner will be held on Feb. 11 at the Westin Pasadena in Pasadena, Calif.
The California-bred Horse of the Year for 2012 will be announced at the dinner, which begins at 7 p.m. Pacific following a business session at 4 p.m. and a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. Oaklawn Park track announcer Frank Mirahmadi will serve as master of ceremonies.
Grade 1 winner Jackson Bend, who was scheduled to begin his career as a stallion this year at Journeyman Bloodstock in Ocala, Fla., has been withdrawn from stud duty after it was determined that he would require more time to recover from a training accident suffered in August.
WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., has added new stallions Pure Prize, Kodiak Kowboy, and Street Hero to its “Breed to Win” promotion. The promotion rewards breeders with a chance to win a complimentary 2013 breeding season to one of WinStar’s 15 participating stallions.
Multiple stakes producer Ms. Stalwart was euthanized due to the infirmities of old age on Jan. 28 at Our Mims Retirement Haven at Ahwenasa Farm, near Paris, Ky.
The Stalwart mare was 29. She had been pensioned at Our Mims since 2009.
"It was an honor to have this mare in our lives," farm manager Jeanne Mirabito said. "Ms Stalwart will be remembered for her sweet disposition. She will be missed."
The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association inducted Lady Chryss O’Reilly into its Hall of Fame during the organization’s annual racing and breeding awards ceremony held on Jan. 26 at the Heritage Golf and Spa Resort in Killenard, County Laois.
Custom for Carlos was represented by his first foal on Jan. 15, a colt born at Dell Ridge Farm near Lexington, Ky.
