Grade 1 winner Dublin was represented by his first foal on Jan. 18, a filly born at Newtown Anner Stud in Millbrook, N.Y.
"She's a strong early foal with great bone and great conformation," Newtown Anner Stud general manager Morris Reagan said.
The chestnut filly is out of the Untuttable mare Heaven's Grace, a full sister to Grade 2 winner This Ones for Phil and a half-sister to stakes winner Tap Dancer.
Grade 2 winner Informed was represented by his first foal Jan. 18, a filly born at Pat Thompson's Ridgeley Farm near Hemet, Calif.
The filly is out of the winning Game Plan mare Noble Plan, whose dam is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Noble Nashua. It is the family of Southern Hemisphere champions Emponchado and Jimwaki.
Multiple Group 1 winner Dar Re Mi has been added to unbeaten champion Frankel's outstanding first book of mares.
The 8-year-old Singspiel mare, bred and owned by Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Watership Down Stud, is due to deliver a Dubawi foal in March. Her first foal was an Oasis Dream colt in 2012.
The first phase of the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey estimated the total value of the state’s equine and equine-related assets in 2011 to be about $23.4 billion.
The study estimated a total population of 242,000 equines of all breeds in Kentucky, residing on about 35,000 equine operations, with about 1.1 million acres devoted to equine use.
The estimated value of the state’s equine assets in 2011 was about $6.3 billion; while equine-related assets, such as land, buildings, vehicles, equipment, feed and supplies, and equestrian clothing, totaled about $17.1 billion.
Champion Action This Day has been sold to stand at Haras Los Azahares in Peru.
The 12-year-old Kris S. horse began his stud career at Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky. in 2005, moving to nearby Spendthrift Farm in 2008. He stood at Dana Point Farm in Pennsylvania in 2010, then relocated to Indiana Stallion Station in 2011 and stood there for a $1,000 fee in 2012.
Thoroughbred owners and breeders have until Feb. 1 to name foals of 2011, The Jockey Club announced on Thursday.
Those who miss the deadline are subject to a late fee of $100. Name selections can be submitted to The Jockey Club from the registry website or submitted via a mobile application developed for iPhone and Android. The naming application is available for download free of charge.
Grade 1 winner First Dude was represented by his first foal on Jan. 12, a filly born at Hickstead Farm in Ocala, Fla.
The bay filly is out of the unraced Hennessy mare Wall St. Widow, whose dam, Love Or Money, is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner and sire Broken Vow. It is the family of Grade 3 winner and sire Winged Victory, as well as stakes winners and sires Service Stripe and Where's The Ring.
"She is a welcome addition to the First Dude family," said Melissa Anthony, stallion coordinator of Donald Dizney’s Double Diamond Farm of Ocala, Fla. where the stallion stands.
IEAH Stables has sold its interest in its 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown to a group of current investors in the stallion, including Three Chimneys Farm. Three Chimneys, in Midway, Ky., has stood the 8-year-old Boundary horse since his first season at stud in 2009. The Stallion Company brokered the private deal.
Champion Blind Luck delivered her first foal, a filly by Darley sire Bernardini, on Jan. 19 at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Blind Luck, a 6-year-old Pollard's Vision mare, won 10 graded stakes races during her career, including Grade 1 triumphs in the Kentucky Oaks, Alabama Stakes, Oak Leaf Stakes, Hollywood Starlet Stakes, Las Virgenes Stakes, and Vanity Handicap.
