The two-time Grade 3 winner Tizamagician has been retired and will enter stud at Milky Way Thoroughbreds in Temecula, Calif., next month.
Tizamagician was recently acquired by a syndicate and was sent to the farm from trainer Richard Mandella’s stable at Santa Anita to the farm in early January. Tizmagician will stand for $4,000.
Hot Rod Charlie, a four-time stakes winner who was third in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has been retired to stud at Shadai Farm in Japan, co-owner Bill Strauss said Tuesday.
Hot Rod Charlie, a 5-year-old by Oxbow, finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5 at Keeneland in his final start. A winner of 5 of 19 starts, Hot Rod Charlie earned $5,676,720 for the partnership of Gainesway Stable, Roadrunner Racing, Boat Racing, and Strauss Brothers Racing.
Strauss said that Hot Rod Charlie will leave for Japan after meeting quarantine requirements this month.
A season to unbeaten Flightline, among the most valuable stallion prospects in recent history, is likely to be a major financial draw at the Thoroughbred Charities of America’s annual stallion seasons auction in the coming week.
More than 200 seasons will be available via the TCA’s auction, presented by Mt. Brilliant. The majority of those will be presented in an online auction on Equiring.com, kicking off the annual fundraiser from Jan. 4 through Jan. 6, with staggered closing times.
While Kentucky dominates the nation by stallion population and activity – according to The Jockey Club’s Report of Mares Bred, 196 stallions in the state covered 61.4 percent of mares in 2022 – Daily Racing Form statistics showed stallion activity in 39 other states. The leading sires by earnings in their respective jurisdictions, alphabetically by state, were:
◗ Alabama: Doc N Bubba G (Cross Creek Outfitters) topped four stallions in the state.
Into Mischief claimed his fourth consecutive North American leading sire title in 2022 and again broke his own single-season earnings record while doing so.
Spendthrift Farm’s Into Mischief, now 18, amassed progeny earnings of $28,519,963 in 2022, according to Daily Racing Form statistics. That put him more than $7.5 million clear of his closest pursuer, Quality Road (Lane’s End). For the third straight year, Into Mischief set an earnings record, shattering his $25,001,235 from 2021.
She's All Wolfe, a top Oklahoma-bred mare who was recently retired, is scheduled to be bred to Flightline this coming season, according to her breeder and owner, Robert Zoellner.
Flightline is the front-runner for 2022 Horse of the Year following an undefeated career that included a win in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.
She's All Wolfe won 10 of 29 starts and earned $755,260. She won six stakes, including the Shawnee at Churchill Downs. She is a 6-year-old by Magna Graduate.
Mind Control, a three-time Grade 1 winner including a victory in the $750,000 Cigar Mile on Dec. 3 at Aqueduct in his final career start, will stand stud at Rockridge Farm in Hudson, N.Y. Mind Control will be under the management of Irish Hill Farm, Dutchess View Stallions, and Rockridge Stud.
He will serve stallion duty as the property of those three entities as well as Waldorf Farm, Red Oak Stable, and Madaket Stable, according to a press release.
Mind Control will stand for $8,500 live foal.
California-bred Indian Charlie stood his entire stud career outside of his home state, and it was a relatively brief career at that. The stallion died at age 16, following a battle with cancer. But Indian Charlie left a sizeable influence on the breed that is continuing to grow nationwide, including stretching back to the state of his birth.
Eight Rings had a dynamic start to his racing career in the summer and fall of 2019, winning a maiden race in his debut at Del Mar and the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita in his third outing.
As the most prominent new stallion in California in 2023, Eight Rings has a chance for a splashy beginning to his stud career as well.
By Empire Maker, Eight Rings will stand the 2023 breeding season at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez for a fee of $7,500, the highest price among a small number of new stallions in the state.
