Following his record-setting freshman crop of 2021, Horse of the Year Gun Runner was the busiest stallion in North America during 2022.

Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston has been retired and will enter stud at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, Ky., in the coming season. He will stand for an introductory fee of $7,500, and breeder incentives will be available.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Champion Avie’s Flatter and Grade 1 winners Collusion Illusion and Tamarkuz are three promising new Ontario sires for the 2023 breeding season.

Avie’s Flatter was recently retired and will stand for a fee of $3,500 at Colebrook Farm near Uxbridge, northeast of Toronto.

Special Me is aptly named, indeed. She has climbed into elite status among North America’s active broodmares, as Gina Romantica became her second Grade 1 winner, and fourth graded stakes winner overall, in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on Saturday at Keeneland.

The Jockey Club released breeding statistics Wednesday that indicate the live foal crop of 2022 is down about 2.2 percent. 

The Jockey Club reported that 1,303 stallions covered 29,065 mares in North America during 2021, according to statistics compiled through Oct. 6, 2022. These breedings have resulted in 18,609 live foals of 2022 being reported to The Jockey Club. 

Early Voting, winner of this year's Preakness Stakes, has been retired and will stand at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky for 2023.

With Early Voting’s retirement, two of this year’s three American classic winners are now retired, as Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal has taken up residence at Spendthrift Farm. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike remains in training. 

Stradivarius, who put together a legendary career as a stayer in England and France, has been retired and will enter stud next year at the National Stud in Newmarket, England.

Stradivarius, an 8-year-old by Sea The Stars, had been sidelined with a bruised foot last month. A slow recovery ultimately led owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen to declare the horse’s retirement.

Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal has been retired and will begin his stud career in 2023 at Spendthrift Farm, the farm announced late Friday night.

Mandaloun, who will hold a place in racing history for being promoted to the victory in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has been retired to stand at Juddmonte's Lexington, Ky., farm, the international operation announced Tuesday.

The brilliant and unbeaten Flightline, who has several connections to Lane’s End Farm, will officially stand at that facility “upon the conclusion of his racing career.”