In a move that is likely to fuel more optimism for New York’s breeding program, the New York Breeding and Development Fund has said it will raise statebred breeders’ awards by 50 percent across the board next year.

Castleton Lyons announced Sunday that the farm’s 14-year-old stallion Bernstein had been euthanized due to complications from colic.

A  Kentucky-bred son of Storm Cat out of the Affirmed mare La Affirmed, Bernstein was purchased for $925,000 as a weanling and raced for Michael Tabor and Mrs. John Magnier. Bernstein raced in Europe for two seasons with trainer Aidan O’Brien, winning the Group 3 Railway Stakes at the Curragh as a 2-year-old and the listed Shergar Cup Sprint at Ascot at 3.

Five stallions, including 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo and the Grade 1 winner Heatseeker, will stand in California in 2012, the farms involved announced in recent days.

Giacomo, who previously stood at Adena Springs farm in Paris, Ky., and Noble Court, a multiple stakes winner retired earlier this year, will stand at Magali Farms in Santa Ynez.

Heatseeker, winner of the 2008 Santa Anita Handicap and two other stakes, will stand at Harris Farms in Coalinga.

The 2012 North American foal crop is expected to be approximately 10 percent smaller than the 2011 crop, according to estimates made by the Jockey Club based on the number of mares bred this year.

In a press release, the Jockey Club said that it had received 36,504 reports of mares bred as of Oct. 12, a 10 percent decline from the number of reports it had received at this time last year. The mares were bred to 1,935 stallions, a number that was 11.5 percent smaller than last year.

D' Funnybone, a son of D'wildcat and the winner of five Grade 2 stakes, all as a 2-year-old and 3-year-old, will stand in 2012 at Vinery's New York stallion operation, the farm announced on Thursday.

Results from the second day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's two-day mixed sale rebounded strongly from a poor performance on Tuesday, according to sales figures provided by the company.

The average price for the 185 horses sold on Wednesday was $6,114, a 27.9 percent increase over the average posted during last year's second session, when 182 horses sold. Gross receipts for the Wednesday session were $1,131,000, compared with $870,200 last year.

Beset by withdrawn horses and a high buy-back rate, the average price for horses sold during the preferred session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's two-day mixed sale on Tuesday dropped 17.1 percent, from $15,664 to $12,976, according to sales figures provided by the company.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Giacomo, the 2005 Kentucky Derby winner, is shipping out of the Bluegrass State to California for the 2012 breeding season.

A 9-year-old Holy Bull horse, whose first foals are 3-year-olds this season, Giacomo will stand at Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, Adena Springs Farm in Kentucky announced Monday. He has no fee yet for 2012. He stood for $5,000 this year at Adena Springs Kentucky in Paris, Ky.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Darley Stud owner Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum will send two well-bred first-year stallions to China in 2012 as a way of aiding the development of Chinese bloodstock, Darley announced Monday.

Australian Group 1 winner Sousa, by Galileo, and former $9.7 million yearling Jalil, by Storm Cat, will enter stud under the management of Junling Sun, a graduate of Darley’s well-known Flying Start program, a selective international program for students interested in going into the Thoroughbred business.