Pensioned New York stallion D'Accord, sire of numerous graded winners and one of the last Secretariat sons, has died at age 32.
D'Accord had been pensioned since 1998 and died at Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue in Pawling, N.Y., which announced his death on its Facebook page. D'Accord was euthanized on Monday because of the infirmities of old age.
A $200,000 Hard Spun colt from Barbaro's family was the early leader at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's two-day Eastern fall yearling sale Tuesday in Timonium, Md.
Bradley Thoroughbreds bought the dark bay or brown colt, who is out of Grade 1-placed stakes-winner Lucky Lavender Gal. A Carson City mare, she is a full sister to Barbaro's dam, La Ville Rouge, and already has produced Grade 3-placed Lavender's Lad and the stakes-winner Lavender Lass. The Fasig-Tipton sale yearling is a half-sibling to both of those runners.
Paramount Sales, agent, consigned the Kentucky-bred colt.
Vinery, which has expanded its operation to several New York farms in recent months, will stand all of its New York stallions at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag in 2012.
The Kentucky-based farm announced Tuesday that it will relocate Frost Giant, Justenuffhumor, and Posse from Empire Stud to Sugar Maple, where they will stand alongside Friendly Island and Bluegrass Cat. Bluegrass Cat previously stood at WinStar Farm in Kentucky and has moved to New York as part of a Vinery/WinStar venture. Vinery will retain Empire Stud as a boarding facility.
Life At Ten, the two-time Grade 1 winner whose last-place finish in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic created one of the year’s biggest controversies, has been retired from racing.
David Vance, manager of Candy DeBartolo's racing stable, said Life At Ten will sell in the Keeneland November mixed auction, which starts in Lexington on Nov. 7. She will be part of the Three Chimneys Sales agency's consignment, Vance said. "That's the firm plan," Vance said.
New York stallion Read the Footnotes has been sold for stud duty in Oklahoma, according to Chad Schumer.
Schumer Bloodstock brokered the deal for Read the Footnotes, who will stand at River Oaks Farm in Sulphur, Okla., in 2012. His fee will be announced later. The 10-year-old Smoke Glacken horse previously stood for Sequel Stallions at New York’s Keane Stud, where his fee was $6,500.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Champion Fleet Indian, dam of 2009's highest-priced yearling, has died at age 10.
An Indian Charlie mare, Fleet Indian was euthanized at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital here on the night of Oct. 1 because of complications from colic. She was not in foal, according to Karen Bailey of Summer Wind Farm.
California-based Siberian Summer, sire of Dream of Summer and a dozen other stakes winners, has died at age 22. A son of Siberian Express, Siberian Summer was euthanized July 30 after intestinal complications following surgery, The Blood-Horse online edition has reported.
Siberian Summer most recently stood at Victory Rose Thoroughbreds in Vacaville, Calif., his home since 2007, and had a $3,500 fee this year.
Bred and raced by Buckram Oak Farm in Kentucky, Siberian Summer won the 1993 Strub Stakes and five other races during a 32-start career, and earned $501,615.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Shadow of Illinois, who won the Grade 3 San Simeon Handicap in 2005 and raced as an 11-year-old this year, has been retired, trainer Anthony Saavedra said.
A winner of 10 of 50 starts and $517,295, the California-bred Shadow of Illinois is currently residing with Saavedra and his wife, Jennifer, at their home near Santa Anita.
“We’re letting him down and getting him ready for the second phase of his life,” Saavedra said Friday. “This will be better for him.”
