Classic-placed Grade 1 winner Danza has died of an apparent heart attack at Fair Winds Farm in Waynesville, Ohio. The death of the 10-year-old son of Street Boss was confirmed by Brandywine Farm, which co-bred the horse with Liberation Farm, and by a representative of Spendthrift Farm.

Spendthrift stood Danza in Kentucky for his first four seasons at stud before sending him to Fair Winds on a lease beginning with the 2020 season.

Four-time Louisiana leading sire Half Ours was euthanized on Saturday following a paddock accident at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, La. The son of Unbridled’s Song was 18.

The regally bred Graceful Princess delivered a victory for her family as she posted a $31 upset victory in the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park.

Weyburn

Pioneerof the Nile – Sunday Affair, by A.P. Indy

Bred in Ontario by Chiefswood Stables

Weyburn, winner of the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes and most recently second to Mandaloun in the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park, debuts as the favorite on Daily Racing Form’s Queen’s Plate Watch for 2021. The Chiefswood Stables homebred boasts a stellar pedigree, being from a sireline that has had major classic success and from a female family that has produced multiple champions.

The 9-year-old graded stakes-winning stallion Far From Over, the catalyst for the latest evolution of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sale, died Sunday after suffering a seizure the night before. The son of Blame had been standing at William Gray’s Gray Farms near Cottonwood, Calif., and his oldest foals are yearlings.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Came Home died last week in Japan after a bout with colic. The son of Gone West was 22.

The inaugural New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day will be held July 21 at Saratoga Race Course, the New York Racing Association (NYRA), New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA), and New York Thoroughbred Breeders (NYTB) jointly announced Wednesday.

Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum, daughter of the late Shadwell Stables founder Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, will take on a prominent leadership role with the international racing and breeding operation as it continues on.

Super Saver and Daredevil were both acquired by the Turkish Jockey Club in late 2019, during a period when that outfit was bullish in the North American bloodstock market in an attempt to build its stallion ranks. Daredevil promptly sired an Eclipse Award winner the next season in Preakness Stakes winner Swiss Skydiver, along with Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil. His former WinStar Farm stablemare Super Saver has followed suit, with a good deal of success following his departure.

Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, has made a fine start to his second career as a sire. Not only is he the early leader of his freshman sire class by earnings, he leads all North American juvenile sires through the first half of 2021.