Shadwell Stud announced Thursday that it will disperse some of its stock following the death in March of its founder, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum.

Shadwell, founded in 1980, released a statement on Thursday saying it is “undertaking a full review of all its activities that will result in important changes for the business.”

“As a result,” the statement said, “its operations in the UK, Ireland and the USA will contract, with a focus on quality and competition at the highest level of the sport.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Led by the $650,000 mare Don’t Leave Me, Josephine Abercrombie’s Pin Oak Stud operation was showcased in a special dispersal sale hosted Sunday evening by Fasig-Tipton at its Newtown Paddocks headquarters in Lexington, Ky.

The all-turf meet at Kentucky Downs in September offers lucrative opportunities, and next year it will offer even more for horses who pass through the upcoming Keeneland September yearling sale.

Graduates of this year's sale, which runs Sept. 13-24 in Lexington, Ky., will be eligible to run in two $250,000 allowance races at the 2022 Kentucky Downs meet - one for males, one for fillies. Yearlings sold, as well as those who do not meet their reserve in their trip through the ring, will be eligible.

Malibu Moon, a foundation sire for Spendthrift Farm, left a legacy behind after his death in May. Not only does the late stallion have two sons among the top 10 freshman sires in Gormley and Stanford, his son Prospective has the distinction of siring one of the top Beyer Speed Figure earners of this season.

Baby Yoda posted a Beyer of 114 in a 6 1/2-furlong allowance win Saturday at Saratoga. The 3-year-old gelding’s figure was matched by fellow 3-year-old Flightline in an allowance win the following day at Del Mar.

The summer meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar help kick the 2-year-old division into high gear. Both meets host a graded stakes series for juveniles, capped by the first Grade 1 events in the division for both colts and fillies, as well as rich maiden special weights that often mark the debuts of well-bred or high-priced youngsters. These eight weeks on the calendar are often when the freshman sire race begins to sort itself out.

Yaupon, who captured last Saturday's Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga, will stand at Spendthrift Farm for 2022, the farm announced Thursday.

Yaupon, by breakout young sire of sires Uncle Mo, races for Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt, whose 2019 Eclipse Award champion sprinter Mitole stands at Spendthrift. Mitole captured the Breeders' Cup Sprint to conclude his championship campaign, and Yaupon is being aimed for this year's renewal at Del Mar.

Grade 1 winner Starship Jubilee has continued to add to her accolades, as she was honored Friday night as the 2020 Florida-bred horse of the year by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.

Starship Jubilee, the 2019 Canadian Horse of the Year and champion female turf horse for the third straight year, also picked up awards for the third time in four years as the Florida-bred champion older female and champion turf female. Starship Jubilee also generated an award for her dam, the Forest Wildcat mare Perfectly Wild, as the FTBOA broodmare of the year.

The old adage “nothing breeds success like success” has proven especially true for Thoroughbred horse racing partnerships. Since Cot Campbell’s Dogwood Stable got the ball rolling in the late 1960s, countless smaller investors have shared the incomparable exuberance of a winner’s circle visit. And since the Dogwood runner Summer Squall became the first partnership horse to capture a Classic trophy in the 1990 Preakness Stakes, subsequent partnerships have consistently competed, and won, at racing’s highest levels.

Known Agenda, winner of this year's Grade 1 Florida Derby, has been retired and will begin his stallion career next season at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, the farm, announced Wednesday.

Uncle Mo made a brilliant start with his first sons to stud – one that drew high, even historic, praise.

“It reminds me of Storm Cat,” said Rick Burke, owner of Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, N.Y. “Just one after the other, they just kept coming. Just a tremendous sireline.”