Smiling Tiger made his name on the racetracks of California, becoming a multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire. He has stood his entire stallion career in the Golden State and is becoming one of the leading sires for the region that made him.
Smiling Tiger, a 13-year-old son of Hold That Tiger, entered stud at Premier Equine Center in Oakdale in 2014. The following year, he moved to Harris Farms in Coalinga, and has resided at that notable facility ever since.
The well-traveled Heartwood is scheduled to begin a stud career at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., early next year. By the time Heartwood reaches the central California farm, he could have a significantly enhanced race record.
The next few years will be a period of change for the massive racing and breeding stable of Paul and Zillah Reddam, who have one of the best known operations in modern California racing.
The transition centers on a revamped list of stallions for the upcoming breeding season. In May, the Reddams announced that Square Eddie, their top stallion at Ocean Breeze Ranch in Bonsall, Calif., had been retired from stud duty because of infertility.
The eyes of the racing world are on California this weekend as Santa Anita opens its winter-spring meeting on Dec. 26 with Grade 1 action. In conjunction, our annual special edition takes an in-depth look at the California stallion scene.
Learn more about the leading sires in the state, with a changing of the guard in process atop the leaderboard; meet the newcomers to the Golden State for 2021; find out how the late Unusual Heat's legacy is continuing; and more.
Southern Phantom will begin his stud career next year in his father’s home state of Virginia.
The uniquely marked son of Virginia-bred Bodemeister will stand at Mountain View Equine in Steels Tavern, according to Danny Caldwell, who owns Southern Phantom with his wife, Allison.
“We felt like it was a central location on the East Coast,” Danny Caldwell said. “We felt like that was the best place for him to go to breed different breeds of horses.”
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar, the sire of Eclipse Award champion Monomoy Girl, has died in a stable accident.
Gainesway Farm, which stood the 12-year-old Tapit horse, said Tapizar was euthanized after sustaining an injury in an accident in his stall in its quarantine barn. The stallion was scheduled to stand in Japan in 2021, with plans to arrive at Yushun Stallion Station on Hokkaido in mid-January.
Frank Stronach’s homebred Canadian Hall of Famer Awesome Again, the sire of multiple champions and classic winners, died Tuesday at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. The son of Deputy Minister was 26. The exact cause of death is unknown, with a full necropsy pending.
Grade 1 winner and young sire Competitive Edge has been purchased by Douglas Scharbauer to stand at Valor Farm in Pilot Point, Texas. The son of Super Saver had stood at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud.
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Grade 1-placed Normandy Invasion has been pensioned from stallion duty and gelded in order to pursue a career as a sporthorse. The 10-year-old son of Tapit has been placed with the National Thoroughbred Welfare Organization, an aftercare group founded by Normandy Invasion’s racetrack owner, Rick Porter.
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Grade 1 winner Instilled Regard has been retired from racing, and while particulars of his stallion career, such as a farm and stud fee, have yet to be announced, one thing is sure – he will get a solid first book in 2021.
