Honor A. P. was named in homage to his grandsire, Hall of Famer and breed-shaping sire A.P. Indy. He also bears a striking resemblance to his own sire, champion Honor Code. As Honor A. P. enters the stallion ranks at the Farish family’s Lane’s End Farm, sharing a wing with Honor Code and with the presence of the late A.P. Indy looming over all, he has big shoes to fill.
And he’s not alone.
As the racing season winds down, stallion barns are opening their doors to welcome 2021's new stallions to their new homes. Our annual special edition, presented by WinStar Farm, takes a closer look at the standouts in this class.
In a showdown of stars, Almond Eye ended her brilliant career with a victory in Sunday’s Japan Cup. She will head on to broodmare duty next season looking to carry on the legacy of one of the best female families in the world, that of 1982 Broodmare of the Year Best in Show. Stallion plans have not yet been announced.
Global Campaign, who had been under consideration for a final start in the Pegasus World Cup in January, will not resume training and has been retired.
WinStar Farm, which co-campaigned the son of Curlin with Sagamore Farm and which will now stand him in 2021, made the announcement Wednesday morning.
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Into Mischief is well on his way to earning his second consecutive leading general sire title, and will do so in emphatic fashion. The Spendthrift Farm stallion has broken Tapit's single-season earnings record for a North American stallion.
The broodmare prospect Able to Smile sold for $135,000 as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale continued to improve its buyback rate as it closed its Book 4 section Sunday evening.
Keeneland reported 265 horses sold in the session, the Book 4 finale and the seventh of 10 sessions in the sale overall, for a gross of $5,235,300. The session's average price was $19,756, while the median was $12,000.
A $185,000 weanling colt from the first crop of Mo Town led trade Saturday as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale moved into its Book 4 portion with a continued decline in prices, but an improved buyback rate.
Graded stakes-placed Combatant was a $220,000 purchase by Hronis Racing out of the 2019 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, ranking as one of the more noteworthy purchases in a market segment that has grown in recent years, as Keeneland offers a selection of racing and stallion prospects in the second week of the auction.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Thoroughbred auction calendar runs in an annual cycle with each segment of the marketplace’s season influenced by the one before. That has certainly been the case as first-crop weanling sires, including Triple Crown winner Justify, debut at this month’s November mixed sales in Kentucky.
