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Seaway: Embur's Song Seeks Fifth Straight

Embur's Song will carry the highest weight of her career as she attempts to win her fifth consecutive stakes in the Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Sept. 3 at Woodbine.

Epsom Derby Winner Pour Moi Retired

Pour Moi, winner of this year's Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I), has been retired from racing after injuring his left front fetlock while training at Chantilly for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I).

McEntee to Northview Stallion Station

Carl McEntee is named director of bloodstock services for Northview Stallion Station in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Canadian Champion Indian Apple Is Retired

Indian Apple Is, Canada's champion female sprinter of 2010, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare.

Slew's Saga First Winner Is a Stakes Winner

Sweet Saga proved extra special for her sire, Oregon stallion Slew's Saga. The 2-year-old filly became the first winner for her first-crop sire when she captured the Barbara Shinpoch Stakes.

Defer's First Winner Scores at Saratoga

Graded stakes winner Defer sired his first winner when his 2-year-old daughter Princess Phoebe won a maiden special weight race at Saratoga.

Hammer Time: Dillman's Breeding Success

Nancy Dillman of Stonegate Farm discusses her good fortune to breed grade I winner Havre de Grace and that runner's half brother, which brought $1.2 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale

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Galileo Sires 100th Stakes Winner

Galileo, whose first runners hit the track as 2-year-olds in 2005, has reached the 100 mark by number of stakes winners.

Court Vision Purchased by Spendthrift Farm

Multiple grade I winner Court Vision has been purchased privately by Spendthrift Farm and will be trained by Dale Romans through the remainder of the season before retiring to stud.

Everyday Heroes to Stand in New Mexico

Grade III stakes winner Everyday Heroes has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Dr. Kevin Blach's South Springs Stallion Station in Roswell, N.M.

Green Desert Line Sure to Continue

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Green Desert not only helped to establish the reputation of Danzig as a sire of sires but has founded a flourishing line of his own stallion sons in Europe.

Silver Train Could Be Pennsylvania Bound

A tentative offer has been made on Vinery's Silver Train. If the deal goes through, the stallion would be relocated to Pennsylvania.

Mutakddim Sires 100th Stakes Winner

Mutakddim, who stands at John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale Farms near Lexington, reached a major milestone this month when he sired his 100th stakes winner.

Sudden Bolt Is Thunder Touch's First Winner

Graded stakes winner Thunder Touch sired his first winner when his 2-year-old son Sudden Bolt triumphed at Marquis Downs Aug. 19.

Raise the Bluff Sires First Winner

Multiple stakes winner Raise the Bluff came through with his first winner when his 2-year-old son Orlando Xpress scored at Emerald Downs Aug. 20.

Bloodstock & Markets - Flexible Flyers

In today's sales arena, commercial breeders find they need to be more nimble, find alternatives

Seeking the Best Represented by First Winner

Seeking the Best picked up his first winner as a stallion when his 2-year-old daughter, Family Reserve, defeated Is This a Secret by a neck in a six-furlong maiden claiming event at Woodbine in Canada Aug. 19.

Ted's Folly Is First Winner for Wild Tale

Wild Tale was represented by his first winner as a stallion when his 2-year-old son, Ted's Folly, cruised by 4 lengths in a five-furlong maiden-special-weight race at Remington Park Aug. 18.

Slacker is Article of Faith's First Winner

Article of Faith was represented by his first winner as a stallion when his 2-year-old daughter, Slacker, captured a five-furlong maiden-special-weight race Aug. 18 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Indiana.

N.Y. Stallion Stonesider Gets First Winner

Stonesider, who stands at Highcliff Farm near Delanson, N.Y., was represented by his first winner as a stallion when Goodtime Boy captured the seventh race at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 17.

Union Rags' Special Win Hope for Sire's Line

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
When a neurologic problem brought Dixie Union's life to an untimely end at 13, the son of Dixieland Band had not yet left an heir apparent. Precocious son Union Rags now makes a claim.

Stallion Green Desert Pensioned at Age 28

Green Desert, sire of more than 90 stakes winners who is gaining a reputation as a top sire of sires, has been pensioned at age 28.

Littleexpectations to Stand in Texas

Littleexpectations, a stakes-winning son of Valid Appeal, has been purchased by Keith and Marilyn Asmussen to stand their Asmussen Horse Center near Laredo, TX.

WinStar Launches Colonel John Campaign

WinStar Farm has launched a campaign--called "First Recruits"--to promote the first crop of foals from their multiple grade I-winning stallion Colonel John.

First Winner for Friendly Island

Millionaire Friendly Island was represented by his first winner when Repole Stable's Victory Island rolled to a four-length victory in a maiden special event at Saratoga Aug. 7 in her career debut.

Senor Rain First Winner by El Nino

Grade II stakes-placed El Nino sired his initial winner when his son Senor Rain scored at Del Mar Aug 12.

Change Looms for New York-Bred Program

With expectations that funding for the New York-bred program will increase about 100% by 2014, officials hope to strike a balance with plans to expand its offerings and rewards for owners and breeders.

Awesome Spirit Sires First Winner

Awesome Spirit came through with his initial winner when his son Intense scored at Santa Rosa Aug. 12 in his first outing.

Mustanfar Sires First Winner

Graded stakes winner Mustanfar sired his first winner when his son Mukamer won at Finger Lakes Aug. 12 in his initial outing.

Any Given Saturday Sires First Two Winners

Grade I winner Any Given Saturday, who stands at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley near Lexington, was represented by his first two winners Aug 12.

Spendthrift Tries NY Stud Market With Dublin

B. Wayne Hughes' Kentucky-based Spendthrift Farm is making its first foray into the New York stallion marketplace. In 2012, it will stand grade I winner Dublin at Keane Stud near Amenia.

Awesome of Course Back in the Headlines

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Awesome of Course, sire of 2010 Juvenile Filly Champion Awesome Feather, is back in the headlines with winners in both the colt and filly divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes series' first division.

Spellbinder Sires First Winner

Spellbinder, a grade II winner, came through with his first winner when his daughter Houdini's Bluff won at Delaware Park Aug. 10.

California Standout Soviet Problem Euthanized

Soviet Problem, 1994 California Horse of the Year and Breeders Cup Sprint (gr. I) runner-up, has been euthanized due to the infirmities of old age at John Harris' farm near Coalinga, Calif.

Hal's Image Sires First Winner

Stakes winner Hal's Image sired his first winner when his son Jordan's Image won at Calder Casino and Race Course Aug. 7.

Gelding Programs Continue to Gain Support

The Unwanted Horse Coalition has announced it will continue its Operation Gelding Program after receiving donations, while CANTER Pennsylvania has launched a program to help offset related costs.

Retired Claiborne Manager Sosby Dies

John Sosby, the retired manager of the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., died Aug. 6 at age 73.

Ecclesiastic Sires First Winner

Graded stakes winner Ecclesiastic was represented by his first winner when his daughter Maples Way won at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course Aug. 6.

Indy Pie Is First Winner by Ocean Indy

Indy Pie became the first winner by Ocean Indy when she won at Hoosier Park Aug. 5 for Just for Fun Stable in her first start.

Spendthrift Buys Breeding Interest in Tizway

Spendthrift Farm has acquired the breeding interest in Tizway, winner of the Aug. 6 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga.

Maybry's Boy Sires First Winner

Maybry's Boy, victor of the 2002 Spectacular Bid Stakes (gr. III), came through with his first winner when his son Sportswriter scored at Saratoga in his career debut Aug. 5.

Texas Stallion Seneca Jones Dies at Age 21

Seneca Jones, a 21-year-old son of Alydar, died of an apparent heart attack Aug. 1 while in his paddock at the Asmussen Horse Center near Laredo, Tex.

Spendthrift to Stand Dublin in New York

Spendthrift Farm announced that it has purchased recently retired Dublin and that the grade I winner will stand the 2012 breeding season at Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y. The fee will be announced later.

NY Breeding Fund Approves Purse Enhancements

The board of the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund has approved $820,000 in purse enhancements to Finger Lakes Racetrack and the New York Racing Association.

Champion Stevie Wonderboy Sires First Winner

Stevie Wonderboy, the champion 2-year-old male of 2005, sired his first winner when his son Sunny Superstition won at Del Mar Aug. 3.

Smarty Jones Bred to First Mare in Uruguay

Smarty Jones arrived at Haras Cuatro Piedras in Uruguay at 11 a.m. Aug. 3 and was bred to his first mare five hours later, according to co-owner Claudia Rosas.

Champion Canford Cliffs Retired to Coolmore

Canford Cliffs, who won five consecutive European group I stakes and defeated the great mare Goldikova in one of them, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Coolmore Stud.

BC Turf Winner Prized to Old Friends

Old Friends announced Aug. 4 that Prized, the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner and sire of Brass Hat, has joined their Thoroughbred retirement center.

Coil Springs Into Sophomore Contention

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Point Given's 3yo Coil, who surprised 2011 classic winners Ruler On Ice and Shackleford in the Haskell, has a pedigree replete with turf influences and Belmont credentials.

Grade I Winner Victor's Cry Retired

Victor's Cry, winner of last year's Shoemaker Mile Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park, has been retired from racing because of concerns about his ankles. His owners are determining where he will stand at stud.