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Vinery New York Stallions to Sugar Maple

Vinery Ltd. announced Oct. 4 that its New York stallion operation will be based at Sugar Maple Farm near Poughquag, N.Y., for the 2012 breeding season.

 Tuesday, October 04, 2011

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.

 Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Champali, Midas Eyes to Saudi Arabia

Young stallions Champali and Midas Eyes, both graded stakes winners, will be exported to Saudi Arabia.

 Thursday, December 02, 2010

Vinery to Expand into New York

Vinery Ltd. will be expanding its stallion operation in New York State in 2011. According to Vinery president Tom Ludt, Vinery will take over management of Empire Stud, which will become Vinery New York.

 Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Frost Giant's First Foal a Jan. 31 Colt

Frost Giant's First Foal a Jan. 31 Colt

Son of Giant's Causeway stands at Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Thursday, February 04, 2010

Chief Seattle to WinRich in Indiana

Chief Seattle, New York's leading sire in 2007, has been purchased by Tommy Wente's WinRich Farm for stallion duty at the North Vernon, Ind., farm.

 Sunday, November 22, 2009

Maybry's Boy to Empire in New York

Graded stakes winner Maybry's Boy has been relocated to Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Thursday, November 19, 2009

Repent to Stand at Empire Stud

Repent, whose son Crown of Thorns ran second in the Nov. 7 Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), will stand in 2010 at Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Friday, November 13, 2009

Posse to Stand in New York

Posse, fifth on this year's leading third-crop sire's list, will stand in 2010 at Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Grade I-Winning Stallion Sunriver Dead

Grade I-Winning Stallion Sunriver Dead

Empire Stud announced Aug. 27 that young stallion Sunriver has died from what preliminary results indicate was either a heart attack or aneurysm.

 Thursday, August 27, 2009

Grade I Winner Midas Eyes Sires First Winner

Grade I winner Midas Eyes sired his first winner when his daughter Deposit Record won May 23 at Delaware Park.

 Sunday, May 24, 2009
Silver Wagon to Empire in New York

Silver Wagon to Empire in New York

Grade I winner Silver Wagon will stand in 2009 at Kurt Butenhoff and Jamie LaMonica's Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Sunday, November 16, 2008
Sunriver to Empire in New York

Sunriver to Empire in New York

Sunriver, a grade I winner in 2007 and a full brother to champion Ashado, will enter stud at Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Defer to Empire Stud

Defer to Empire Stud

Graded stakes winner Defer has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Monday, November 12, 2007

Midas Eyes Moving to Empire Stud in New York

Midas Eyes, a grade I winning sprinter who stood his first season at stud this year, will move to Kurt Butenhoff and Jamie LaMonica's Empire Stud New York for the 2007 breeding season.

 Friday, September 22, 2006

Graded Winner Wiseman's Ferry to Castleton Lyons

Castleton Lyons Farm will be standing Wiseman's Ferry for the 2006 season.

 Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Chief Seattle to Empire Stud

Chief Seattle, the sire of Valdale Stakes runner-up Patty Seattle, has been relocated to Empire Stud in Hudson, New York, for the 2006 breeding season under an agreement with Darley.

 Monday, August 22, 2005

Cappuchino to Empire in New York

Graded stakes winner Cappuchino, who topped the half-million mark in earnings, will enter stud for a syndicate for a fee of $3,500 at James LaMonica and Kurt Butenhoff's Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Thursday, December 09, 2004

American Chance Dead In Argentina

American Chance, second on New York's leading sire list by 2004 progeny earnings, died Oct. 18 of colitis-X while standing at Haras La Providencia in Argentina.

 Wednesday, November 03, 2004

American Chance, Wiseman's Ferry to Empire Stud

American Chance, a 14-year-old son of Cure the Blues who ranks among the leading sires in New York this year, and multiple graded stakes winner Wiseman's Ferry will stand at Empire Stud in Hudson, New York, in 2004.

 Monday, November 10, 2003