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Griffinite to Metropolitan Stud

Graded stakes winner Griffinite will stand at Metropolitan Stud in Pine Plains, New York in 2005 for a $4,000 fee.

 Monday, November 15, 2004

Even the Score to Stand at Millennium Farms

Even the Score, a graded stakes winning son of Unbridled's Song, has been retired and will stand in 2005 at Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington.

 Thursday, November 11, 2004

City Zip Relocates to Lane's End

City Zip, a half-brother to Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Doge (gr. I) winner Ghostzapper, is being moved for the 2005 breeding season to Will Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Adonis, Lord ofthe Thunder to Stand in New York

Adonis, who won the 1999 Wood Memorial (gr. II) and Discovery Handicap (gr. III) in New York, will return to that state to stand in 2005.

 Monday, November 08, 2004

Speightstown's Fee Set at $40,000

Speightstown, winner of the Oct. 30 Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), will stand in 2005 for $40,000.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004

Fees Rise for Giant's Causeway and Fusaichi Pegasus

Ashford Stud is raising the stud fees on two if its high profile stallions, freshman sires Giant's Causeway and Fusaichi Pegasus.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004

Atticus Moving to Magali Farm in California

Atticus, a 12-year-old son of Nureyev who has sired three stakes winners, has been purchased by Suarez Racing and will stand in 2005 at Rich and Gaby Sulpizio's Magali Farms near Santa Ynez, Calif.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004

Fee To Remain $5,000 For Sultry Song

Sultry Song, the sire of Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Singletary, will stand for the same fee in 2005 that he stood for this year.

 Thursday, November 04, 2004

Littleexpectations Moving to Texas

Littleexpectations, a full brother to leading Texas sire Valid Expectations, is moving from Kentucky to Texas for the 2005 breeding season.

 Friday, October 22, 2004

Elusive Quality's Fee Raised to $100,000

Elusive Quality, who began his stallion career standing for $10,000 and has sired 16 stakes winners to date including Smarty Jones, will stand in 2005 for $100,000.

 Friday, October 15, 2004

Aussie Sire Platinum Scissors Having Fertility Problems

In what appears to be a devastating blow to Arrowfield Stud, its young sire Platinum Scissors (Danehill -- Shantha's Choice) at this point in time appears to be having fertility problems.

 Friday, October 15, 2004

Omega Code Purchased by Walmac

Omega Code, a track-record setting son of Elusive Quality, has been purchased by Walmac Stud Management and will stand at Johnny Jones III and Bobby Trussell's Walmac International following his retirement.

 Friday, October 01, 2004

Mossman Has Colic Surgery; Breeding Season Over

Last year's boom Australian freshman stallion Mossman (Success Express -- Lichen Lady) has undergone surgery for colic and will not serve another mare at Vinery Stud this season.

 Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Roar of the Tiger to Stand in Florida

Roar of the Tiger, a full brother to Giant's Causeway, has been retired and will stand in 2005 at Hartley/De Renzo Walmac South near Ocala, Fla. His fee will be $6,000.

 Friday, September 17, 2004

Leading Sire Deputy Minister Dies at Age 25

Deputy Minister, a champion racehorse and sire, died today at Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital. He was 25.

 Friday, September 10, 2004

High Chaparral To Miss Southern Hemisphere Season

Without giving a specific reason, Coolmore announced High Chaparral had a "minor setback at the end of the recent breeding season" and will not shuttle to Australia as planned. The Southern Hemisphere breeding season begins Sept. 1.

 Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Exciting Story Euthanized at Lane's End Texas

Exciting Story, who was a Canadian champion at two (1999) and won the Met Mile (gr. I) at four, was euthanized recently at Will Farish's Lane's End Texas farm, where he stood at stud.

 Monday, July 26, 2004

Taylor Made/WinStar Purchase Interest in Speightstown

Speightstown, a lightly raced multiple graded stakes winning son of Gone West, will be retired at the end of 2004.

 Friday, July 16, 2004

Foxhound Sold By Coolmore to Aussie Lawyer

In a move that has raised some eyebrows, Coolmore has sold one of its group I producing stallions, Foxhound.

 Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Castle Gandolfo to Stand at Walmac

Castle Gandolfo, a group III stakes winner who was also twice group I stakes placed, will enter stud this year at John T.L. Jones' Walmac International near Lexington. He will stand for $6,000.

 Monday, February 09, 2004

America's Storm to Stand at Applebite

America's Storm, a stakes-placed son of Storm Cat, will enter stud this year at Joan Rogers' Applebite Farm in French, Camp, Calif. He will stand for $4,000.

 Friday, February 06, 2004

Hold That Tiger to Shuttle to Australia

Hold That Tiger, who will stand his first season at stud this year at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., will shuttle to Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

 Thursday, February 05, 2004

Conscience Clear Relocating to Florida

Stakes-placed Conscience Clear will be relocated for the 2004 breeding season to Martin Stables South near Reddick, Fla. He will stand for $2,500.

 Friday, November 14, 2003

Share in Deputy Commander Tops Stallion Access Auction

A share in Deputy Commander brought the top price of $150,000 during the Stallion Access November sale of select seasons and shares Friday in Lexington.

 Saturday, November 08, 2003

David Copperfield Retired to Hopewell

David Copperfield, a grade III turf winner who has not started this year, has been retired and will stand in 2004 at Rick Trontz' Hopewell Farm near Midway, Ky. No stud fee was announced for the 6-year-old son of Halo.

 Friday, September 05, 2003

Mister Baileys Found to Be Infertile

English classic winner Mister Baileys, who stood first at Vinery in Kentucky before being purchased to stand in Europe, has been found to now be infertile, The Racing Post reported.

 Thursday, June 26, 2003

Touch Tone to Stand in Texas

Touch Tone, a 4-year-old stakes winner and grade I stakes-placed son of Pick Up the Phone, has been retired and will stand in 2003 at Jim Helzer's JEH Stallion Station near Pilot Point, Texas. He will stand for $2,500.

 Friday, November 08, 2002

Storm Day Sold to Stand in Louisiana

Storm Day, a graded stakes-placed half-brother to Brian's Time, has been sold to stand at stud next year at Clear Creek Stud near Folsom, La. No stud fee was announced for the son of Storm Cat--Kelley's Day, by Graustark.

 Friday, September 13, 2002

Sunday Silence Still Fighting; Insurance Vet Exam on Monday

The word on Sunday Silence remains grim, the mood at Shadai Stallion Station in Hokkaido less than optimistic.

 Friday, August 16, 2002

Report From Japan: On-the-Scene Account of Sunday Silence's Battle

HAYAKITA, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN (August 13) -- It's the ninth anniversary of the death of Zenya Yoshida, the founder of Shadai Farm. Rain has fallen for most of the day, growing stronger toward evening and the mood is grim at Shadai Stallion Station. In a barn set back from the others, a barn that was especially built to accommodate the aging Northern Taste, Sunday Silence battles what appear to be his longest odds yet.

 Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Sailor's Warning to Stand at Colonial Farms

Sailor's Warning, a graded stakes placed son of Storm Cat, will stand in 2002 at Sam Fieramosca's Colonial Farms near Colt's Neck, N.J. His fee will be $3,500.

 Friday, January 04, 2002

Batting for Average

By Dan Liebman -- With today's emphasis on the commercial market, large books of mares, and shuttling, it is highly unlikely we shall ever see another stallion sire 20% stakes winners.

 Wednesday, January 02, 2002

Expelled Moving to Albemarle Farm in Virginia

Expelled (Explodent -- Social Lesson, by Forum) will be relocated from Kentucky to stand the 2002 breeding season at Albemarle Farm near Free Union, Va. He will stand for $5,000.

 Wednesday, December 12, 2001

Stallions, Mares Bred Both Decline in 2001

The number of stallions and mares bred in 2001 both decreased, and Thunder Gulch became the first Thoroughbred stallion in North America to cover over 200 mares in one northern hemisphere season. Those were some of the numbers contained in the Report of Mares Bred, which was released Thursday by The Jockey Club.

 Thursday, October 18, 2001

Royal Anthem Shines in Breeding Shed

Multiple grade I winner Royal Anthem has gotten off to a promising start as a stallion. The first-year sire has had 29 mares pronounced in foal, 28 of those on only one cover.

 Friday, March 30, 2001

New Sires for 2001: Pegasus Parade

Every few years there's a new stallion prospect(s) that gets the world of horse racing excited. Think back to the 1970s; Triple Crown winners Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed, along with Affirmed's rival Alydar, immediately come to mind. Then there is the 1980s with Spectacular Bid, Conquistador Cielo, and Devil's Bag, followed by Easy Goer in 1991 and Cigar in 1997. This time, it's Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Fusaichi Pegasus.

 Wednesday, December 06, 2000

Wild Zone Moving to Texas

Wild Zone, whose first crop are juveniles and include stakes winner Wild Hits, will be moving to Texas to stand the 2001 breeding season. Wild Hits has stood since his retirment at Adena Springs Farm near Midway, Ky. He will stand at Millennium Farm near Belton Texas.

 Friday, October 27, 2000
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