Mr. Sidney to Beau Ridge Farm in West Virginia
Grade 1 turf winner Mr. Sidney has been relocated from Walmac Farm near Lexington to Beau Ridge Farm near Kearneysville, W.Va., for the 2018 breeding season.
Keyword: Storm Cat
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It Takes Only One
The hypothesis here is that there has never been a horse bred in North America that has achieved greater influence as a broodmare sire of line-founding stallions than the son of Bold Ruler (Nasrullah—Miss Disco, by Discovery).
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Daddy's More Than Home
For all the jaw dropping that surrounded the success of Scat Daddy's offspring at the Royal Ascot meet came a bit of head scratching about how this could have been predicted.
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Argentina's Stallions Carry North American Influences
During the past decade Argentina's stallion profile has become overwhelmingly North American, with a paucity of indigenously bred stallions able to succeed as more refined specimens made their way to the Pampas.
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Plus Ca Change...
What is extraordinary is the number of pedigree interrelationships that bind most of the champions.
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Happy Holidays
We looked at the eight stallions in the entire Harlan sire line as well as Storm Cat and Storm Bird and discovered that except for Storm Cat and one descendant of Harlan’s Holiday, this tribe rubs elbows very closely phenotypically.
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You're Not the Only Star in This Family!
Freud is the most successful stallion to have entered stud in New York and stayed there, but he cannot escape comparisons with his full brother Giant's Causeway.
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Real Steel Takes Dubai Turf for Japan
Real Steel made it two wins for Japan on the Dubai World Cup card March 26 when he ran down Very Special in the stretch and held off Euro Charline in the $6 million Dubai Turf Sponsored by DP World (UAE-I) at Meydan.
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Canadian Champion Silken Cat Dies at 23
Silken Cat, the Canadian champion 2-year-old filly of 1995 and dam of Speightstown died March 15 at the age of 23, Taylor Made Farm reported March 18 on its Facebook page.
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Changed Market for Stallion Industry
Panelists discuss changes in stallion market and managing some of the top stallions of the 1980s and '90s.
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Champion Storm Flag Flying Dies at 16
Storm Flag Flying, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2002, died Jan. 22 at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital from complications during foaling, according to Claiborne Farm bloodstock manager Bernie Sams.
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Pedigree Analysis: Scat Daddy
Scat Daddy, a son of Johannesburg, and a great-grandson of Storm Cat, was represented by his seventh and eighth Northern Hemisphere 2-year-old stakes winners of 2015 in Surfside Tiara and Get Jets.
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First Winner for Desert Key
Desert Key, a grade I-placed son of E Dubai, was represented by his first winner Aug. 27 when Gospel Grey Key won the second race at Remington Park.
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It's a Factum First Winner for Factum
It's a Factum aced the second race at Hastings Racecourse Aug. 9, going gate to wire while becoming the first winner for young Florida stallion Factum, a half brother to prominent sire War Front.
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Filly First Winner for Schramsberg
Swift Thoroughbreds' first-time starter Hippie romped to a 4 3/4-length triumph July 12 at Hastings Racecourse, becoming the first winner for graded stakes winner and Canadian stallion Schramsberg.
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Triple Crown Connections
Triple Crown winner War Admiral's name appears eight times in American Pharoah's pedigree.
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Maryland Sire Lion Hearted Dies at 19
Lion Hearted, perennially among Maryland's leading sires, died May 28 of an apparent heart attack at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md. He was 19.
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Hail Hooper, Hyperion
American Pharoah's roots are steeped in Hyperion blood, put together by Florida horseman Fred Hooper.
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Records Fall at Inglis Premier Yearling Sale
Records in gross, average, and median were realized on day three of the Inglis premier yearling sale March 3 in Melbourne, with trading led by a pair of fillies each sold for the day's top price.
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Leave the Light On for Storm Cat
Remsen winner Leave the Light On is one of many stakes winners to be inbred to Storm Cat, with both duplications within the first four generations.
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California Sire Many Rivers Gets First Winner
Many Routes became the first winner for his sire Many Rivers when he came from off the pace to win the first race Dec. 14 at Golden Gate Fields.
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Kentucky Sire Lines for 2015
There are 175 stallions, give or take, standing in Kentucky at a fee of $5,000 or more. The dominant sire lines are very evenly represented, with 53 from the Northern Dancer line and 52 from the Mr. Prospector line.
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Forestry Sold, Will Stand at Brazilian Farm
The stallion Forestry has been sold to a Brazilian consortium and will not stand at Taylor Made Stallions in Kentucky, Taylor Made stallion nominations manager Travis White confirmed Nov. 17.
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Hightail to Stand at Trophy Club in Arkansas
Hightail, winner of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, will stand the 2015 breeding season at Richard and Francis Hessee's Trophy Club Training Center in Royal, Ark.
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Drill to Get Away Farm for 2015
Grade I winner Drill will launch his stallion career in 2015 season at Get Away Farm near Lowell, Fla.
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Mr. Sidney to Stand at Walmac Farm in 2015
Second-crop sire Mr. Sidney, a grade I winner in the United States, will be relocated from the Head family's Haras du Quesnay in France to Walmac Farm near Lexington for the 2015 breeding season.
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Sheikh's Serenade Hits High Note at Keeneland
About three-quarters of the way through the fourth session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, Sheikh's Serenade was landed by Japan's Shimokobe Farm for $550,000.
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Pedigree Analysis: Shared Belief
Undefeated son of Candy Ride has won two grade I races this year and will be a favorite in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
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Bluegrass Cat to Ballena Vista Farm in 2015
Ballena Vista Farm, in conjunction with WinStar Farm, announced the acquisition of grade I winner Bluegrass Cat for relocation to Donald and Karen Cohn's Ballena Vista Farm in Ramona, Calif., for the 2015 season.
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Pedigree Analysis: American Pharoah
Although too early for objective conclusions, we can say subjectively with some confidence that Pioneerof the Nile is well on his way to an important career as a stallion.
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Pedigree Analysis: Shared Belief Rides On
Shared Belief has a couple of parallels with his sire Candy Ride: an undefeated race-record and spectacular performances in California.
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Daddy Does Best
Scat Daddy is on quite a roll in Chile, having sired seven Chilean group winners (including two group I winners) since the beginning of 2014.
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Tribal Rule Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
California breeding sustained a big hit May 1 when Tribal Rule, the state's leading sire, died from an apparent heart attack while covering a mare at Ballena Vista Farm in Ramona, Calif.
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Noble Tune to Stand in South Africa
Multiple graded stakes winner Noble Tune, a half brother to grade II winner Honor Code, has been retired from racing and will launch his stud career later this year in South Africa when the Southern Hemisphere season begins.
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Sahara Sky Storms to Second San Carlos Win
In an impressive display of gameness and power, Sahara Sky drove between horses in the stretch and struck for a repeat win in the $250,000 San Carlos Stakes (gr. II) March 8 at Santa Anita Park.
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Canadian Frontier to Stand in Saudi Arabia
Canadian Frontier, sire of grade I-winning fillies Hilda's Passion and No Such Word, has been sold to stand in Saudi Arabia.
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First Foal for Storm Cat Son Calimonco
The first reported foal for Storm Cat's dual stakes-winning son Calimonco was a filly born Feb. 5 at Don and Karen Cohn's Ballena Vista Farm near Ramona, Calif.
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Stallion Tiger Ridge Dies at Age 18
Wilgerbosdrift's highly successful stallion Tiger Ridge died Jan. 16 as a result of a heart attack at age 18.
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Tapizar Sires First Foals
Tapizar, winner of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), sired his first two reported foals when both a colt and filly were born on Jan. 6.
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Shared Belief Looking Beyond Speedy Family
MAHUBAH'S CORNER<br />Shared Belief ran away with the CashCall Futurity and put in his bid to become the first juvenile champion to skip the Breeders' Cup since Declan's Moon.
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Honor Code: A.P. Indy's Last Derby Hope
MAHUBAH'S CORNER<br />As a son of A.P. Indy, Honor Code should have no problems with stamina, nor is there much concern as to whether he will train on at 3.
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Rise Up Scores for Late Sire Rockport Harbor
PORTER ON PEDIGREES<br />Rise Up took Rockport Harbor to the head of the juvenile sire standings with his dominating victory in the Delta Downs Jackpot.
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Is Imagining the Next Phipps Stable Star?
MAHUBAH'S CORNER<br />Point of Entry is now off to stud, but the Phipps family may already have his replacement for next season's major turf distance events in Imagining.
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Hoorayforhollywood to Debut at Milky Way Farm
Hoorayforhollwood, a stakes-placed son of Storm Cat, will stand his first season at stud in 2014 at Milky Way Farm in Temecula, California.
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Harlan's Holiday Unlikely to Be Forgotten
MAHUBAH'S CORNER<br />Shockwaves are still reverberating through the breeding community at the loss of Harlan's Holiday.
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Inbreeding to Secretariat: Not a Passing Fad
MAHUBAH'S CORNER<br />The great Secretariat is not exactly in Herod's position yet as a universal influence on pedigrees, but he may be moving in that direction.
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Honor Code to Bypass Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Champagne Stakes (gr. I) runner-up Honor Code will bypass the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) in favor of the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey said Oct. 10.
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Lord Kanaloa Repeats in Sprinters Stakes
Champion sprinter Lord Kanaloa ran down pacesetter Hakusan Moon for a repeat victory in the Sprinters Stakes (Jpn-I), the first top-level race of Japan's fall season, Sept. 29 at Nakayama.
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First Winner for Stallion Star Cat
Star Cat celebrated his first winner when Purrpurrpurr posted a victory in her second start Aug. 23 in the fourth race, a maiden special weight at Indiana Downs.
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Princess of Sylmar is a Grade I Warrior
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter<br />Majestic Warrior has made impressive strides this season, second among second-crop sires by earnings, and leading with six individual stakes winners.
