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So You Think Tops Australia’s Most Active Sires In 2022

Australian champion So You Think covered 211 mares during the 2022 Southern Hemisphere breeding season to earn the title of that country’s most active stallion, the Australian publication Breednet reports. The 17-year-old son of High Chaparral was one of 32 Australian stallions that covered 150 or more mares last year, and one of three that […]

‘The Ultimate Thoroughbred’: Top Australian Sire Lonhro Pensioned From Stud Duty

Today marks the end of an era for the Australian breeding community with the decision to retire Lonhro from covering duties confirmed by Godolphin Australia for the Darley stallion, very much revered as the people’s horse. The rising 25-year-old will remain in residence at Kelvinside Stud in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, not far […]

Clear Creek Stud Offers Scholarship For Students Within Louisiana Horse Industry

With an eye toward the future of our industry, Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, La., will once again be making a $5,000 Scholarship Donation in the name of their clients to a college student with Louisiana based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse breeding and racing industry. Clear Creek Stud recognizes that for many […]

Smooth Like Strait Retired, Stud Career Possible In 2024

Smooth Like Strait, a Grade 1 winner with a penchant for running second in big spots, has been retired from racing with a possible future at stud in 2024, Daily Racing Form reports. The 6-year-old son of Midnight Lute finished his career with seven wins in 26 starts for earnings of $1,813,863, highlighted by a […]

$1 Million Munnings Filly Tops OBS March Sale Finale

Hip No. 558, a daughter of Munnings consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent, was sold to Donato Lanni for Frank Fletcher Racing Operations for $1 million to top the third and final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The bay filly, whose quarter in :20 4/5 was the […]

Rare White Thoroughbred On Offer In Wanamaker’s 2023 March Sale

The catalog is now viewable for the 2023 Wanamaker’s March Sale, with 29 offerings that range from yearlings to broodmares and everything in between. Bidding will open Thursday, March 30 at 8 a.m. ET, with the first listing set to close at 5 p.m. Subsequent listings will close in three-minute increments. Detailed information on the […]

Record-Tying $2-Million Good Magic Colt Tops OBS March Sale’s Second Session

Hip No. 546, a son of Good Magic consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, was sold to Donato Lanni, Agent, for a sale record equaling $2 million to top the second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The bay colt, whose Under Tack eighth in :9 […]

BC Juvenile Winner Texas Red Moves To Ohio’s Buckeye Stallion Station

Texas Red, the winner of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, has relocated to Buckeye Stallion Station, a subsidiary of Hurst Racing Stables, in Hubbard, Ohio for the 2023 breeding season. The 11-year-old son of Afleet Alex will stand for an advertised fee of $3,000, with special considerations available. Texas Red began his stallion career at […]

$1.2 Million Justify Colt Tops OBS March Sale’s First Session

Hip No. 215, Saturday Dreams, a son of Justify consigned by Hartley / DeRenzo Thoroughbreds LLC, Agent, went to Maverick Racing and Siena Farms LLC for $1.2 million to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The dark bay or brown colt, who breezed an […]