Stallion News

tachyon · Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:16 am

Number of mares bred 2015 in Japan

Stallion Name -- (stallion's stallion) -- number of mares covered in 2015 -- (number of mares covered in 2014)

-- Big Red Farm

Admire Max(JPN) (Sunday Silence) 29 (54)
Agnes Digital(USA) (Crafty Prospector) 41 (68)
Conduit(IRE) (Dalakhani) 15 (15)
Higher Game(JPN) (Sunday Silence) 9 (6)
I'll Have Another(USA) (Flower Alley) 127 (123)
Risado(JPN) (Sunday Silence) 2 (4)
Roses in May(USA) (Devil His Due) 70 (97)
Swift Current(JPN) (Sunday Silence) 10 (18)
Time Paradox(JPN) (Brian's Time) 82 (90)

tachyon · Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:23 am

Intello(GER) moved to Haras du Quesnay in France for 2016 & 2017 seasons.

http://www.france-sire.com/etalon-66419-intello.php

tachyon · Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:36 am

-- from uma-furusato.com

Tokei Halo(JPN), 2009H. Gold Halo(JPN) x Dance Queen(JPN) by Mille George(USA), arrived at Arrow Stud in Japan on Oct 28th 2015.
The speed star was a four-time graded winner and runner-up in the G1 Hong Kong Cup.
He is going to be the first Gold Halo (Sunday Silence) son to stand at stud.

please visit http://uma-furusato.com/news/detail/_id_82793 for full-size picks of his.

Tokei Halo
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001101652/

Treve · Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:16 pm

Huge win for Medaglia D'Oro today, sire of BC winner and damsire of runner up.

bare it all · Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:15 pm

Photo credit Ray Paulick - Honor Code at Lanes End

bare it all · Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:16 pm

Liam and HC

Treve · Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:17 pm

bare it all wrote:Photo credit Ray Paulick - Honor Code at Lanes End

Beside his daddy's statue *sniffles*

bare it all · Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:04 pm

Photo credit Darby Dan. Tapiture arrives (and looks ready to go!)

serenassong · Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:23 pm

Treve wrote:
bare it all wrote:Photo credit Ray Paulick - Honor Code at Lanes End
Beside his daddy's statue *sniffles*

I know- Im crying tears of sadness and joy at the same time.

Tried to get to see Indy when I was last in Lex- but they dont have tours in Sept. Told them all I wanted to do was see Indy, but a no go with a nice apology from them.

Hope that gals come in droves to him- he just takes my breath away just looking at him.

sweettalk · Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:03 pm

i kinda feel like liam's map would really benefit from another year of facing. he's run in 3 graded stakes, and won 2 of them beautifully while just missing the other. that's all fine and great but it looked like he was just getting into his best. he's not injured, so it sort of feels like a waste to retire him now.

"2 time g1 winning son of unbridled's song" is the only advertising angle they have, i think. i bet if he ran next year they could add to that 2 by a lot.

BaroqueAgain1 · Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:21 pm

Or, he could fall prey to the soundness issues that befall many UBS offspring.

If he's retiring sound, I think that is a good thing to have on his resume.

Flanders · Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:21 pm

sweettalk wrote:i kinda feel like liam's map would really benefit from another year of facing. he's run in 3 graded stakes, and won 2 of them beautifully while just missing the other. that's all fine and great but it looked like he was just getting into his best. he's not injured, so it sort of feels like a waste to retire him now.

"2 time g1 winning son of unbridled's song" is the only advertising angle they have, i think. i bet if he ran next year they could add to that 2 by a lot.

Sure. But he was brilliant and breeders will go to him regardless. Depending on his fee, he should be able to make more money in 2016 in the shed than on the track.

sweettalk · Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:24 pm

so it was the right decision for him? sorry, i'm just not ok with the "ok he won his G1 off to the shed" mentality.

Sparrow Castle · Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:40 pm

Claire Novak ‏@BH_CNovak 24m24 minutes ago
Normandy Invasion purchased by @SpendthriftFarm, to stand 2016 at Keane Stud in Amenia, NY. $6,500 “Share The Upside” or one-time $5,000 fee

Flanders · Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:53 pm

sweettalk wrote:so it was the right decision for him? sorry, i'm just not ok with the "ok he won his G1 off to the shed" mentality.

Its the safest decision for him. He has obviously had some kind of issues, not making his debut until late August of his 3yo year and then having a 6 month layoff between his last 3yo race and his first 4yo race. He has only raced 8 times, something else is going on there, and I don't think I've ever read why. Was it soundness, illness, immaturity?

Would I personally like to see him race another year? Of course. But if a farm buys into a stallion its nearly 100% of the time that they are retired at the end of the year. Its rare when they are allowed to race another year. Maybe its just something I've gotten used to. Its best to never expect a 3yo+ to come back the next year. That way, if they don't, you don't get disappointed. If they do, then you can get excited.

Northport · Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:22 pm

Sparrow Castle wrote:Claire Novak ‏@BH_CNovak 24m24 minutes ago
Normandy Invasion purchased by @SpendthriftFarm, to stand 2016 at Keane Stud in Amenia, NY. $6,500 “Share The Upside” or one-time $5,000 fee

How many breeding sheds does Spendthirft even have? They're going to have to start doing coverings in the parking lot at this rate

Flanders · Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:37 pm

Northport wrote:
Sparrow Castle wrote:Claire Novak ‏@BH_CNovak 24m24 minutes ago
Normandy Invasion purchased by @SpendthriftFarm, to stand 2016 at Keane Stud in Amenia, NY. $6,500 “Share The Upside” or one-time $5,000 fee
How many breeding sheds does Spendthirft even have? They're going to have to start doing coverings in the parking lot at this rate

Back in the late 80s, right around when the Bluegrass Bubble broke, they had the same amount of stallions they do now. So I'm sure they are just using existing stallion stalls at the Kentucky farm.

Northport · Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:41 pm

Flanders wrote:
Northport wrote:
Sparrow Castle wrote:Claire Novak ‏@BH_CNovak 24m24 minutes ago
Normandy Invasion purchased by @SpendthriftFarm, to stand 2016 at Keane Stud in Amenia, NY. $6,500 “Share The Upside” or one-time $5,000 fee
How many breeding sheds does Spendthirft even have? They're going to have to start doing coverings in the parking lot at this rate
Back in the late 80s, right around when the Bluegrass Bubble broke, they had the same amount of stallions they do now. So I'm sure they are just using existing stallion stalls at the Kentucky farm.

Thanks for the info - did B Wayne Hughes own it back then? I'm a youngin' so I only really see Spendthrift in relation to the boom they are having now (buying lots of young stallions, buying a farm in Australia, etc.)

Flanders · Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:55 pm

Northport wrote:
Flanders wrote:
Northport wrote: How many breeding sheds does Spendthirft even have? They're going to have to start doing coverings in the parking lot at this rate
Back in the late 80s, right around when the Bluegrass Bubble broke, they had the same amount of stallions they do now. So I'm sure they are just using existing stallion stalls at the Kentucky farm.
Thanks for the info - did B Wayne Hughes own it back then? I'm a youngin' so I only really see Spendthrift in relation to the boom they are having now (buying lots of young stallions, buying a farm in Australia, etc.)

No. The farm filed for bankruptcy and was sold, the stallions all were either relocated or sold, it failed right before Calumet did, I read about it in "A Wild Ride". It traded hands a few times and B. Wayne Hughes bought it in 2004, I think. I have a lot of old stallion directories because I've always been fascinated by pedigrees and I saw that they had that many stallions. What is honestly crazy is that Gainesway was standing 35 stallions in 1991.

Retrospectiv · Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:02 pm

bare it all wrote:Liam and HC

I know it's the norm....but still seems bittersweet, and a little crazy that less that 24 hours after their last race they're on the stud farm in their stallion halters already. Has to be a drastic adjustment for those who've spent a fair bit of time at the track.