Stallion News

Northport · Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:11 am

Thought you had a busy spring? Coolmore National Hunt sire Leading Light covered a mammoth 320 mares in his debut season this year.

http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/b ... 61351/top/

tachyon · Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:22 pm

In Japan, Lord Kanaloa(JPN)(King Kamehameha) covered a country-record number of 267 mares this year.

Flanders · Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:46 pm

Northport wrote:Thought you had a busy spring? Coolmore National Hunt sire Leading Light covered a mammoth 320 mares in his debut season this year.

http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/b ... 61351/top/

Some of those numbers are insane. I was shocked at the low number of mares, for a Coolmore stallion, that Ruler of the World had bred. But then I remembered he was injured in the shed. H

tachyon wrote:In Japan, Lord Kanaloa(JPN)(King Kamehameha) covered a country-record number of 267 mares this year.

I can see why breeders would want to breed to him. He is gorgeous, with a very nice pedigree, and was an excellent runner.

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:41 pm

"Coolmore National Hunt sire Leading Light covered a mammoth 320 mares in his debut season this year."

Guess that proves that sires who end up as a National Hunt stud aren't the unpopular, poorly-supported horses, after all.

Flanders · Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:11 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:"Coolmore National Hunt sire Leading Light covered a mammoth 320 mares in his debut season this year."

Guess that proves that sires who end up as a National Hunt stud aren't the unpopular, poorly-supported horses, after all.

The National Hunt stallions always get enormous books. They aren't being bred to have flat racing foals, they are being bred to jump mares and in Europe, those don't have to be Thoroughbreds.

Northport · Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:42 pm

This may be a dumb question, but since a lot of National Hunt horses don't have to be and often aren't pure Thoroughbreds, is live cover still required?

Flanders · Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:54 pm

Northport wrote:This may be a dumb question, but since a lot of National Hunt horses don't have to be and often aren't pure Thoroughbreds, is live cover still required?

If I translated the page right, it says the foals have to be the result of natural service.

Kelly Ann · Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:50 am

Live cover and he had 320 mares this season??

I wonder what his ratio of covers to actual live births is. Whatever the case, that boy has earned a well deserved rest.

Insane Crazy · Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:13 pm

Are all of these resulting foals intended to at least aim for a jumps racing career? Or do they also get, say, sport horse mares whose foals are being bred with eventing in mind? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I don't know much about this side of things!

lurkey mclurker · Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:58 pm

What kind of "season" do the jump stallions have - is the same kind of desire for an early foal, so all that cover is squeezed into a few months, or is the breeding season longer?

Colonel John · Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:23 am

wrt Empire Maker coming back to the US:

Paca Paca Farm: Last Friday's JBBA board meeting has approved the sale of Empire Maker back to Kentucky. Further details to be closed later.

tachyon · Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:49 am

Colonel John wrote:wrt Empire Maker coming back to the US:

Paca Paca Farm: Last Friday's JBBA board meeting has approved the sale of Empire Maker back to Kentucky. Further details to be closed later.

Paca Paca is the only Japan-based source who have brought this news so far.
But, to my knowledge, Paca Paca's tweet is a reliable source.
Yes, Empire Maker will be back to the states!!!

bare it all · Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:45 pm

Do we know what farm has bought him? Or is there rumors?

Gosh I wonder how many shiny copper coins that deal cost.

Flanders · Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:50 pm

bare it all wrote:Do we know what farm has bought him? Or is there rumors?

Gosh I wonder how many shiny copper coins that deal cost.

Gainesway was the rumor.

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:37 pm

With Tapit down the aisle in the stallion barn, Empire Maker will have to deal with playing second fiddle.

I wonder what EM's breeding fee will be? Does anyone know what his fee was in Japan?

BlindLucky · Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:25 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:With Tapit down the aisle in the stallion barn, Empire Maker will have to deal with playing second fiddle.
I wonder what EM's breeding fee will be? Does anyone know what his fee was in Japan?

Looks like it was ¥3,500,000, which is about $30,000 US dollars if the conversion is correct.

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:47 pm

If the farm paid enough to convince the Japanese owner to sell him, I suspect that he will stand for more than $30,000.
I'm a little surprised to read that EM may have been sold...I guess I thought it was going to be a loan...and I wonder if that indicates that Japanese breeders aren't loving what they've been getting in his offspring?

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:08 pm

Following up the Leading Light post, here's a list of all British and Irish stallions, with fees, farms, number of mares covered and more:
http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/b ... 61351/top/

The only stallions that don't have stats on their mares (aside from total #) are Leading Light and the other Hunt stallion, Ocovango. I have to assume that there are lots of registered TB mares in that total, but is it because there are so many cross-bred mares, the stud can't separate the TB vs. cross-bred totals?

BlindLucky · Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:20 pm

Repole Stable and Rockridge Stud announced Sept. 28 that multiple stakes winner Micromanage will stand at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y., for the 2016 breeding season. His initial fee will be $5,000 live foal.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... ridge-stud

tachyon · Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:38 am

Eskendereya(USA)(Giant's Causeway) to stand at JBBA.

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/umaichi_news/e/90 ... f93f147a18