Stallion News

Akitaperson · Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:02 am

Xixixi half brother the American pharoah is standing private in West Virginia

Mylute · Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:41 pm

Graded Winner First Captain Sold To Stand In Brazil
https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodsto ... -in-brazil

brunanas · Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:51 pm

Mylute wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:41 pm Graded Winner First Captain Sold To Stand In Brazil
https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodsto ... -in-brazil

i was about to be like "yay he will be so close to me" and then i remembered i have 0 sense of distance and he's actually 6 hours away.

Izvestia · Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:42 am

Mylute wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:41 pm Graded Winner First Captain Sold To Stand In Brazil
https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodsto ... -in-brazil

He had a relatively successful career, but it always felt like he was an under-achiever.

Danniwolfe · Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:15 pm

So I'm watching this and they mention another stallion who are they talking about? The poster posted this like 15 years ago not sure if that ad is from 15 years ago or longer

Alright I think it's distorted humor?which is wild
https://youtu.be/xG3FBHaacxA?si=yxQBFU5M7baRjivo

Psychotic Parakeet · Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:26 pm

Fusaichi Zenon (JPN), a son of Sunday Silence, was found in an auction pen tonight. Gets dumped as a 27-year-old stallion that won over $700k while racing, and stood stud in California and New Mexico. Hopefully he can be saved.

Danniwolfe · Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:33 pm

Psychotic Parakeet wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:26 pm Fusaichi Zenon (JPN), a son of Sunday Silence, was found in an auction pen tonight. Gets dumped as a 27-year-old stallion that won over $700k while racing, and stood stud in California and New Mexico. Hopefully he can be saved.

Whoever dumped him is absolutely trash I hope they get what's coming to him. Poor guy I hope he can get out of there

Justify · Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:59 pm

Danniwolfe wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:15 pm So I'm watching this and they mention another stallion who are they talking about? The poster posted this like 15 years ago not sure if that ad is from 15 years ago or longer

Alright I think it's distorted humor?which is wild
https://youtu.be/xG3FBHaacxA?si=yxQBFU5M7baRjivo

If you mean them talking about only other sire standing in kentucky it wouldn't be distorted humor. He wasn't horse of the year.

Flanders · Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:17 am

Danniwolfe wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:15 pm So I'm watching this and they mention another stallion who are they talking about? The poster posted this like 15 years ago not sure if that ad is from 15 years ago or longer

Alright I think it's distorted humor?which is wild
https://youtu.be/xG3FBHaacxA?si=yxQBFU5M7baRjivo

A.P. Indy

Mylute · Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:31 am

Psychotic Parakeet wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:26 pm Fusaichi Zenon (JPN), a son of Sunday Silence, was found in an auction pen tonight. Gets dumped as a 27-year-old stallion that won over $700k while racing, and stood stud in California and New Mexico. Hopefully he can be saved.

Normally not a fan of donating to buy from kill pens but I would make an exception for this guy. Link to post about this?

Danniwolfe · Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:03 am

Flanders wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:17 am
Danniwolfe wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:15 pm So I'm watching this and they mention another stallion who are they talking about? The poster posted this like 15 years ago not sure if that ad is from 15 years ago or longer

Alright I think it's distorted humor?which is wild
https://youtu.be/xG3FBHaacxA?si=yxQBFU5M7baRjivo
A.P. Indy

Ohhh that makes sense thank you

Mylute · Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:05 am

Where did people post about Fusaichi Zenon?

ETA: Found one post. Looks like he was saved and will be going to someone in California.

Mylute · Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:08 pm

Mylute wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:05 am Where did people post about Fusaichi Zenon?

27 y/o Fusaichi Zenon (by Sunday Silence) will be transferred to Kingfisher Farms in California, where he will spend the rest of his days.

Fusaichi Zenon was a G2W in Japan and raced in the USA (finishing fourth in a G1). He is the sire of numerous stakes winners out west.

Fusaichi Zenon had at one time stood at Magali Farms (closed in 2017, bought by Barton Thoroughbreds). He most recently stood at Weatherly Farms in New Mexico, which also closed.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... -to-magali

Bold Carma · Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:00 pm

On the other end of the spectrum, here's a post about a former stallion *not* falling through the cracks

Perigee Moon
https://www.braecrestfarm.ca/hello-again-old-friend/

Retrospectiv · Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:44 am

Akitaperson wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:02 am Xixixi half brother the American pharoah is standing private in West Virginia

Poor guy is getting moved around and rehomed a bit.
Just happened to come accross this online auction sale for him one year ago, for $7500...
Interesting tidbit on that sale ad - "XIXIXI started his stallion career in PA but a disease on the farm wiped out most of the progeny in his first three crops.'
A disease for 3 years....?!?

https://wanamakers.com/catalogue/single/1020

Ziggypop · Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:08 am

Retrospectiv wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:44 am
Akitaperson wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:02 am Xixixi half brother the American pharoah is standing private in West Virginia
Poor guy is getting moved around and rehomed a bit.
Just happened to come accross this online auction sale for him one year ago, for $7500...
Interesting tidbit on that sale ad - "XIXIXI started his stallion career in PA but a disease on the farm wiped out most of the progeny in his first three crops.'
A disease for 3 years....?!? What on Earth could cause that? Poor guy.

https://wanamakers.com/catalogue/single/1020

Northport · Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:35 am

Hopefully someone reputable steps up to give him a forever home, I think we can assume it won't be Ahmed Zayat.

Starine · Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:55 am

Grade 1 Winner Slow Down Andy Retired
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... dy-retired

The connections hope Slow Down Andy can begin a stud career this year despite missing the start of breeding season.

"There's nothing on the table yet, but we're hoping there's options and he can breed some mares this year," O'Neill said. "If I had a mare, I'd breed to him."

Flanders · Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:01 am

Retrospectiv wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:44 am Interesting tidbit on that sale ad - "XIXIXI started his stallion career in PA but a disease on the farm wiped out most of the progeny in his first three crops.'
A disease for 3 years....?!?

I would guess it wasn't 3 years of disease and it was something that causes pregnancy loss and death in young stock. Which from looking at the breeding stats from those years he didn't really have a lot of foals to begin with. 2017 - 10 foals, 2018 - 11 foals, 2019 - 2 foals (from 25 mares bred). I just can't find anything for that specific farm. If it was something super contagious, which I think it would have to be, there would have been a quarantine. Unless I just missed finding it, searching can be really hit or miss. Or maybe they were stabled elsewhere?

Some notes:
He had 5 starters from his 2017 crop (on Equibase)
0 from his 2018 crop
2 from his 2019 crop

Northport · Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:10 am

Starine wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:55 am Grade 1 Winner Slow Down Andy Retired
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... dy-retired

The connections hope Slow Down Andy can begin a stud career this year despite missing the start of breeding season.

"There's nothing on the table yet, but we're hoping there's options and he can breed some mares this year," O'Neill said. "If I had a mare, I'd breed to him."

That's too bad. When he first got injured last year they were very keen to bring him back to run this year. Heaven knows we need all the older dirt stakes horses that we can get. Must've had another big setback to retire him this time of year.