Stallion News

[Personal Ensign]

Does Tapit shuttle?

[BaroqueAgain1]

If some stallions are too valuable to risk shipping to the other side of the planet, Tapit probably qualifies.
Also doubt that Galileo will ever leave Ireland.

[Retrospectiv]

If some stallions are too valuable to risk shipping to the other side of the planet, Tapit probably qualifies.
Also doubt that Galileo will ever leave Ireland.

Not at his current age.....but he did early on. He did 5 or 6 seasons shuttling to Australia but was a flop compared to his northern hemisphere results. As valuable as he has become in the last 15 years, I'm sure had he had similar success in Australia he'd still be flying....or would have been until recently...

[Sparrow Castle]

First mare in foal for Jess’s Dream

Ocala Stud announced that its first-year stallion Jess’s Dream had the first mare he covered in his debut breeding season confirmed as being in foal.

The first mare covered by Jess’s Dream was the Harlan’s Holiday mare Holiday Flare, a half-sister to stakes winners Candrea and Dream of Angels. Owned by Ocala Stud, Holiday Flare was pronounced in foal with a heartbeat at 28 days on Monday.

Jess’s Dream is by champion Curlin out of champion Rachel Alexandra, making him the only horse at stud whose sire and dam were both Horses of the Year. A Stonestreet homebred named after the late Jess Jackson, the 5-year-old bay was won his debut at Saratoga in last-to-first fashion.

Jess’s Dream is standing his first season at J. Michael O’Farrell Jr.’s Ocala Stud in Florida for a fee of $5,000 stands and nurses.

http://live.drf.com/nuggets/35654

[BaroqueAgain1]

Frosted joins the jet-setting stallion roster.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... -australia

[Sparrow Castle]

Tamarando Retired, Will Stand at Harris Farms

Tamarando, the 2013 Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner, has been retired from racing and will enter stud this year at Harris Farms in California for $2,500 live foal.

Bred and raced by Larry and Marianne Williams, Tamarando won at distances from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles in his first 10 starts at 2 and 3. He won the Del Mar Futurity in his stakes debut and the Real Quiet Stakes in 2013, and won El Camino Real Derby (G3) in 2014, all on synthetic surfaces. He also placed in the 2013 FrontRunner Stakes (G1) on dirt and CashCall Futurity (G1) on synthetic.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/220576/tamarando-retired-will-stand-at-harris-farms?utm_source=BHTW&utm_medium=social

[BaroqueAgain1]

The Kittens are invading Australia.

The 2014 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Bobby's Kitten will shuttle to Twin Hills Stud in New South Wales, Australia from Kirsten Rausing's Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, England, it was announced March 31.
He will be the first son of Kitten's Joy to stand in Australia.
Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... -australia

[Sparrow Castle]

Happy Birthday to A.P. Indy!

Lane's End‏ @LanesEndFarms
A.P. Indy checking out his beautiful birthday cake from a fan #luckyboy


Lane's End‏ @LanesEndFarms
Happy 28th Birthday A.P. Indy #legend


Tom Hall‏ @lordatwar
A visit with Lane's End's elder statesman, the venerable A.P. Indy on his 28th birthday.

[WarBiscuit]

Thanks for the A.P. Indy pics, Sparrow Castle! He looks happy and content - and spoiled rotten - as it should be. I'll bet he's happy to see those signs of spring in the Blue Grass too.

Happy 28th A.P. !

WarBiscuit

[Starine]

Bobby's Kitten to shuttle to Australia
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... -australia

He will be the first son of Kitten's Joy to stand down under. I wonder how he will be received by breeders.