Be thinking of you Swipe - pray you have a buyback clause or some protection. Exceller was eventually slaughtered after retirement in Sweden but, hopefully, that nonsense has stopped.
my memory plays tricks but I think Exceller's USA owners or breeders? had offered to bring him home to the USA at no cost to the Swedish owner.....but that person sent him to slaughter anyhow
my memory plays tricks but I think Exceller's USA owners or breeders? had offered to bring him home to the USA at no cost to the Swedish owner.....but that person sent him to slaughter anyhow
AFAIK it was the Swedish woman whose farm he had been living at for a year or too who wanted to keep him.
TDN Q & A: Elliott Walden By Ben Massam TDN Wednesday, December 21, 2016 In the context of an increasingly competitive stallion market, more and more farms are opting to reward loyal customers by offering incentive programs to their breeders. WinStar Farm launched its WinStar Incentive Network (WIN), a rewards program for breeders of WinStar-sired racehorses, on Breeders’ Cup weekend in early November, and promptly saw three qualifying runners capture their respective championship races. The program, which is offered to breeders who breed two mares to any WinStar stallion, rewards black-type successes at a variety of levels with ‘WinStar Dollars,’ applicable to a future breeding season [click here to read more]. The TDN’s Ben Massam spoke with Elliott Walden, President and CEO of WinStar Farm, to discuss the growing notion of incentive programs and his outlook for WIN. http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tdn-q-a-elliott-walden/
Not sure who this question is directed towards, but it just feels like the timing is right to "retire" Coz from the backside life of the racetrack, regardless of JD's retirement.
SILENTIO Update Donna Keen @donnakeen Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Just got the news! Multiple Graded Stake winner of more than $712k, 3rd BC Mile, SILENTIO will stand in Tx at Keen Farms for 2017 season.
Bloodlines: Which New Sires Will Attract Most Attention In 2017? by Frank Mitchell | 12.27.2016 | The entering group of stallion prospects for 2017 is not large, nor should it be. There are nine new boys for the upper tier of the stallion market, and by stud fee, these are Frosted (by Tapit; $50,000), California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit; $40,000), Nyquist (Uncle Mo; $40,000), Exaggerator (Curlin; $30,000), Air Force Blue (War Front; $25,000), Lord Nelson (Pulpit; $25,000), Runhappy (Super Saver; $25,000), Flintshire (Dansili; $20,000), and Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro; $20,000). http://www.paulickreport.com/features/bloodlines/bloodlines-new-sires-will-attract-attention-2017/
Bob and John, Colonel John, Concord Point, Cowboy Cal, Devine Park, Mischievously, Morning Calm, Musket Man, Old Fashioned, and Plan are all going to be in Korea
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http://www.drf.com/news/swipe-heads-sweden-stallion-duty
By Ben Massam TDN Wednesday, December 21, 2016
In the context of an increasingly competitive stallion market, more and more farms are opting to reward loyal customers by offering incentive programs to their breeders. WinStar Farm launched its WinStar Incentive Network (WIN), a rewards program for breeders of WinStar-sired racehorses, on Breeders’ Cup weekend in early November, and promptly saw three qualifying runners capture their respective championship races. The program, which is offered to breeders who breed two mares to any WinStar stallion, rewards black-type successes at a variety of levels with ‘WinStar Dollars,’ applicable to a future breeding season [click here to read more]. The TDN’s Ben Massam spoke with Elliott Walden, President and CEO of WinStar Farm, to discuss the growing notion of incentive programs and his outlook for WIN.
http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tdn-q-a-elliott-walden/
Donna Keen @donnakeen Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Just got the news! Multiple Graded Stake winner of more than $712k, 3rd BC Mile,
SILENTIO will stand in Tx at Keen Farms for 2017 season.
by Frank Mitchell | 12.27.2016 |
The entering group of stallion prospects for 2017 is not large, nor should it be. There are nine new boys for the upper tier of the stallion market, and by stud fee, these are
Frosted (by Tapit; $50,000), California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit; $40,000),
Nyquist (Uncle Mo; $40,000), Exaggerator (Curlin; $30,000),
Air Force Blue (War Front; $25,000), Lord Nelson (Pulpit; $25,000),
Runhappy (Super Saver; $25,000), Flintshire (Dansili; $20,000), and
Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro; $20,000).
http://www.paulickreport.com/features/bloodlines/bloodlines-new-sires-will-attract-attention-2017/
http://www.crestwoodfarm.com/stallions/texas-red-to-stand-at-crestwood-farm/