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Soldier's Call has joined the roster at Ballyhane Stud and while he's new to the stallion yard, he's already well-known to many people at the farm. Joe Foley bought the son of Showcasing as a yearling and his wife, Jane, broke and pre-trained the colt before he was sent to training with Archie Watson. During the launch of last week's EBF Ballyhane Stakes, Joe took the time to reflect on Soldier's Call racing career and his early days at the farm. Soldier's Call's British-bred dam Dijarvo, a daughter of Iceman...

After covering mares for three years, Take Charge Indy was exported to Korea, where he spent an additional three years, But his first American crops were of such quality that his syndicate exercised an option to bring him back. We talked to WinStar's Sean Tugel about the sire. The son of A.P. Indy is back at WinStar Farm after spending three years in Korea. The syndicate that owned him made the decision to sell him before any of his offspring had made it to the races, accepting an offer from...

Waldgeist was the winner of a number of Group One's including the 2019 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He is by sire of sires Galileo and hails from an influential female family. He has recently joined the roster at Ballylinch Stud and TDN paid him a visit.

He is the offspring of a teaser who was gifted one mare at the end of a hard year's work. Tiberian went on to be a globe-trotting fan favorite. Haras de Saint Arnoult in Normandy is both a stud farm and a training center. It's stallion roster of five was boosted this year with the arrival of the multiple graded stakes winner Tiberian. The stud's owner, Larissa Kneip, tells us more about the unusual backstory of her new arrival. The first foal and now one of 27 registered offspring from...

A precocious juvenile, 3x GI winner, and Breeders' Cup Champion, Karakontie stands at Gainesway Farm. His first crop of stakes horses includes GIII winner Sole Volante, Karak, and Kenzai Warrior.

Preparing elite stallions for a strenuous breeding season can be a challenge when also dealing with freezing temperatures in Central Kentucky. Darley has found a program that circumvents the unpredictable climate and also tailors exercise to each individual stallion with the addition of an aqua treadmill at Jonabell Farm. Darley stallion manager Graham Lovatt spoke of his idea for the new fitness plan. "I've always wanted to have an exercise program. Many farms will ride their stallions or use a roller and side reins and go for a hand walk...

The breeding sheds open this week. Check out the new stallions who have come home to Spendthrift.

Lost Treasure is by War Front, and by one of the best stallion producing families on the planet as a great-grandson of Urban Sea. After two years in pursuit of the horse, John Sikura debuts him at Hill n Dale in 2020. Let's see what Sikura had to say about Lost Treasure. The 5-year-old Lost Treasure enters stud at Hill 'n' Dale this year for $5,000, and he brings along with him one of the most sought-after pages in the stud book: he is out of the G2 Rockfel S....

During the TBA Stallion Parade held during the Tattersalls February Sale we caught up with Simon Sweeting of Overbury Stud who welcomes a new addition to his roster, Le Brivido. Le Brivido is the first son of Siyouni to stand in the UK. Le Brivido's grandsire, Pivotal (GB), is the stalwart of Cheveley Park Stud's roster and, as champion broodmare sire, his daughters are now hot commodities. But in Siyouni he has sired a son that started his stud career at a modest price and is now commanding a fee...

After an illustrious career highlighted by three Grade One wins, Omaha Beach has retired to Spendthrift Farm. The son of War Front will lead this year's freshman class with a stud fee of $45,000. We spoke to Ned Toffey about Omaha Beach and his credentials as a sire. What separates Omaha Beach from so many others is his versatility. During his 2019 campaign, he won at distances as short as six furlongs and as long as a mile-and-an-eighth. He was also competitive in grass races and, considering that he is...

With an unrivaled blend of speed and top-class pedigree, Lord Nelson is one of only three sprinters in the last decade to have won three GIs in a single year. The son of Pulpit stands at Spendthrift Farm.

It was a constellation of stars on parade at Lane's End Press Pass 2020, where Bill Farish and the Lane's End team showed off their superstar lineup of stallions to the media. With the foal crop of 2020 beginning to gradually dot the paddocks of the Bluegrass, excitement and anticipation are running high, perhaps even more so for a stud farm with a stallion celebrating its first arrivals. For Lane's End Farm, the feeling is threefold, with the farm set to welcome the first crops of Grade I winners Accelerate...