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The retirement of Nashville, a son of WinStar's leading sire Speightstown, was announced this week. The farm's Stars of Tomorrow Event featured the stakes winner as well as stable stars Life Is Good and Country Grammer.

Owner and breeder Gary Broad purchased Walmac Farm in 2018. With 250 acres sprawling along Paris Pike, the historic property has gone through a major restoration project since it was obtained by its new owner. Fences were mended, barns were remodeled and given a fresh coat of paint, and this year, a new stallion arrived at the farm: multiple graded stakes winner Core Beliefs.

When Breeders' Cup Champion Hootenanny needed a needed a new home, his former Trainer Wesley Ward didn't hesitate to take him in. Now, the stallion's first crop of three-year-olds are succeeding on the race track.

In 2022, Rancho San Miguel added Grade I winner Mo Forza to their stallion roster. We talked to Tom Clark about the new addition who many breeders have said is the spitting image of his sire Uncle Mo.

With the start of the 2-year-old in training sales just around the corner, a visit to Ocala proved to be informative as we checked in with consignors who are going through fine-tuning process with their sales horses. In this edition, we spoke with Niall Brennan, Ciaran Dunne and Jimbo Gladwell about the freshman sires whose 2-year-olds have impressed them most throughout the breaking and training process, and we asked them to show us a few of those sires' most promising progeny that we will see at the sales in the...

Champion racehorse St Mark's Basilica is the sole new recruit to the Coolmore Stud roster in Ireland but he is an exciting addition. His first book of mares is taking shape and Mark Byrne told TDN's Alayna Cullen about his credentials.

Due to expansion Roisin Close relocated to Chapel Stud roughly three years ago. Offering a range of services, Roisin also stands five stallions with two new horses added to the roster this year. Roisin tells Alayna Cull more about the stud and her stallions.

Two new stallions, both debut winners as juveniles who went on to become Grade I winners, have joined the Lane's End roster for 2022. Code of Honor (Noble Mission {GB} - Reunited, by Dixie Union) and Lexitonian (Speightstown - Riviera Romper, by Tapit) will stand for a fee of $10,000 in their first year at stud.

The Irish National Stud has welcome two new stallions to their roster for 2022, Lucky Vega and Nando Parrado. Both were high class two-year-olds and both will have strong support this season. Conor Hyland tells TDN's Alayna Cullen about the new stallions.

This year Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Florida added two new stallions to their stud roster: GIII Los Alamitos Derby winner Uncle Chuck and stakes-winning Florida-bred Chance It (Currency Swap).

2021 G1 Pegasus World Cup winner Knicks Go, trained by Brad Cox and campaigned by Korea Racing Authority, finished second behind Life Is Good in his career finale in the marquee test for older horses at Gulfstream Park Jan. 29. The son of Paynter will stand the 2022 breeding season at Taylor Made Stallions.

In 2021 two of Rathasker Stud's stallions sires Group 1 winners. Maurice Burns talks to TDN about those successes and the stallions.