Stallion News from Around the State
Animal Kingdom to Stand in Australia
It was announced on December
13 by Team Valor International, the group led by CEO Barry Irwin that owns Animal Kingdom (Leoroide- sanimaux x Dalicia), that the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner will begin his stud career in Australia starting in September 2013. Animal King- dom, trained by Graham Motion out of the Fair Hill Training Cen- ter in Elkton, currently has fi nished fi rst or second in eight of his nine career starts. T e one exception was at the 2011 Belmont Stakes when he nearly went down at the start of the race. An injury from that race sidelined him for eight months. He came back into full racing form to run in other races, including this year’s Breeders Cup Mile where he fi nished second after a 259-day lay- off . Team Valor is not done racing Animal King-
dom, however. He is currently being aimed at the February 9 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap as a fi nal prep for the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-1) on March 31. After Dubai, he may be fl own to England to possibly run in the Royal Ascot in June before heading to Australia to John Messara’s Arrowfi eld Stud. Team Valor will still maintain a signifi cant interest in Ani- mal Kingdom’s stud career and plans to form a broodmare partnership with plans to sell and race his off spring all over the world.
Welcome Nicanor Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro’s full brother
Nicanor (Dynaformer x La Ville Rouge) will be standing his fi rst stud season at Shamrock Farm in Woodbine. T e six-year-old T or- oughbred earned $147,697 with a record of 4-2-2 from 18 starts. Roy and Gretchen Jack- son’s Lael Stables owns the young stallion, who is also a full brother to stakes winner Lentenor and stakes-placed Margano.
Leading USEF Stallions At the conclusion of the 2012 competition
season, several Maryland stallions found them- selves in the top 10 for various Leading Stal- lions lists with the U.S. Equestrian Federation. T e rankings are based on points earned by their get competing in USEF licensed compe- titions. Horses and their owners must be USEF members. Hilltop Farm’s Royal Prince (Rohdiamant x
Piri Piri) was once again crowned the USEF Leading Dressage Breeding Sires champion. His 557 points for 2012 was over 200 points higher than the second place stallion. Also
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126.59. He also placed sixth in the Jumping Index with a score of 113.16.
It Takes a Village Karen Severns of New Blessing Farm in Mt.
Airy also sent a stallion to this year’s 70-Day North American Stallion Test. T e road to the testing for her young stallion Legaczy (Alla’Czar x Buntspecht de Lauzelle) was not easy, but was one Karen does not regret. Here is their story in her own words. Legaczy’s journey to the 2012 North Ameri-
Animal Kingdom breezing at the Fair Hill Training Cen- ter (spring 2011).
making the top 10 on this list were Harmony’s Rousseau (Ferro x Zsuzsa) and Sinatra Song (Sandro Hit x Paulina). Harmony’s Rousseau stands at Hassler Dressage at Riversedge and was ranked fi fth. Sinatra Song is from High Point Hanoverians and was ranked ninth. T e Holsteiner stallion Riverman (Redfort x Alexis III), also owned by Hilltop Farm, placed sixth on the Leading Eventing Sires list and 11th on the Leading Hunter Sires list. Dodon Farm’s T oroughbred stallion Salute the Truth ranked ninth on the Leading Eventing Sires list.
Rosenthal (Rubenstein I x St. PR. Kim) rep-
resented High Point Hanoverians on the Lead- ing Hunter Breeding Sires list. T e Hanoverian stallion was ranked fourth. Hilltop Farm’s Hanoverian stallion Contucci
(Caprimond x Laureen) was ranked 10th in the Leading Dressage Sires list.
Qredit Wins Stallion Test
Hilltop Farm in Colora had a great way to end 2013 with their young stallion Qredit (Quaterback x Dream of Glory), winning the 2012 70-Day North American Stallion Test. T e stallion is now ap- proved with the Ameri- can Hanoverian Society and the Hanoverian Verband. At the test- ing, he was ridden by Natascha Feld from the host facility, Silver Creek Farm. Qredit fi nished the competition as the Dressage Champion with a score of 135.93 and the Overall Cham- pion with a score of
can Stallion Test was anything but typical. He is by the renowned Dutch hunter sire Alla’Czar, and I had previously purchased his half sister as a foal from Alla’Czar’s owner, Camille Greer. I was having a wonderful time showing that fi lly on the line in the hunter breeding divisions, so when I decided I might want another Alla’Czar foal, my husband and I contacted Camille fi rst. Legaczy was my clear favorite and in the end my husband actually purchased him with Ca- mille’s help as a surprise birthday present. Legaczy was selected as an amateur hunter
prospect with the idea that he would stand on the line in the hunter breeding divisions fi rst. It was decided later that perhaps he was spe- cial enough to raise as a stallion prospect. At this point a “Stallion Raising For Dummies” user guide would have been helpful, but I was fortunate to have the guidance of some knowl- edgeable people who were always willing to give me honest feedback and advice. I am also very fortunate that my young stallion has an ex- ceptionally kind disposition and generously put up with us as we learned the ropes of stallion management. I researched the subject of stallion licensing at length and talked to many people about the re- quirements. Many times I heard “He’s a hunter stallion, why do you care about licensing?” But I did care, and I thought it was important to legitimize what we were doing. So, Legaczy was presented and re- ceived provisional breeding licenses with BWP/NAD and RPSI, and the decision was made to try to obtain permanent licens- ing through per- formance versus sending him to the stallion test. As a four-year-
Hilltop Farm’s Qredit won the 2012 70-Day North American Stallion Test
old Legaczy suc- cessfully com-
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