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Grade 3 Winner Adcat Dies In Korea At Age 26

Adcat, a Grade 3 winner and veteran sire, died on Dec. 30, per Korea Racing Authority records. He was 26.

The son of Storm Cat had resided in Korea since the summer of 2007 after beginning his stud career at Farnsworth Farms in Florida for the 2001 breeding season.

Adcat was a New York homebred for Gallagher's Stud, which campaigned the horse in partnership with Caesar Kimmel and Phillip Solondz. He broke his maiden in the summer of his 3-year-old season, and finished second in the Japan Racing Association Stakes at Laurel Park to finish the campaign.

The horse achieved his biggest accolade during his 4-year-old season, when he closed sharply to win the Grade 3 New Hampshire Sweepstakes Handicap at Rockingham Park. He bolstered his resume that season with a trio of stakes placings in New York.

In his final season, Adcat won the Mohawk Handicap at Belmont Park and placed in three stakes races, including a runner-up effort in the G3 Laurel Turf Cup Stakes at Laurel Park.

Adcat retired with five wins in 28 starts for earnings of $435,597.

His domestic-born runners are led by multiple Grade 2 winner Briecat, and stakes winners Cat Can Do and Survicat. His highlight as a broodmare sire is the Grade 3-placed stakes winner Temper Mint Patty.

Adcat sold to Korean connections for $52,000 at the 2006 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Fall Mixed Sale, and he was exported the following year. His highest placing on Korea's general sire list came in 2016, when he finished 33rd.

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Leading Global Sire Put It Back Dies In Brazil At 23

Put It Back, who was a multiple Grade/Group 1 sire in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, has died at age 23, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The son of Honour and Glory stood at Haras Santa Maria de Araras in Bagé, Brazil, where he had become a pillar of the country's stallion ranks.

Racing as a Florida homebred for Hobeau Farm and for trainer Allen Jerkens, Put It Back won seven of five starts, highlighted by victories in the Grade 2 Riva Ridge Stakes and the listed Best Turn Stakes.

He retired to stud at Bridlewood Farm in Florida, and he was a frequent shuttle stallion to Brazil for a decade until taking permanent residence in South America in 2013. He was named Brazil's leading sire in 2014.

Put It Back has sired 17 crops of racing age, with 883 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $48.6 million.

His biggest star in either hemisphere succeeded in both hemispheres. Bal a Bali was named Brazil's Horse of the Year in 2014 after winning four Group 1 races in his native country. He was then purchased by Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm and brought to the U.S., where he became a top turf miler and notched victories in the G1 Shoemaker Mile Stakes and Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes.

His other Northern Hemisphere runners of note include Canadian champion Noholdingback Bear, and Grade 1 winner In Summation and Jessica Is Back.

Put It Back's South American year-end award winners are plentiful, including Brazilian champions Beach Ball, Billy Girl, Desejado Put, Requebra, Billion Dollar, Skypilot, English Major, Nitido, and Garbo Talks. He also sired Uruguayan Horse of the Year Fitzgerald and champion Elliott Ness. The stallion even had a notable Japanese runner in Group 3 winner Black Bar Spin.

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Leading Turf Sire English Channel Dies At Age 19

Perennial leading turf sire English Channel's health rapidly declined in the past 24 hours, and under the care of top equine specialists at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, the 19-year-old stallion died Thursday morning.

The son of Smart Strike was named champion grass horse in 2007, which lead to a prolific stallion career that is only matched by some of the greats

“English Channel certainly went out on top,” read a statement from Calumet Farm. “He was the number-one turf sire for the past two years and you could consistently find his progeny on the board in the top turf races across the country.

“English Channel has meant so much to Calumet throughout the years and we appreciate all the breeders who also supported him.”

English Channel will be buried in the famed Calumet cemetery alongside many other champions from the farm's storied history.

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Liver Failure Claims International Sire Zoffany At Age 13

The 13-year-old Coolmore Stud resident Zoffany was euthanized today, owing to liver failure.

“Zoffany was a great servant and he'll be a big loss,” said Coolmore's David O'Loughlin.

The son of Dansili, bred by Croom House Stud, won the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes as a juvenile and ran a career best when runner-up to Frankel, beaten just three-quarters of a length, in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

His first crop conceived at €7,500 included three juvenile group/stakes winners at Royal Ascot; namely Waterloo Bridge in the G2 Norfolk Stakes, Illuminate in the G3 Albany Stakes, and Washington DC in the listed Windsor Castle Stakes. This initial crop also included G1 Gran Premio del Jockey Club winner and G1 St Leger Stakes runner-up Ventura Storm.

Off the back of this early success, Zoffany attracted several high-quality books of mares which resulted in him siring some top-notch performers. In 2019 his daughter Albigna, owned and bred by the Niarchos Family, proved herself one of the best fillies in Europe when winning the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac.

In the latest season Zoffany was sire of three group-winning juveniles in the shape of G1 National Stakes winner Thunder Moon, G3 Naas Juvenile Sprint Stakes winner and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf runner-up Mother Earth and G3 Marble Hill Stakes winner Minaun. Zoffany's 2020 yearlings sold for up 580,000 guineas, led by a filly bred by James Cloney of Cn Farm and purchased by MV Magnier from consignors Highclere Stud.

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