Palace Sold To Stand In Saudi Arabia

Palace (City Zip – Receivership), the only multiple Grade 1 winner by City Zip at stud, has been purchased to continue his stud career in Saudi Arabia in a deal brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock.

Palace previously stood at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky. In two crops of racing age, he is the sire of 36 winners including stakes scorer Chacha Real Smooth and the Grade 2-placed Auberge, herself a $570,000 2-year-olds in training purchase.

Palace was a hard-knocking, popular New York sprinter who dominated the 2014 Saratoga meeting for trainer Linda Rice when sweeping the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap in a time of 1:08.58 for six furlongs and the G1 Forego Stakes, the latter by close to four lengths.

He also won the G2 True North Stakes at Belmont Park and the G3 Aqueduct Fall Highweight Handicap at Aqueduct.

In all, he won 12 of 30 starts for approximately $1.6 million in earnings.

Bred by the Peter J. Callahan Revocable Trust, Palace is out of seven-time winner Receivership, an End Sweep half-sister to Grade 2-winning 2-year-old French Park.

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I’ll Have Another Relocates To Ocean Breeze Ranch In California For 2021

I'll Have Another, the dual classic winner and champion 3-year-old male of 2012, has been purchased privately by former racing connections J. Paul and Zillah Reddam, and he will stand at their Ocean Breeze Ranch in Bonsail, Calif., for the 2021 breeding season, Daily Racing Form reports.

The 11-year-old son of Flower Alley began his stallion career in Japan, and was brought back to the U.S. to stand in California at Ballena Vista Farm prior to the 2019 breeding season. He was first purchased privately a few months ago by Doug O'Neill, I'll Have Another's trainer during his on-track career, who turned the horse over to the Reddams.

The purchase was done with a bit of urgency over concerns that the stallion might be sent overseas once again.

I'll Have Another won five of seven starts for the Reddams and O'Neill, earning $2,693,600. He earned his spot on the classic trail with wins in the G2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes and G1 Santa Anita Derby. Then, he showed off an incredible closing kick to run down pacesetter Bodemeister in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky by Harvey Clarke, I'll Have Another is out of the winning Arch mare Arch's Gal Edith.

Already a veteran sire in Japan, I'll Have Another is responsible for 220 winners, led by Group 3 winner Another Truth.

A stud fee for I'll Have Another will be announced at a later date.

Read more at Daily Racing Form.

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The Way Home Moves To Lost Creek Ranch In Arkansas For 2021

The Way Home, a veteran New Mexico sire, has been sold to Craig Whitlow's Whipsaw Thorougbreds, and he will relocate to Dr. Rodney Vaughn's Lost Creek Ranch in Jonesboro Ark., for the 2021 breeding season.

The 16-year-old son of Giant's Causeway previously stood at Doubletree Farm in Hobbs, N.M., where he entered stud in 2008. He sold to Whipsaw Thoroughbreds for $1,350 last month in the ThoroughbredAuctions.com online New Mexico Breeders' Sale.

An advertised fee will be announced at a later time.

The Way Home's runners have earned over $4 million on the racetrack, and his top runners include stakes winners Way to Go Gerda, Western Way, and E Bar Way.

“I'm very glad to have a man of Rodney's talent to stand The Way Home for Whipsaw Thoroughbreds,” Whitlow said. “He is extremely experienced and great at what he does. I can not express our excitement to have Lost Creek Ranch as The Way Home's new home.

“Rodney is building the future Greensboro Equine Clinic in Jonesboro, which just reinforces our beliefs that this is the up and coming area for breeding race horse,” he continued. “The breeding incentives alone are worth the investment in this area.”

Bred in Virginia by Edward P. Evans, The Way Home is out of the placed Buckaroo mare Homewrecker, who became one of the top broodmares of her generation. The stallion is a sibling to five stakes winners including Grade 1 winner Prenup, Grade 2 winner Cat's at Home, and Grade 3 winners Honor the Hero and Giant Wrecker.

Whitlow said The Way Home has yet not relocated to Arkansas, but the stallion already has eight mares booked to him for 2021.

Whitlow, a graduate of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, said the school's decision to start its own Thoroughbred breeding program also influenced his decision to send The Way Home to stand at Lost Creek Ranch.

To support his alma mater, Whitlow said Whipsaw Thoroughbreds has started a fundraiser for the school to support their program, as well as bring attention to The Way Home.

Whipsaw Thoroughbreds will be accepting donations for the Arkansas State equine program, and the donor that raises the total amount over each thousand-dollar threshold, through the first $10,000, will receive a free season to The Way Home, with an approved mare.

“We wanted to make it fun to support one of the few universities that offer a Thoroughbred industry program and a way into this business for our future horse breeders, trainers, farm managers, horsemen and women,” Whitlow said. “It's important to Whipsaw Thoroughbreds to preserve our industry's future. When I was growing up, you had to either be born into it or know some one. I think horsemen and women from all over the country will get behind donating to these programs since they usually have such limited budgets.”

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Desert Party Sold To Stand In Saudi Arabia

Desert Party (Street Cry – Sage Cat by Tabasco Cat), a top 2-year-old and a proven stakes-producing sire, has been sold to continue his stud career in Saudi Arabia in a deal brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock.

A $2.1-million 2-year-old purchase by John Ferguson on behalf of Godolphin, Desert Party wasted little time in living up to his lofty reputation with a commanding win the Grade 2 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. At three, he was the impressive winner of the G3 UAE 2,000 Guineas and second in the G2 UAE Derby, and returned at four to win the G3 Mahab Al Shimaal.

One of the best sired by Street Cry, Desert Party retired to stud as the winner of six races and close to $1 million in earnings.

Desert Party, who stood the past season at Godstone Farm in Pennsylvania, is the sire of seven stakes winners including G3 winner Salama and multiple stakes scorers Heart's Song and Aunt Babe.

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