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Champion Afleet Alex Pensioned From Stud Duty

Afleet Alex, the champion 3-year-old male of 2005, has been pensioned from stud duty at Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., the farm announced Monday.

The 16-year-old son of Northern Afleet is in good health. He will remain at Gainesway for the entirety of his pensioned life, and he will remain available to visit on farm tours.

“He was an outstanding colt on the track and was an exciting stallion to retire to Gainesway,” said Gainesway's Sean Tugel. “His stallion career was successful in producing seven Grade 1 winners and making his mark as a broodmare sire.”

Afleet Alex stood his entire career at Gainesway, entering stud in 2006 after a dual-classic winning racetrack career where he earned more than $2.7 million. He has sired 14 crops of racing age, with 550 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $51.6 million.

His debut crop of runners arguably reached its zenith during the 2010 Travers Stakes, when Afleet Alex was represented by three runners: Admiral Alex, Afleet Again, and winner Afleet Express. Afleet Again would go on to win the Breeders' Cup Marathon a year later.

That class also included Grade 1 winner Dublin and Grade 2 winners Afleeting Lady and Harissa.

Afleet Alex saw his best 2-year-old ascend in 2014 when Texas Red won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park and finish as an Eclipse Award finalist for champion 2-year-old male. He won the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes the following year.

Other Grade 1 winners by Afleet Alex include Iotapa, Materiality, and Sharla Rae.

His best international runners include Canadian champion Skywire, Korean champion Dolkong, and Puerto Rican champions Cuqui's Love and Advier.

As a broodmare sire, Afleet Alex is responsible for Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston, Grade 1 winner Dream Tree, and Argentine Group 1 winner Mahagonny, along with other notable runners Bourbonic, Suddenbreakingnews, Attachment Rate, and Estilo Talentoso.

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‘Uncanny’ Resemblance: First Foal Is A Filly For Lane’s End Stallion Honor A. P.

Grade 1 winner Honor A. P.'s first foal arrived Jan. 27, 2022 at Coteau Grove Farms in Sunset, La. The filly, bred by Coteau Grove Farms is out of multiple black type winner and graded stakes performer Joanie's Catch (First Tour – Caught Speeding, by Saint Ballado).

“The resemblance of this filly to her sire is uncanny, right down to her four white socks,” said Andrew Cary, Coteau Grove Farms' bloodstock advisor. “There is no doubt about who her sire is. Honor A. P. was right up there with the best of his generation and we likely only saw a fraction of what he was capable of. We have two more mares due to foal to Honor A. P., including a mare who produced a $400,000 Saratoga yearling for us, so we are very excited about the sire and his future.”

Honor A. P., broke his maiden as a 2-year-old at Santa Anita by over five lengths posting a 91 Beyer, one of the highest of his generation. The impressive stallion went on to win the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby with a 102 Beyer Speed Figure.

“This filly is really nice, she has good size and a great shape to her with a beautiful head,” said Coteau Grove Farms' broodmare manager Jacob Cyprian. “We're very excited about her.”

Honor A. P. is out multiple grade one winner and multiple graded stakes producer Hollywood Story. He is the highest priced offspring of his sire, having sold for $850,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

Honor A. P. stands for $15,000.

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Grade 2 Winner Made You Look To Enter Stud In Argentina

Made You Look, a Grade 2-winning son of More Than Ready, has been retired from racing and sold to enter stud at Haras Gran Muñeca in Argentina, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The 8-year-old finished his career with four wins in 25 career starts, earning $505,669.

Made You Look saw his greatest success early in his career with trainer Todd Pletcher and owners Let's Go Stable and Three Chimneys Farm, winning the Grade 2 With Anticipation Stakes as a 2-year-old, competing in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Park, and beginning his 3-year-old season with a score in the G3 Dania Beach Stakes.

Three Chimneys bought out its share in the colt for $190,000 at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, and he was moved to the barn of trainer Chad Brown the following season, where he consistently ran in graded stakes company, including a runner-up effort in the G3 Poker Stakes.

Rigney Racing acquired Made You Look privately in late 2019, and put him in training with Philip Bauer, where he remained for the rest of his on-track career through the end of 2021.

Bred in Kentucky by the Robert and Beverly Lewis Trust, Made You Look is out of the unplaced Unbridled's Song mare Night and Day. His second dam is the Hall of Famer Serena's Song.

Made You Look joins Grade 3-placed stakes winner Gidu and French Group 1 winner Full Mast on the Haras Gran Muñeca stallion roster.

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Brok Family Closes Diamond B Farm After Two Decades

Glenn and Becky Brok's Diamond B Farm in Mohrsville, Pa., one of the state's leading stallion operations, will shutter after two decades in business, BloodHorse reports.

The Broks will move to a smaller farm near Georgetown, Ky., to be closer to their daughters.

Diamond B's roster in 2021 included Boisterous, Eastwood, Rowayton, Social Inclusion, Talent Search, and Uptowncharlybrown, all of which have been relocated to new farms.

The Broks purchased the 100-acre Diamond B property when Glenn was about 25. The operation was perennially one of Pennsylvania's leading breeders, taking home the top spot in 2017. Notable horses foaled at the farm include Grade 1 winner Real Solution, Grade 2 winner Emotional Kitten, and Grade 3 winner Hollywood Talent.