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Valiant Minister Leads Baoma Corp.’s 2022 Stallion Roster

The advertised 2022 fees have been announced for the three stallions that comprise the Chu family's Baoma Corp., standing at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., BloodHorse reports.

The trio is led by Valiant Minister, who will stand for $5,000. The 8-year-old son of Candy Ride currently sits atop Florida's freshman sire list, led by multiple stakes winner Outfoxed.

Tunwoo, a 6-year-old Medaglia d'Oro horse, will stand for $4,000. His first foals will race in 2022.

Rounding out the group is Chitu, a Grade 1-placed 10-year-old son of Henny Hughes who will stand for $3,500.

Grade 2 Winner Engage Retired To Northview Stallion Station In Maryland

Multiple graded stakes-winning sprinter Engage has been retired to Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for the 2022 season.

Engage, a son of champion sire Into Mischief, competed at the top level of sprint competition throughout his 19-start career, starting with trainer Chad Brown before being transferred to Steve Asmussen. He won graded stakes at two and four, including Keeneland's Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix, a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” event for the 2019 Breeders' Cup Sprint while defeating a field that included eventual Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Whitmore and Grade 1 winners Lexitonian, Hog Creek Hustle and Promises Fulfilled.

“This horse is pure speed,” said Northview general manager David Wade. “He is the first true sprinter we've retired to Northview in years.”

Engage was one of his sire's top juveniles in 2017 when winning two of three starts, topped by Belmont Park's G3 Futurity in which he drew off by 3 1/2 lengths going six furlongs. He finished first or second during a seven-race streak from two to three – his highlights at three were a win in 1:09 and change in Belmont Park's six-furlong Gold Fever Stakes, and seconds in the Grade 3 Bay Shore at Aqueduct, G2 Woody Stephens, and G3 Amsterdam at Saratoga, the latter to Promises Fulfilled.

Off for nearly a year from three to four, he returned that fall to win Parx's Bensalem Stakes, the Phoenix, then made the trip to California for the Breeders' Cup Sprint where he finished fourth behind stablemate Mitole. He retires with earnings of $802,780 and five wins, five seconds and two thirds in 19 starts.

Engage represents the highly successful pedigree cross of Into Mischief, the top stallion in the U.S. the past three years who now stands for $250,000, with Speightstown mares, which to date has yielded five black-type winners from 14 starters, including Grade 1-winning sprinters Mia Mischief and Mischevious Alex, and Grade 1-placed Make Mischief. His dam, the stakes-placed Nefertiti, is out of Clearly a Queen who was a three-time graded winner of $504,532.

Engage will stand for $5,000 live foal and is now at the farm and available for inspection. He will be showcased with the rest of the high-powered stallion lineup at an open house on Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. till 2:30 p.m.

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Grade 1 Winner Rock Your World Retired To Spendthrift Farm

Rock Your World, this year's Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner by leading sire Candy Ride, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2022 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm for a fee of $10,000 S&N.

“Rock Your World is a fast Santa Anita Derby winner with a wonderful blend of looks, pedigree and sire power,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general manager. “He's a $650,000 yearling and you can see why. He's one imposing individual and as good-looking of a Candy Ride as you'll find. Rock Your World possesses a true classic dirt pedigree, with Empire Maker and Giant's Causeway as his first two broodmare sires. We believe there's a lot to like, especially through our Share The Upside program. We will begin showing Rock Your World today and I invite all breeders to come out and see him.”

Rock Your World will participate in Spendthrift's renowned “Share The Upside” breeding program in 2022 for a fee of $12,500 for a two-year commitment. Breeders must breed a mare in 2022 and 2023 and have two foals total. After the breeder has the second live foal in 2024 and pays the stud fee, he or she will earn a lifetime breeding right.

Trained by John Sadler, Rock Your World won on debut on New Year's Day going six furlongs before stretching out around two turns to win the one-mile Pasadena Stakes in his second start – both coming over the Santa Anita turf course. In his third start in April, the imposing 3-year-old asserted himself as a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby with a powerhouse 4 1/4-length victory over eventual Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby in his first start on the dirt.

Rock Your World stopped the clock in 1:49.17 for 1 1/8 miles, earning a 100 Beyer – the only triple-digit Beyer earned before the Kentucky Derby among this year's field.

Owned by Hronis Racing and Talla Racing, Rock Your World retires with earnings of $612,100. A $650,000 yearling purchase, he is out of the multiple stakes-winning Empire Maker mare Charm the Maker. His first three dams are all multiple stakes winners or graded stakes winners.

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Irish Hill And Dutchess Views Stallions Reveals 2022 Roster, Including Newcomer Waiting

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC announced 2022 stud fees for the New York stallions they will manage in 2022.

An addition to the roster is the exciting new stallion, Waiting, by American Pharoah out of Wait No More. Wait No More was a $1.575-million Saratoga Yearling Sales topper by Medaglia d'Oro. Waiting's second dam is 3-year-old North American Champion Wait a While.

As of this release, two stallions on the roster with current runners are ranked among the top five active stallions in New York.

Big Brown is ranked number two among all sires in the state based on earnings and is the leading sire by number of winners. War Dancer is the fifth-ranked sire among all active sires and the leading second crop sire.

King for a Day, a multiple stakes winning graded stakes placed son of sire of sires Uncle Mo, will stand his second season at the Saratoga area farm after covering 73 mares in his first season. Lookin at Lee, a multiple Grade 1 placed millionaire, the 2017 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum Brands runner-up and son of Lookin at Lucky will return for his second year at stud.

Rounding out the roster are leading New York third-crop sire, Majestic City, and Weekend Hideaway, who will have his first runners hit the track in 2022.

The 2022 stud fees will be:

War Dancer – $7,500 LFSN
King for a Day – $5,000 LFSN
Big Brown – $5,000 LFSN
Lookin at Lee – $4,000 LFSN
Waiting (NEW) – $4,000 LFSN
Majestic City – $2,500 LFSN
Weekend Hideaway – $2,500 LFSN

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC will continue to work closely with breeders by offering incentives for qualifying mares and multiple mare discounts across the entire roster.

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC will once again be holding an in-person stallion show this year on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Please follow on Facebook (@IrishHillandDutchessViewsStallionsLLC) and Twitter (@IHDVStallions) for further details. The farm will be holding the annual stallion show raffle for a free season to each stallion as well as offering special stallion show pricing.

The stallions are available for inspection by potential breeders on request.

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