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The resulting stallion, Clayton, became the first cloned horse to stand at stud in the U.S. [38] In 2007, a renowned show jumper and Thoroughbred, Gem Twist, was cloned by Frank Chapot and his family. [39] In September 2008, Gemini was born. [40] Other clones followed, leading to the development of a breeding line from Gem Twist. [41]
Coolmore's National Hunt division consists of three farms in Ireland: Grange Stud, Beeches Stud and Castlehyde Stud. The Magnier family has been breeding horses for the National Hunt since the 1850s. Over the generations, they have stood several outstanding jump stallions, including 14-time leading sire Deep Run, and 4-time leader Be My Native.
He is found in the pedigrees of 28 jumpers of the 2000–2001 World Breeding Federation for Sport Horse standings, was ranked 9th in the Federation's top 50 sires for the years 1991–2000, and finished second in 1999 in the list of show jumping sires. Additionally, Voltaire had the most offspring at the 1996 Olympic Games that any other stallion.
Live foal guarantee is a common provision in horse breeding contracts.It is a form of a warranty offered to the mare owner by the stallion owner. Basically, it says that if the mare fails to produce a live foal from the breeding, the stallion owner will breed the same mare again without charging another stud fee.
A $66,000 service fee was set for All Too Hard's first year of stud duty. [14] His first crop hit the racetrack in 2015/16 and he became the equal Champion First Season Sire by winners. In 2018 he was the Leading Second Season Sire by winners. As of 2021 he has sired 34 Stakes performers including four Group 1 winners.
The gamble to invest so heavily in an unproven stallion started to pay off when the first offspring of Kitten's Joy reached the racetrack in 2009. [17] Kitten's Joy was the 5th ranked freshman sire in 2009, [ 18 ] became the leading 3rd crop and champion Juvenile sire in 2011 and led the North America general sire listing in 2013. [ 19 ]
He was the first foal sired by Polar Falcon, an American-bred horse who won the Lockinge Stakes and the Haydock Sprint Cup in England in 1991. The stud's foaling record described him as "a strong, well-made colt of good bone and substance. He is possibly a little light in colour, but he has a good head and plenty of quality". [1]
Driftwood made a name for himself in the late 1930s as a rodeo horse, when he was known as '"Speedy". [1] He was owned by a man named Asbury Schell, who calf roped, team tied, steer roped and bulldogged off the stallion he called Speedy, as well as occasionally stock saddle races.