Alberta’s breeding industry is thriving, with qualifying stallion owners sharing in an impressive $85,000 in breeding awards for the 2024 season! The Horse Racing Alberta Breed Improvement Program Stallion Bonus rewarded 34 stallions at a rate of 3.25%, building on the momentum of 2023’s $75,000 at 3.26%—a testament to the growing success of Alberta-sired runners. Cape Canaveral topped the Stallion Bonus leaderboard with an impressive $13,969 payout, followed by Fed Biz ($8,217), It’s No Joke ($6,486), Saturdaynitelites ($5,509), and Imperialism ($5,120), solidifying their impact on Alberta’s breeding scene. With Alberta-sired winners making their mark on the track, the future of the province’s breeding program has never looked brighter!

2025 Stallion News – Malibu Moon son MOONSHINE NOW Malibu Moon son MOONSHINE NOW is standing at Copper Kettle Performance Horses for the 2025 season. Champion Sire Malibu Moon is one of A.P. Indy’s most successful progeny to enter stud. Moonshine Now is out of Ask Me When by Champion sire Speighstown. Ask Me When comes from an impressive female line that has produced multiple black type runners including a full sibling that earned over $500,000 on the racetrack featuring a graded stakes performance. This lineage is further highlighted by Grade 1 winner and millionaire Honey Rider among other champions on the track. Moonshine Now raced from 2 through 7, earning over $100,000 on the track. The 2017 stallion will be standing at Copper Kettle Performance Horses in Didsbury, Alberta for a stud fee of $2,000. Contact Don or Kerry Johnston at 403-586-4462 or email copperkettlephs@hotmail.com for further information.

Highfield Stock Farm is thrilled to announce that Tapiture will stand at the farm for the 2025 breeding season. A son of the breed-defining stallion Tapit, who has sired earners exceeding $211 million and produced leading North American sires such as Constitution, Tapiture embodies exceptional quality in the breeding shed.

The Smart Strike son, Counterforce, will stand at Empire Equestrian in Ardrossan, Alberta for the 2025 breeding season. The Smart Strike son previously stood at Stride Away Thoroughbreds in Armstrong, B.C. and Road’s End Farm in Abbotsford. Counterforce has sired 14 winners, including six stakes winners, from three crops of racing age and has progeny earnings of $888,884. His leading runner is the multiple stakes winning filly Air Force (US $204,222).

The five year old son of Medaglia D’Oro, WITHOUT A SONG, will stand in Cold Lake, Alberta. Alberta Without a Song raced for two seasons and had one win, one second and two thirds from eight starts with earnings of US $24,198. Medaglia D’Oro is a multiple graded stakes winner of over $5.7 Million including the G1 Travers Stakes and the G1 Whitney Handicap. Medaglia D’Oro is a leading sire with 26 career G1 winners and 55 career $1 Million plus sales horses.

Alberta Stallion News Update for the 2023 - 2024 season. Hall Rich Legacy - 2018 Bay Stallion - 16.3hh Hall Rich Legacy is a black type son of Canadian Sprint Champion Field Commission out of the black type mare Rose Frances. He will be standing to a very limited book of mares in 2024 as he is embarking on a post-racing career that we hope will see him in the hunter ring in the future. 2024 fee: $1500 (including $200 non-refundable booking fee) - Mare care not included. Standing at Empire Equestrian, Ardrossan, Alberta. Owned by Lana Robinson - call 780-974-3526 or email Wings05@telus.net for more information.

INTO MISCHIEF Son in Alberta: Adding to the Stallion band at WorkWize Stables is FIGHT ON! Graded Stakes Placed winner of over $490,000. Stakes Winner at 2 at Churchill Downs. Victories from 5 f to 1 1/16th mile. Sold for $340,000 as a yearling. 45 races and retired sound

Cassandra and Dennis Stolz’s Stolz Thoroughbreds are moving their stallion station and breeding operation from Alberta to Ontario. The couple, who stand the stallions Medallist, City Wolf and Readyforprimetime, will provide boarding for mares, foaling and breeding. The new location is located near Coulson, Ontario, in Oro-Medonte Township. Tags: City Wolf, Medallist, Readyforprimetime, Stolz Thoroughbreds,

Stallion News – American Pharoah Son KNOW IT NOW added to the Alberta Stallion Roster The American Pharoah son KNOW IT NOW has arrived in Alberta to stand stud at the Schweer Farm. The six year old is a winner of two races and earnings of US $64,050. American Pharoah is a multiple graded stakes winner of US $8.6 Million. As a three year old, American Pharoah won seven Grade 1 stakes races and became the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years.