Saw an article about Journeyman Stud announcing its 2014 fees and open house today and Tuesday. http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/articles/journeyman-stud-announces-fees-upcoming-open-house.html

New stallions for 2014 include Brethren and Winslow Homer. I was surprised they didn't list Jackson Bend, too. I thought he was going to race this year and retire (again) to stud in 2014.


Journeyman announces fees, upcoming Open House
Thursday, October 24, 2013



Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud announced 2014 fees for its 13-horse roster, which features new stallions Brethren and Winslow Homer. The Ocala-based farm will be hosting an open house for breeders to preview all 13 stallions on Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 28-29 from 1:30-3:30 pm each day.

The 2014 roster will be led by two-time Florida champion sire Wildcat Heir, who will stand for a fee of $10,000 stands & nurses during the upcoming breeding season. Wildcat Heir has been a mainstay at the top of Florida sires lists since his record-setting first crop of 2-year-olds in 2009, and he again ranks near the top of the Florida General Sires list this year. Wildcat Heir was popular with breeders again in 2013, covering 125 mares.

Former Florida champion juvenile sire Awesome of Course will remain at $7,500 stands & nurses for 2014. Under him are Journeyman's exciting new stallions, led by Brethren—graded stakes winner by Distorted Humor—who will stand his first season for $6,000 stands & nurses.

Winslow Homer, a graded stakes-winning son of Unbridled's Song, will stand his introductory season at stud for $5,000 stands & nurses.Journeyman is also home to Florida's top two second-crop sires—Circular Quay and Cowtown Cat—who are both at the million-dollar mark in 2013. Both stallions will stand for $2,500 stands & nurses in 2014. Journeyman also stands Florida's leading third-crop sire Exclusive Quality, whose 2014 stud fee will also be $2,500 stands & nurses.

"The additions of Brethren and Winslow Homer to a roster of leading Florida sires, such as Wildcat Heir, Awesome of Course, Circular Quay and Exclusive Quality, provides the breeders in Florida with a diverse and successful group of horses to choose from," said Brent Fernung. "We're excited about the future at Journeyman Stud........."

Quote from: BlindLucky on October 27, 2013, 11:53:44 AM

Quote from: Zenyatta on October 27, 2013, 07:40:07 AM
Gosh I don't know. Did Mentor Cane break his maiden on the west coast or in NY?

Yeah, Mentor Cane broke his maiden at Belmont.

Shirreffs won Belmont race 3 today, too 

I forgot about Mentor Cane breaking his maiden there, poor guy. Good to see Shirreffs winning these two latest.

Quote from: Zenyatta on October 26, 2013, 02:13:12 PM
How cool is that? Shirreffs, the Mosses and Alex Solis take the race with Stanwyck.  She was the longest shot on the board.

1. Stanwyck
2. Lady Cohiba
3. Fantasy of Flight

Looks like the stretch out wasn't so great for F of F. Oh well.

Is that the first win for John Shirreffs since he moved his stable east?

That's a terrific article. I like both guys. Best of luck to them both in the BC!

Quote from: Zenyatta on October 26, 2013, 11:07:15 AM
Islandgirl, try using the "attachment" button at the bottom of a new post.  I believe that's how it was done at TBC. The "img" button with code is primarily for placing URLs to images located elsewhere online.

OK, got it. I didn't have the cursor in the right place to put it up in the article but hey, I'm learning.

Quote from: Zenyatta on October 26, 2013, 08:10:36 AM
VERY bad news. Pointsoffthebench, a major contender for the BC Sprint, died on the track st SA this morning. This is breaking news, do not know the details just yet. Heartbreaking.

There's not much yet on Bloodhorse. DRF has an article but it's behind the paywall.

Points Offthebench Fatally Injured in Workout
by Blood-Horse Staff
Date Posted: 10/26/2013 11:48:46 AM
Last Updated: 10/26/2013 1:24:06 PM


Points Offthebench
Photo: Benoit Photo
Leading Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) contender Points Offthebench fractured his right front fetlock while working Oct. 26 on the Santa Anita Park main track and was euthanized.

The 4-year-old gelding by Benchmark  —Mo Chuisle, by Free House, was trained by Tim Yakteen and was being ridden by jockey Mike Smith. The rider was reportedly not injured.

Points Offthebench was owned by Donnie Crevier and Charles Martin. The gelding was coming into the Breeders' Cup World Championships off victories in the Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar and the Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (both gr. I).

More to come...


Edited to ask a question: How do I insert images? I used the image button but that didn't work.

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