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New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) will conduct its annual Stallion Season Auction from Friday, Jan. 27 to Tuesday, Jan. 31 on Wanamakers.com.

Red Oak Stable (Stephen P. Brunetti) and Madaket Stable’s (Sol Kumin) Mind Control, winner of the Grade 1 $750,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct in New York on Dec. 3 in the final start of his career, will stand stallion duty at Rockridge Stud in New York under the management of Irish Hill Farm, Dutchess Views Stallions, and Rockridge Stud.

Tourist (Tiznow – Unbridled Melody by Unbridled’s Song), a multiple Grade 1-winning earner of $2,170,340 and record holder for the fastest time in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, is relocating to Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y. for the 2023 season. He previously stood at WinStar Farm in Kentucky.

First year stallion and 2020 G1 Santa Anita H. winner Combatant has died suddenly from colic in Chile, Rockridge Stud reported Monday.

Americanrevolution’s rapid development last season earned him New York-bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male honors during the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.’s Annual Awards Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 12 at Fasig-Tipton’s Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion.

The New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) will honor the 2021 New York-Bred Divisional Champions during in-person events Friday, Aug. 12 at Saratoga Race Course and Fasig-Tipton Co. in Saratoga Springs.

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