As of today, Sky's On Fire has foal restricions. That means that his foals must follow certain rules about the body quality and race records and such. By doing this, his offspring will become limited and therefore (hopefully) high quality and more sought after :) The restrictions do not apply to the foals he already has, but they will apply to all Sky's future breedings.
We have also received the list of eligible horses for the Triple Cup! :D From Silver-Moon Studfarm were nominated: Sky's On Fire, Black Heavens, Dance With Ravens, War Front, Tantrum Desire, Dark Mirage, Secret Silence, Paint Me A Winner and Swift Solution. The only horses I'm withdrawing are Tantrum Desire and War Front, as I will race them next year and I feel they will have a better chance at winning when the big horses have retired.
Speaking about that, Silver-Moon Studfarm has an announcement to make... After this season of racing, SMS Sky's On Fire will retire to stud :) He will not be raced in steeplechase as he is too valuable for that, so this year is the last year you can see him race on the track. He has won his 7th consecutive race this season and we expect him to continue his success through the last few meets and the 2012 ABRB Triple Cup. And after that, we are sure that he will become a sire of champions! Also Dance With Ravens will retire to stud and he will not be steeplechased either. Furthermore, Paint Me A Winner will retire as well. They are Silver-Moon Studfarm's most prized stallions and racers, so we'll be having a hard time letting go of them I think. But it's better this way, as they have gone through 2 seasons of heavy racing, so they do deserve their retirement :) And this will give our other racers the opportunity to race in the highest grades.
Pfew, that was a long update! I am going to do less small updates and more big ones - makes this news page more of a blog, and hopefully more interesting :D
We have also received the list of eligible horses for the Triple Cup! :D From Silver-Moon Studfarm were nominated: Sky's On Fire, Black Heavens, Dance With Ravens, War Front, Tantrum Desire, Dark Mirage, Secret Silence, Paint Me A Winner and Swift Solution. The only horses I'm withdrawing are Tantrum Desire and War Front, as I will race them next year and I feel they will have a better chance at winning when the big horses have retired.
Speaking about that, Silver-Moon Studfarm has an announcement to make... After this season of racing, SMS Sky's On Fire will retire to stud :) He will not be raced in steeplechase as he is too valuable for that, so this year is the last year you can see him race on the track. He has won his 7th consecutive race this season and we expect him to continue his success through the last few meets and the 2012 ABRB Triple Cup. And after that, we are sure that he will become a sire of champions! Also Dance With Ravens will retire to stud and he will not be steeplechased either. Furthermore, Paint Me A Winner will retire as well. They are Silver-Moon Studfarm's most prized stallions and racers, so we'll be having a hard time letting go of them I think. But it's better this way, as they have gone through 2 seasons of heavy racing, so they do deserve their retirement :) And this will give our other racers the opportunity to race in the highest grades.
Pfew, that was a long update! I am going to do less small updates and more big ones - makes this news page more of a blog, and hopefully more interesting :D