All Equine All The Time

From a strong European family, Free Eagle is an exciting new stallion for the Irish National Stud in 2016 after retiring from an eight race career that was worth £592,523 (approx. €778,513/$865,024US) in earnings. Free Eagle made his debut in August of 2013 at Leopardstown at a mile where he blew away the 10 horse field when winning by 5 ½ lengths under Pat Smullen. From there, trainer Dermot Weld and owner-breeder Moyglare Stud pointed him to the Group 3 Icon Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes.  FREE EAGLE BREAKING HIS MAIDEN Video courtesy of Racing Post In a field that included future dual-Derby winner Australia ( Galileo ) and multiple Group 1-placed Kingfisher (Galileo), Free Eagle tracked pacesetting Kingfisher until two furlongs out. After taking over the lead Free Eagle then had to deal with Australia, but didn't have enough to hold off that competitor with Australia winning by six lengths. However, Free Eagle was 3 ½ lengths clear of the third p...

An interesting addition to the U.S. stallion ranks in 2016 is the 6-year-old Teofilo son Amira’s Prince. Standing in Florida at Pleasant Acres Stallions, Amira’s Prince joins Treasure Beach (Galileo) as an Irish-bred, turf stallion at the farm.  Amira's Prince Amira’s Prince started his career in Ireland in September of 2011 when he finished fifth in his debut on yielding to soft ground at the Curragh. He wasn’t seen again until the following March but it was worth the wait for his connections with the colt finishing first by 3 ¼ lengths over eventual multiple group/graded stakes winner Speaking of Which (Invincible Spirit). From there, he hit the board in a few races in Europe before being bought by U.S. interests and transferred to trainer Bill Mott. Making his first start in the U.S. in December of 2012 after a four month break, Amira’s Prince hit the track running when he started a four-race win streak when winning by 1 ¼ lengths in an optional claiming race over 1...