Meadow Dance

2026 Mating Plans: Stanley Cup Champion Erik Johnson

Erik Johnson, who won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022, retired in 2025, but he has remained busy.  Johnson, an avid racing fan, now spends much of his time managing his Thoroughbred interests, which includes an expanding broodmare band. In January, he purchased Timber Town Stables, which was owned by Wayne and Cathy Sweezey. That has become the home to most of his mares. Here is a look at his mating plans for 2026 and comments from the former All-Star defenseman, who played 17 seasons in the...

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Keeneland Adds Half Dozen To 2025 January Horses Of All Ages Sale

Keeneland has supplemented six horses--including MSW Kloepatra, who is carrying her first foal by Life Is Good--to the 2025 January Horses of All Ages Sale, the auction wing of the organization said in a Thursday press release. Now with an offering of 1,312, the sale will cover three sessions from Jan. 13-15. The catalogue includes broodmare prospects, yearlings, horses of racing age and stallions and stallion prospects. The two in-foal broodmares among the supplements are: Kloepatra, a dual stakes-winning daughter of Cairo Prince out of Kaiserin, by Tiznow, who will...

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