Lure, a two-time Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner whose fertility problems at the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., resulted in the farm cashing in an insurance claim, has been returned to the historic farm to live out his final days. Lure, who was foaled and raised at the historic nursery, last stood at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., where his fertility problems continued to stalk him.
"It was unfortunate that Lure ever had to leave Claiborne Farm," said Dell Hancock. "Given the situation, we are delighted to have him back and hope he lives to a ripe old age."
Lure's fertility problems surfaced his first season when standing for $50,000 at Claiborne in 1995. Coolmore, parent company of Ashford, ended up buying Lure from the insurance company that year in hopes that the outfit could improve his fertility.

Having already seen how dominating Mineshaft can be on the racetrack, co-owner William S. Farish is counting on the four-year-old son of A.P. Indy to follow in his sire's footsteps in the breeding shed.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Mineshaft will stand at Farish's Lane's End near Versailles, Kentucky, for $100,000 when he enters stud duty in 2004. The fee will make Mineshaft the third-highest-priced stallion currently on the Lane's End roster behind A.P. Indy at $300,000 and Kingmambo, who will have his fee raised from $200,000 to $225,000 next season.

Racing in last place through a half-mile, Royal Photographer launched a massive rally heading into six furlongs and commanded by four lengths at the top of the stretch. He easily held off Rhino Chaser in the closing kicks to win by three lengths at the wire on Saturday at Fairplex Park, becoming the first winner for his California-based sire, Lucayan Prince.
Group 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Lucayan Prince, 1996 European highweight, stands for $3,500 at Old English Rancho near Sanger, California. The ten-year-old son of Grade 1 winner Fast Play won six of 38 starts, and earned $400,000 in seven seasons. His only stakes win was in the 1996 Jersey Stakes (Eng-G3) at Ascot. Lucayan Prince also had four runner-up finishes in stakes events, including the 1996 Darley July Cup (Eng-G1), and the '97 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1).

Mineshaft, who tops the NTRA poll, will enter stud in 2004 at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky. Plans call for him to contest the Sept. 27 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) and Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic-Powered by Dodge (gr. I), then head to Lane's End to stand for breeders/owners Farish, James Elkins, and W. Temple Webber Jr. alongside his sire, A.P. Indy. There are no plans to syndicate him, and a fee will be announced later.

Allen's Prospect, a leading sire in Maryland throughout his stud career, was euthanized on Wednesday at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center after suffering complications from surgery to remove a tumor under his jaw.
The 21-year-old son of Mr. Prospector sired 57 stakes winners and 565 individual winners from his 14 crops of racing age, and his 696 individual starters have earned $38,986,417 through Thursday.

Storm Cat, the most expensive Thoroughbred stallion in the world, will stand for a $500,000 fee for the third year in a row in 2004.
"We're pleased be able to hold his fee at $500,000 and continue to have more demand than the supply of services that are available to sell to that demand," said Ric Waldman, a consultant to W.T. Young's Overbrook Farm near Lexington, where Storm Cat stands.

Adena Springs completes deal to send Wild Rush to Japan Arrow Stud has purchased second-crop sire Wild Rush from Frank Stronach�s Adena Springs for $1.5-million and the stallion station on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, will syndicate the nine-year-old son of Wild Again for the 2004 season.
Arrow Stud had a 2003 roster of 26 stallions including American-bred Brian�s Time, Colonial Affair, Green Applause, Lammtarra, Lively One, Mythic Tribe, Paradise Creek, Southern Halo, Strodes Creek, Taiki Shuttle, and Tikkanen.

Koji Maeda's Sunday Break (Jpn) has been retired and the four-year-old son of Forty Niner will stand in 2004 at Graham Beck's Gainesway near Lexington for the partnership of Dennis Narlinger and Gainesway. No stud fee has been announced.
Trained by Neil Drysdale, Sunday Break won four of 13 career starts and earned $451,220. He was winless in two starts at two, but put himself into the Triple Crown mix at three when he won three consecutive races before finishing third in the Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) behind Buddha and Medaglia d'Oro.