BACK TO MASS MEDIA'S HOMEPAGE 1/13 - Mass Media to resume training instead of beginning stud career   Mass Media, winner of the 2005 Forego Stakes (G1), will resume training instead of standing his initial season this year at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington as originally planned. The five-year-old son of Touch Gold out of Sultry Allure, by Forty Niner, was scheduled to enter stud with an advertised fee of $7,500. Mass Media finished second in the Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) on November 26 at Aqueduct in his most recent start. He will return to Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel's barn. "Our long term goal is the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1)," said Ben Glass, racing manager for owners Gary and Mary West. "We had mixed emotions regarding the retirement of Mass Media. He is a proven Grade 1 winner, and we feel he can win important races this year. Gary West enjoys watching his horses run, and there is plenty of time to resume a stallion career. In retrospect, our decision to retire Mass Media was probably done in haste. Looking at his division, we think he can win important races this year and enhance his value as a future stallion." Mass Media has won six of 17 career starts and earned $466,420. Back to top   11/28 - Frankel trainee Mass Media retires   A pair of graded stakes winners trained by Bobby Frankel have retired to stud duty following their finishes in the Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) on November 26 at Aqueduct. Gary and Mary West Stables’s Mass Media, winner of the Forego Stakes (G1) on September 3 and second in the Cigar Mile, will retire to John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington and stand for $7,500. Mass Media won six of 17 starts and earned $466,420. The four-year-old Touch Gold colt is out of the winning Forty Niner mare Sultry Allure, who is a half sister to three-time Grade 1 winner and sire Sultry Song.  Back to top 11/21 - On Belmont's fast main track, Forego S. (G1) king MASS MEDIA (Touch Gold), set to make his final start in the Cigar Mile, clocked five furlongs in 1:01 4/5  for trainer Bobby Frankel. 11/3 - Hill ‘n’ Dale adds Grade 1 winner Mass Media  Grade 1 winner Mass Media will stand his first season in 2006 at John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington. The four-year-old son of Touch Gold out of Sultry Allure, by Forty Niner, will stand for $7,500 as the property of Gary and Mary West.   The Wests also stand Grade 1 winner Buddha at Hill ‘n’ Dale.   Mass Media won the seven-furlong Forego Stakes (G1) on September 3 at Saratoga Race Course. He is scheduled to make the final start of his career on November 26 in the Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct.   Bred in Kentucky by Live Oak Stud, Mass Media began his career as a two-year-old with two wins at Louisiana Downs by a combined 33¼ lengths. He scored victories as a three-year-old in the 2004 Fly So Free Stakes at Belmont Park and Sport Page Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct.   "He was a very fast two-year-old, he’s a Grade 1 winner, and hopefully he can win the Cigar Mile to end his career," Sikura said.   Mass Media has won six of 16 career starts and earned $396,420.—Jeff Lowe Back to top