Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms announced Oct. 13 that champion and leading Thoroughbred sire Theatrical has been pensioned from stud duty.

The 27-year-old son of Nureyev, out of the Sassafras mare Tree of Knowledge, was bred in Ireland by Bert and Diana Firestone. They raced Theatrical in Europe and the United States, and later raced him with the late Allen Paulson. After his stellar racing career, he began his stud career at Paulson’s Brookside Farm near Versailles, Ky. In 2001 he was moved to John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm near Lexington