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With the Angels delivers stellar performance in stakes debut
With the Angels sails to victory in the 2024 Joseph A. Gimma S. – NYRA photo Omaha Beach’s undefeated filly With the Angels cruised to a 9 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $125,000 Joseph A. Gimma S. at Aqueduct, her second blowout win in as many starts. With the Angels won… Read More
Irish Maxima the seventh stakes winner of the year for Maximus Mischief
Irish Maxima winning the Weather Vane S. at Laurel Park – Laurel photo Irish Maxima came from just off the pace to score a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Weather Vane S. Sunday at Laurel Park, the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Maximus Mischief filly. Maximus Mischief now has… Read More
Into Mischief’s Show Card takes Dark Mirage S. for second straight stakes win
Show Card holds off Coffee In Bed to win the Dark Mirage S. – Benoit photo Show Card made it two stakes wins in a row Saturday at Los Alamitos with her 1 ¼-length victory in the $125,000 Dark Mirage S. [WATCH RACE] The 3-year-old Juddmonte homebred won the… Read More
Into Mischief’s Top Gunner returns to stakes-winning ways in Parx Sprint S.
Top Gunner weaved his way to a 2 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Parx Sprint S., the second career stakes win, and first since 2022, for the son of Into Mischief. Top Gunner was one of two stakes winners Saturday for Into Mischief, who also accounted for Show Card’s win… Read More
Toffey named 2024 Farm Manager of the Year by the KTFMC
Spendthrift Farm’s Ned Toffey was named the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club (KTFMC) 2024 Ted Bates Farm Manager of the Year. The committee noted that Ned’s dedication, success, loyalty, and kindness to those around him are unmatched, and under his leadership and guidance, Spendthrift has become a global powerhouse in… Read More
Vekoma gets 20th First-Crop winner in Churchill Downs MdSpWt
Alyeska winning her Sept. 20 debut at Churchill Downs – Coady Media Vekoma tallied his third winner of the week and 20th overall Friday at Churchill Downs when Alyeska came from last to first to win 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight contest. The 2-year-old filly, a Mary Lou Whitney… Read More
And One More Time gives Omaha Beach first Grade 1 winner in Natalma S. (G1)
And One More Time rallied gamely between horses to win Saturday’s $500,000 Natalma S. (G1) at Woodbine to become the first Grade 1 winner for Omaha Beach. The 2-year-old filly is the latest of seven stakes winners this year for Omaha Beach, who also has 14 black type horses, three… Read More
Musical Mischief overcomes trouble to take $400,000 Locust Grove S. (G2)
Musical Mischief gets her first stakes win in the Locust Grove S. (G2) – Renee Torbit/Coady Media Into Mischief got his 13th graded stakes winner of the year Saturday at Churchill Downs when Musical Mischief drew off to a 3 ¼-length victory in the $400,000 Locust Grove S. (G2). The… Read More
Jonathan’s Way takes Iroquois S. (G3) to top huge day for Vekoma
Jonathan's Way went gate to wire in the $300,000 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs as the highlight of a stellar Saturday for Vekoma... Read More
Undefeated Thousand Words filly romps by 7 ¾-lengths in stakes debut
Much like she did in her July 26 debut, Andrea went right to the front of Saturday’s Hallandale Beach S. and never looked back, rolling home a 7 ¾-length winner to become the third stakes winner for Thousand Words. Thousand Words, with 11 winners and nearly $1 million in progeny… Read More
Rebirth: 2004-2024 (VIDEO)
20 years. B. Wayne Hughes started this chapter of Spendthrift. Now, a new era dawns. Read More
Classic winners Dornoch & National Treasure to stand at Spendthrift in 2025, Kingsbarns to be $20,000
Spendthrift Farm has announced that classic winners Dornoch and National Treasure will retire following this year’s Breeders’ Cup and join the farm’s stallion roster for the 2025 breeding season. The pair of multiple Grade 1 winners will join fellow Grade 1 winner Kingsbarns, who retired to Spendthrift last month and… Read More
