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Crooked Hillary, a 2-year-old Can the Man filly, broke her maiden on July 22 in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance race at Camarero Race Track to become the second winner for her sire. Crooked Hillary showed plenty of heart in the head victory over Halley’s Orbit. Going to the front… Read More

Shakin It Up got his fourth winner from just six starters on July 20 when the 2-year-old filly To the Swift broke her maiden at Northlands Park. Shakin It Up is a top-five First-Crop sire by both progeny earnings and winners and is the only freshman sire in the top… Read More

Palace’s $160,000 filly, hip No. 46, at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton July Yearling sale – photo by Mathea Kelley Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July Sale featured the first yearlings of the summer auction season by Spendthrift Farm’s Grade 1-winning sire Palace. At the end of the one-day sale, all three lots… Read More

Valedictorian, a 4-year-old Temple City filly, defeated Heading Home by a head in a thrilling rendition of the Jersey Girl H. on Independence Day at Monmouth Park. The dark bay filly is Temple City’s eighth stakes horse of the year. Temple City has been one of the most popular… Read More

First-Crop sire Shakin It Up tallied his third winner on June 29 when War Bridle won a hard-fought battle with Del La Hoya in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds at Belterra Park. With previous maiden special winners at Churchill Downs and Santa Anita Park, Shakin It… Read More

Stirred wins her debut on June 21 at Santa Anita Park – Benoit photo Stirred became the second winner for First-Crop Sire Shakin It Up on June 21 when the 2-year-old filly captured a five-furlong maiden special weight race by 1 1/4-lengths at Santa Anita Park. Trained by… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s Grade 1 winner Shakin It Up sired his first winner on June 1 when B. B. Dude captured a $51,000 maiden special weight at Churchill Downs in his career debut. In the colors of owner Jerry Durant, B. B. Dude broke alertly and raced in third position early,… Read More

Shakin It Up’s $400,000 filly, hip No. 913, at the 2018 OBS April 2-year-old Sale – photo by Tibor Szlavik Shakin It Up had a personal auction best on Thursday at the April OBS 2-year-old sale when a filly from the Spendthrift stallion’s first crop brought a top… Read More

A colt from the first crop of Spendthrift’s Shakin It Up breezed a bullet quarter-mile in :20 3/5 Friday during the fifth session of the OBS April Sale’s under-tack show. The 2-year-old auction is scheduled for April 24-27. Consigned by Hoppel’s Horse and Cattle Co, hip No. 936 was purchased… Read More

Shakin It Up’s $150,000 filly, hip No.312, breezing at the 2018 OBS March 2-year-old Sale – Tibor Szlavik photo Shakin It Up, whose first crop are 2-year-olds in 2018, had his first juvenile of the year go through the auction ring Wednesday at the OBS March 2-year-olds in… Read More

Kimbear’s prospects of winning the $200,000 Burj Nahaar S. (G3) looked grim at the top of the stretch, but the 4-year-old Temple City colt rallied back after giving up the lead to score by a length and a quarter on the 1,600 meter (about 1 mile) contest. The victory… Read More

First Mare In Foal to Spendthrift’s Three-Time Grade 1 Winner Lord Nelson Spendthrift Farm announced today that first-year stallion Lord Nelson has had his first mare confirmed in foal. The son of Pulpit has recovered from a well-documented battle with Laminitis that caused him to miss the 2017 breeding season… Read More