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Into Mischief filly tops Spendthrift trifecta in Bourbonette Oaks
Naughty Joker led the way to a 1-2-3 finish for Spendthrift Farm-sired fillies in Saturday's $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park... Read More
Race Day juveniles sparkle at OBS Under Tack Show
Spendthrift stallion Race Day, whose first foals are 2-year-olds of 2019, will be represented by three juveniles at the March 12-13 OBS March sale... Read More
Multiple G1 winner Mor Spirit gets first mare in foal
Multiple G1 winner Mor Spirit at Spendthrift Spendthrift Farm’s new stallion Mor Spirit, winner of the Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) at two and Met Mile (G1) at four, had his first mare check in foal earlier this week. Set’n on Ready, a two-year-old stakes winner on the racetrack… Read More
Medal Count colt turns in excellent breeze at OBS
A colt from the first crop of Medal Count worked an eighth-mile in a lively 10 seconds flat... Read More
Wicked Strong filly fires bullet at OBS Under Tack show
A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong worked an eighth-mile in a swift :9 4/5 seconds during Thursday's session of the Under Tack Show... Read More
Spendthrift launches “Safe Bet” program for breeders
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has introduced a new breeding program for 2019 called the “Safe Bet” program, designed to incentivize breeders to support the farm’s fourth-year stallions. The Safe Bet program assures breeders that a stallion’s first crop of two-year-olds will have at least one Graded/Group stakes winner… Read More
G1 winner Free Drop Billy gets first mare in foal
Free Drop Billy, the only G1-winning son of Union Rags Spendthrift Farm’s new stallion Free Drop Billy, the Grade 1-winning 2-year-old by Union Rags, had his first mare confirmed in foal. Autumn Gold, a Smart Strike mare that was bred through Spendthrift’s “Share The Upside” program, checked in… Read More
2018 APEX ABC Runners: Into Mischief topples the giants
Into Mischief | Barbara Livingston Photo Into Mischief was a $180,000 OBS 2-year-old in 2007, bought by Spendthrift Farm owner B. Wayne Hughes and trained by Richard Mandella in California during the synthetic-track era; indeed, all of Into Mischief’s six career starts were on synthetic tracks at Hollywood… Read More
Preakness winner Cloud Computing gets first mare in foal
Spendthrift Farm’s Cloud Computing, the 3-year-old millionaire who captured the 2017 Preakness S. (G1), had the first ever mate he covered check in foal, it was confirmed this week. Flat Out Gittin It, a stakes-placed 4-year-old filly by Flat Out, is in foal with her first pregnancy. Boarded at Chesapeake… Read More
First mare pronounced in foal for multiple G1 winner Bolt d’Oro
Spendthrift Farm’s Bolt d’Oro, the multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire by Medaglia d’Oro, had the first mare he covered confirmed as being in foal on Monday. Silent Triumph, a young City Zip mare owned by Baccari Bloodstock, was his first ever mate when the breeding shed opened on Feb. 10th. She’s… Read More
Itsmyluckycharm keeps rolling in Mrs. Presidentress S.
Itsmyluckycharm ran her winning streak to four straight with a gallant score in the Feb. 18 Mrs. Presidentress S. at Gulfstream Park... Read More
Goldencents colt tops OBS January opener
A 3-year-old colt by Goldencents, last year's leading Freshman Sire of winners, topped Tuesday's opening session of the OBS Winter Mixed Sale... Read More