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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
First foal is a colt for three-time G1 winner Lord Nelson
Lord Nelson’s first foal – a colt – was born Jan. 28 Lord Nelson, the three-time Grade 1-winning son of Pulpit, became a sire on Monday, Jan. 28 when his first reported foal – a chestnut colt – was born at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY. Bred by… Read More
Cross Traffic’s Jaywalk named Eclipse Champion 2-year-old filly
Spendthrift Farm's leading First-Crop Sire of 2018 Cross Traffic got his first champion when Jaywalk was named the Eclipse Award Winner as the top 2-year-old Filly... Read More
Cross Traffic the champion Freshman Sire of 2018
Jaywalk capped off a fantastic year for her sire Cross Traffic with a victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1)... Read More
Into Mischief tops 2YO sire list once again
For the second time in three years Into Mischief finished the year as the #1 ranked sire of 2-year-olds in North America, with over $2.5 million in earnings and 32 individual winners. The Spendthrift stallion also topped the list in 2016 and ranked third in 2017. Figuring most prominent in… Read More
Classic winner Cloud Computing retires to Spendthrift
Cloud Computing shown defeating champion Classic Empire in the Preakness-G1 Cloud Computing, last year’s Preakness S. (G1) hero and millionaire 3-year-old, has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2019 at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY. The dark bay colt will become… Read More
Multiple G1 winner Bolt d’Oro retires to Spendthrift
Bolt d’Oro retires as Medaglia d’Oro’s best son at stud Bolt d’Oro, the multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire and leading 2-year-old of 2017, has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty in 2019 at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY. The son of Medaglia… Read More
