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Pacific Bloodstock went to $500,000 on Tuesday at the Keeneland November sale to acquire a colt by leading sire Into Mischief. St. George Sales was the consignor of hip No. 499. who is out of the Eskendereya mare Nest Egg. The bay colt’s dam is a half-sister to La… Read More

Malibu Moon’s $350,000 colt, hip No. 298, at the 2018 Keeneland November sale – photo by Z Malibu Moon had his top weanling of the year Tuesday at the Keeneland November sale when hip No. 298 went for $350,000 to Glencrest Farm, agent. The colt was consigned by… Read More

Into Mischief’s Grade 1 winner Audible won the $200,000 Cherokee Run S. Saturday at Churchill Downs by two lengths in his first start since finishing third in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Audible is Into Mischief’s leading earner this year, and is one of his 17 stakes winners that have accounted… Read More

Cross Traffic’s first Breeders’ Cup starter Jaywalk rolled to a 5 1/2-length victory in Friday’s $2 million Juvenile Fillies (G1), likely securing championship honors for the now two-time Grade 1 winner. Jaywalk’s victory also propelled Cross Traffic to the top of this year’s First-Crop Sire list. The Spendthrift stallion… Read More

Spendthrift stallions Cross Traffic, Goldencents and Jimmy Creed all have starters during Friday’s Breeders’ Cup card, which is solely focuses on the 2-year-olds. Both Cross Traffic and Goldencents are First-Crop Sires of 2018, while Jimmy Creed’s first crop are 3-year-olds this year. Cross Traffic’s Jaywalk is among the top choices… Read More

Into Mischief, the sire of two-time Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and current Spendthrift stallion Goldencents, will have three shots at this year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs. Golden Mischief, Mia Mischief and Miss Sunset form a formidable trio set to contest… Read More

Free Drop Billy retires as Union Rags’ only G1 son at 2 Free Drop Billy, the dominant winner of last year’s Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, has been retired to stud at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY. The Grade 1-winning son of Union Rags will… Read More

Pompeii Worm, a $525,000 purchase at this year OBS March 2-year-olds sale, impressed his first time out on Oct. 27 at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan, drawing away to win the 1,200 meter contest by nearly two lengths. Bred by Spendthrift Farm, Pompeii Worm is out of Briecat, who accounted for… Read More

Goldencents, the leading Freshman Sire of 2018, continued his strong sales results at the recently concluded Fasig-Tipton October Yearling sale when a colt by the Spendthrift Farm stallion sold for $265,000. Bill Murphy, agent, was the consignor for hip No. 974, with SBM, agent, coming away as the winning bidder. Read More

Into Mischief’s promising 2-year-old colt Maximus Mischief remained perfect through his first two career starts with an eye-catching six-length victory in a PARX allowance race on Saturday, earning TDN Rising Star status for Cash Is King LLC and LC Racing and trainer Robert Reid Jr. A romping 8 ¾-length wire-to-wire… Read More

Can the Man, a top-five First-Crop Sire of winners, tallied number nine on Oct. 15 when Hanakotoba broke her maiden at Kempton Racecourse in Great Britain. Can the Man’s nine winners currently places him fourth on the First-Crop Sire list. Spendthrift Farm recently announced that his stud fee would be… Read More

Jimmy Creed’s 2-year-old colt King of Speed showed once again he is a horse with a big future with his victory in the $100,000 Zuma Beach S. at Santa Anita park on Oct. 8, coming from well off the pace with a strong stretch rally to win the one-mile… Read More