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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

Jaywalk used her quick turn of foot to her advantage perfectly in Sunday’s $400,000 Frizette S. (G1) at Belmont Park, rolling up the score to a nearly half-dozen length win in the local traditional prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), to be run next month at Churchill… Read More

Golden Mischief earned a start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) with her win in Saturday’s $250,000 Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2), defeating Chalon by a head in the six-furlong contest. The 4-year-old filly is the 18th Graded Stakes winner for Into Mischief, whose progeny… Read More

Love and Love made a big move on the turn, then out-fought Molly’s Party in the stretch to break her maiden by a neck on Oct. 5 over the Belmont Park inner turf course. The 2-year-old filly marks the 20th winner for Goldencents, which is eight more than any other… Read More

Sugar Bolt rolled her way to a 7 1/4-length maiden special weight win in her Oct. 5 debut at Indiana Downs to become the eighth overall winner for Can the Man, which ranks fourth on the 2018 Freshman Sire list. Sugar Bolt asserted herself right from the start of Friday’s… Read More

Itsmyluckyday’s first crop of runners have shown heart all year long, maybe none more so than Eutychia, who won a three-way photo to break her maiden by a neck on Oct. 4 at Remington Park (VIDEO). The six-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies was loaded with drama. Northern… Read More

B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm announced 2019 fees for its 25-stallion roster set to stand at the Lexington-based farm this upcoming breeding season. Among the roster are three new stallions for 2019, and Spendthrift’s stallion ranks are again spearheaded at the top by leading sire Into Mischief, whose fee has… Read More