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Malibu Moon's Prospective hits Derby trail in Tampa

Prospective's victory in the $100,000, seven-furlong Pasco S. for 3-year-olds at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 14 will likely put the dark bay son of Malibu Moon on the Derby trail...

Eden's Moon demolishes foes at Santa Anita

Eden's Moon was simply stellar in her maiden win Jan. 8 at Santa Anita Park, running away to a 11 1/2- length victory in her second lifetime start...

Malibu Moon: a look back at 2011

2011 was another banner year for Spendthrift's top-5 ranked stallion Malibu Moon...

Obruchev cruises in $385K Japanese stakes

Malibu Moon's 2-year-old son Obruchev remained undefeated in black type races with a dominating eight-length victory in the $385,000 Yushun S...

Malibu Moon's Obruchev breaks maiden in stakes

In just his second lifetime start, Obruchev made the most of his maiden win with stakes win at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan...

2012 stud fees set; Malibu Moon to $70,000

B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm announced stud fees for its 2012 roster of stallions, which is headlined by leading sire Malibu Moon...

Great beginning at Keeneland Nov. for Malibu Moon

The 2011 Keeneland November breeding stock sale got off to a fantastic start for Malibu Moon with a pair of distaffers bringing seven figures during the first two days of the sale...

Funny Moon brings $2.3 million at Fasig-Tipton

Five-year-old Funny Moon, Grade 1-winning daughter of Malibu Moon, was the top seller, at $2.3 million, the first evening at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale...

Malibu Moon logs 13th stakes winner of the year

Managed Account came running in the stretch to grab a neck victory in the $75,000 Toccet S...

Malibu Moon Breeders' Cup preview

Two-time Grade 1 winner Ask the Moon and the promising 2-year-old colt Prospective will carry the torch for their sire Malibu Moon in this year's Breeders' Cup...

Malibu Moon gets 12th stakes winner of 2011

Moonlit Malibu led the entire seven furlong trip of the $50,000 HBPA Mayors H. Oct. 4 at Charles Town...

Malibu Moon juvenile takes Grey S. (G3) at Woodbine

Spendthrift-bred Prospective rolled to a two-length victory in the $201,200 Grey S. (G3) at Woodbine on Oct. 9 to give his sire Malibu Moon his second of three stakes winners on the day...

Rule by Night steps up in Duck Dance S.

Rule by Night, a 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon, got his first stakes win of 2011 in the $60,000 Duck Dance S. Oct. 9...

Strike the Moon hits home in $400,000 Charles Town Oaks

Strike the Moon took the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks by three-quarters of a length on Sept. 17 to win the richest sprint race in the country for 3-year-old fillies...

Ask the Moon rolls to second straight G1 score

Malibu Moon's Ask the Moon made all the running to win the $300,000 Personal Ensign I. (G1) by 2 3/4-lengths Sept. 3...

Hot Summer comes from behind to win G3 Victory Ride S.

A quick early pace in the $102,000 Victory Ride S. at Saratoga set things up perfectly for a strong closing move from Hot Summer...

Ask the Moon responds best in G1 Ruffian H.

Malibu Moon's Ask the Moon proved she could handle a big jump in class with a front-running score in the $250,000 Ruffian H...

Malibu Moon firsters find winners circle at Del Mar, Monmouth

Top-10 sire Malibu Moon had a pair of sharp-looking debut winners on opposite coasts on July 24...

Malibu Moon yearlings average over $140K at Fasig-Tipton sale

A pair of Malibu Moon yearling both brought six figure prices at the July 12 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale...

Malibu Win tops in $75K Northern Fling stakes

Malibu Win ran down the front-runners with a four-wide move to earn her first stakes victory in the $75,000 Northern Fling...

Lunar Mist shines in Mountaineer's Firecracker

Malibu Moon's 52nd career stakes winner came in the $75,000 Firecracker S. at Mountaineer Park on July 3...

Malibu Pier chalks up 3rd graded stakes win of 2011

Spendthrift's Malibu Pier wore down a loose-on-the-lead Restless Soul (GB) to win the $100,000 Beverly Hills H. (G3)...

Moon Over Maryland: $390K 2YO is top filly at Timonium

A Malibu Moon filly who worked a quarter mile in a bullet :21.3 on May 18, sold to Hall of Famer Bob Baffert for $390,000...

Baltimore Bob ships to Lone Star for stakes win

Baltimore Bob ran his 2011 record to three for four with a victory in the $50,000 Grand Prairie Turf Challenge April 23...

Malibu Pier wins G2 Santa Barbara for Spendthrift

Malibu Pier's win in he $150,000 Santa Barbara H. (G2) April 16 at Santa Anita was a trifecta of sorts for B. Wayne Hughes and Spendthrift Farm...

Malibu Moon maiden impresses at Aqueduct

Ripples n' Waves strolled home a 6 1/4-length winner for his first career victory in a one mile maiden race...

Malibu Moon's Rodman dominates in Irish Tower stakes

Rodman left no doubt as to who was the best in the Apr. 14 Irish Tower S. at Aqueduct...

Hot Summer springs forward in G3 Comely

Malibu Moon's Hot Summer shot through along the rail to wrap up a tidy 2 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Comely S. (G3) April 9...

Alec's Moon scores rare Oaks-Derby double

With her victory in the March 23 Portland Meadows Derby, the 3-year-old filly Alec's Moon completed a sweep of the Derby and the Portland Meadows Oaks...

Malibu Pier becomes Malibu Moon's 50th SW in Santa Ana (G2)

B. Wayne Hughes’ homebred Malibu Pier became the milestone 50th career stakes winner for Malibu Moon, with her tenacious victory in the $150,000 Santa Ana S. (G2) on March 19...

Strong sale for Malibu Moon at Fasig-Tipton Palm Meadows

Malibu Moon started off the 2011 2-year-old sales season with great results at Palm Meadows on March 3. The Spendthrift stallion was the leading North America sire by average with three or more sold, selling six juveniles for an average of $355,000....

Alec's Moon easily wins Portland Meadows Oaks

Alec's Moon was much the best in the $50,000 Portland Meadows Oaks on Jan. 29, winning by 6 1/2-lengths...

Malibu Moon colt dominates at Tampa

Stretching out to two turns proved to be just the right thing for Moonhanger as he romped home an 11 length winner...

Spendthrift homebred Malibu Pier second in G1 La Brea

Malibu Pier, owned and bred by B. Wayne Hughes, was a clear second in the $250,000 La Brea S. (G1) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park...

Rahy's Moon makes it two straight with Argentine stakes win

Malibu Moon, North America's third leading sire, got his latest stakes winner in Argentina on Nov. 26...

Malibu Moon colt dominates in Groovy stakes

Rule by Night turned the $60,000 Groovy S. into a one-horse race with a galloping 9 1/4-length victory...

Malibu Moon to stand for $60,000 in 2011

Leading sire Malibu Moon, who is enjoying a banner year in 2010, will stand the upcoming 2011 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm for a fee of $60,000...

Malibu Moon Breeders' Cup runners in Ladies Classic and Filly and Mare Sprint

Four runners sired by Malibu Moon were entered in the 26th Breeders’ Cup...

Rule by Night adds to Malibu Moon's impressive list of stakes horses

Malibu Moon sired his 24th stakes performer of the year on Oct. 9, after Rule by Night was a close second in the $250,000 Gallant Bob...

Life At Ten back to winning ways in G1 Beldame

Life At Ten won her fourth graded stakes of 2010 with a daylight victory in the Beldame (G1)...

Malibu Moon filly tops Keeneland Day 4 at $700K

A $700,000 Malibu Moon filly was the top price during Day 4 of the Keeneland September yearling sale...

Moon de French shows the way in Adoration victory

Moon de French made all the running in a 1 3/4-length score in the $75,000 Adoration...

Graded races full of Malibu Moon progeny this weekend

The starting gates in the Grade I and Grade II races will be filled with progeny by Malibu Moon this weekend, as at least six of his sons and daughters are competing in the best races across America...

Malibu Moon has highest price colt at OBS August sale

Malibu Moon had the highest price colt during the select portion of the OBS August yearling sale...

Malibu Moon's number of stakes horses on the rise

Malibu Moon sired his 21st stakes performer of the year on August 23rd, when Malibu Moon Dance ran second in the Bennington Stakes at Saratoga...

Sweet August Moon wins G3 Rancho Bernardo at Del Mar

Sweet August Moon won her second straight race, both in graded company, in the $150,000 Rancho Bernardo H. (G3)...

Sire Malibu Moon a rising star in breeding industry (kentucky.com)

Currently third on the general sire list by earnings, Malibu Moon has been on a tear with three of his daughters...

Three Malibu Moon colts lead the way at Saratoga

Four Malibu Moon yearlings were listed as sold, for an average of $237,500, nearly six times the stud fee...

Malibu Prayer the class of G1 Ruffian

Malibu Prayer became the third Grade 1 winner of 2010 for Malibu Moon, with a front-running score in the $250,000 Ruffian

Devil May Care adds G1 Coaching Club to resume

Devil May Care made it look easy with a four-length tally in the $250,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1)...

Malibu Moon filly Dream is “out of this world” in debut

Dream lived up to her 4-5 odds when the 2-year-old filly by Malibu Moon scored an “easier than it looked” 4 3/4-length victory in her racing debut on July 20...

Sweet August Moon continues huge day for Malibu Moon

Sweet August Moon took advantage of an opening along the rail, and gave sire Malibu Moon his second Graded victory of July 17th, winning the $150,000 A Gleam Handicap (G2) at Hollywood Park....

Life At Ten makes it six in a row in G2 Del 'Cap

Malibu Moon's daughter Life At Ten solidified her status as one of the top older distaffers in the country with a front-running, three-length victory in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (G2) on July 17...

Three six-figure yearlings for Malibu Moon at F-T

Three yearlings by Spendthrift's Malibu Moon brought six-figure prices at the July 13-14 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky sale...

Devil May Care's G1 sparks big day for Malibu Moon

Devil May Care overwhelmed her competition with an easy-as-you-please victory in the $250,000 Mother Goose S. (G1) at Belmont Park...

Malibu Moon distaffers 1-3 in G1 Ogden Phipps

Malibu Moon put his stamp on the 42nd running of the $250,000 Ogden Phipps H. when a pair of fillies by the Spendthrift stallion finished first and third...

Baltimore Bob game in Da Hoss Stakes victory

Baltimore Bob, a 5-year-old son of Malibu Moon, won a hard-fought stretch duel to take the $50,000 Da Hoss S. at Colonial Downs on June 12...

Funny Moon takes G2 Shuvee Handicap

With a score in the Grade 2 Shuvee, Funny Moon is starting to make a habit of winning big races at Belmont Park...

Big weekend in the offing for Malibu Moon

Malibu Moon will be represented in four graded stakes during the third weekend in May...

Devil May Care ready for Derby 136

With the field, post positions and odds all set, a filly by Malibu Moon is attracting as much attention as any horse in the Kentucky Derby (G1) lineup...

Devil May Care will attempt to make history in Kentucky Derby

After several days of consideration, trainer Todd Pletcher and owner John Greathouse decided on Monday to enter Devil May Care in the May 1 Kentucky Derby...

Malibu Moon's Pinkarella gets breakthrough win in $250K Sugar Maple Stakes

The rich Apr. 17 card at Charles Town racetrack proved the perfect place for Pinkarella to get the first stakes win in the 4-year-old filly's career...

Life At Ten gets fourth consecutive win in G3 Sixty Sails

Life At Ten, a five-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon, recorded her fourth straight victory with a one-length triumph in the $200,000 Sixty Sails (G3) at Hawthorne Racecourse on Apr. 17...

Sanan and Albertrani take shot with Odysseus

Owner Satish Sanan and trainer Tom Albertrani are interviewed in a story by the Daily Racing Form about top Kentucky Derby contender Odysseus...

Malibu Moon colt brings second-highest price at Keeneland 2YO sale

The offspring of Malibu Moon have brought big prices all spring during the 2-year-old sales season, and the Keeneland April sale was no exception...

Edwin Anthony Pedigree Analysis: Odysseus

While viewing Triple Crown prep races, breeders and casual fans alike are looking for something out of the ordinary...

Devil May Care back on top with Bonnie Miss victory

With her victory in the $200,000 Bonnie Miss (G2), Devil May Care gave her sire Malibu Moon his 44th winner of 2010, currently tops on the North America general sire list...

OBS March sale: Malibu Moon pair near the top

Malibu Moon continued a strong spring on the Florida 2-year-old sales circuit when a pair of his juveniles were among the top sellers at the OBS selected sale...

Malibu Moon's Odysseus heroic in Tampa Bay Derby

Odysseus kept his Kentucky Derby dreams alive with a gutsy effort in the $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Mar. 6...

Malibu Moon tops sire list with 38 winners

Spendthrift Farm's Malibu Moon is currently on top of the 2010 North American sire list with a total of 38 winners through Mar. 11...

Malibu Moon duo shines at F-T Calder Select 2YOs

A pair of Malibu Moon 2-year-olds represented their sire very well in the Mar. 2 Fasig-Tipton Calder Select Sale, both ranking in the top 20 highest prices in the sale...

TDN: Sanan talks about Odysseus

Odysseus, the character from Greek mythology, overcame many obstacles to make it home safely after the Trojan War. And now his namesake - a 3-year-old colt by Malibu Moon - finds himself on an exciting journey of his own: the path to the Triple Crown...