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$800,000 colt by champion forte is a spendthrift homebred
Hip 27 at the 2026 Keeneland September Yearling Auction Sale was the first one through the ring for sire Forte, the Champion 2yo colt in 2022, and is his highest priced yearling to see so far hammering down at $800,000 to Greenwell Thoroughbreds. Bred and raised by… Read More
Spendthrift-bred son of into mischief sells for $1,250,000 at 2026 keeneland september sale
A Spendthrift-Bred son of Into Mischief was the highest priced yearling by his sire to sell during Session 1 of Book 1 at the 2026 September Keeneland Sale striking at $1,250,000 to Mike Ryan, agent. The colt is out of the Gun Runner mare Sixtythreecaliber, herself a… Read More
Magnificat adds the Tranquility Lake Stakes to resume
Magnificat adds another stakes win to her resume in the Tranquility Lake Stakes at Del Mar, a homebred for owner Spendthrift Farm, she is trained by Richard Mandella and was ridden by Joel Rosario. After stumbling at the break, Magnificat trailed the field for the first half-mile… Read More
$2,800,000 Into mischief colt the pride of breeders spendthrift farm
There were many 7-figure progeny sired by Into Mischief to have sold at the 2026 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale, but there was one special colt who was a little extra special to Spendthrift Farm, who stands his sire. Hip 140 was bred and raised by Spendthrift Farm… Read More
Spendthrift’s Princess Effusive wins Debut
Spendthrift Farm LLC’s homebred 2-year-old filly Effusive had much to live up to with her royal pedigree in her career debut July 18 at Saratoga, and the filly showed potential star power with a gritty 1 ¼-length win in a six-furlong maiden special weight contested over a sloppy racetrack. Read More
Walkinaftermidnite Newest Spendthrift Broodmare Purchase
Walkinaftermidnite, a stunning daughter of Frosted and Sittin At The Bar, was added to the Spendthrift Broodmare Band after selling for $340,000 at the 2026 Keeneland January Sale. Her dam, Sittin At The Bar, was out of Into Mischief’s very first crop in 2010. Born and raised… Read More
Distorted d’Oro added to Spendthrift’s Broodmare Band
Spendthrift Farm went to $2,100,000 for Distorted d’Oro, a Medaglia d’Oro daughter of Virginia Key, herself the dam of Grade 1 winner Tappan Street (Into Mischief) and daughter of Distorted Humor. Carrying her first foal sired by Into Mischief and it will be bred on the same… Read More
Welcome to the family, Foggy Night!
Spendthrift Farm added Grade 3 winner Foggy Night to their broodmare band after launching the winning bid of $850,000 at the 2025 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. A daughter of Khozan, himself a brother to legendary mare Royal Delta and successful stallion in Florida, Foggy Night won… Read More
Homebred Brave Deb wins the G3 Surfer Girl Stakes
When Brave Deb won Sunday’s Surfer Girl S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, the Spendthrift Farm homebred filly not only added to a big weekend for her sire, but also for the farm. Spendthrift’s colors were carried to victory at Keeneland by Tommy Jo in the Darley Alicibiades… Read More
Tommy Jo wins the G1 Alcibiades at keeneland
Spendthrift Farm’s homebred Into Mischief filly Tommy Jo earned her second consecutive Grade 1 win when she was awarded first place in Friday’s $650,000 Darley Alcibiades S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 2-year-old filly, who won the Spinaway S. (G1) in her prior start, also earned an automatic berth… Read More
Monomoy Girl’s first foal Provenance a winner and TDN Rising Star
Spendthrift Farm homebred Provenance is showing the early promise of his incredible pedigree, as the 2-year-old colt – by Into Mischief and out of champion Monomoy Girl – broke his maiden impressively at Santa Anita on Sept. 27th to be named as the newest ‘Rising Star’ by the Thoroughbred Daily… Read More
Fan favorite colt by flightline out of merneith sells for $800,000 at the 2025 keeneland september sale
Early in the day at the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Hip 41 went through the ring and sold for $800,000 to CHC INC, Maverick Racing, and First Go Racing LLC and was consigned by Four Star Sales. This colt, sired by Flightline and out of the… Read More
Tommy Jo romps in the Grade 1 Spinaway!
Spendthrift Farm bred Tommy Jo absolutely romped in the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes to open up Labor Day weekend and the final few days of the historic Saratoga meet. Tommy Jo dazzled in her debut at Saratoga back in July earning herself TDN Rising Star honors, the… Read More
Homebred Tommy Jo a flashy Saratoga TDN ‘Rising Star’
Into Mischief picked up his 53rd lifetime TDN ‘Rising Star’ when Tommy Jo rolled to a 3 ¾-length maiden special weight win Saturday at Saratoga. Bred and raised by Spendthrift Farm, the 2-year-old filly was simply stellar in her debut race going six-furlongs on the dirt. After getting… Read More
Spendthrift-Bred Yearlings Shine at Fasig-Tipton July Sale
The first major yearling sale of 2025 took place at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington on July 9th and saw some incredible yearlings go through the ring. The two highest priced yearling fillies were by Spendthrift Stallions, with the topper being a beast by Vekoma who sold to Kenny… Read More
Into Mischief x Quick Flip ’23 sells for $1,000,000 at Fasig-Tipton Midatlantic Sale
The Spendthrift-Bred son of Into Mischief and Quick Flip, born in 2023, sold for $1,000,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midatlantic Sale on May 20th, 2025. Quick Flip ’23 was born on May 1st 2023 at Spendthrift Farm, who is also the home of Into Mischief, the 6-time Champion… Read More
Spendthrift-bred Tirupati (Mitole)victorious in G3 Wilshire Stakes
Tirupati, by Mitole, wins the Grade 3 Wilshire Stakes at Santa Anita Park on March 29th, 2025 for her first graded stakes victory. Foaled April 17, 2021 at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, the flashy Tirupati is by the 2019 Champion Sprinter Mitole and is the first… Read More
Accelerize impressive in debut maiden win
Spendthrift-Bred and owned Accelerize impressed in his debut Maiden Special Weight win at Tampa Bay on March 8, 2025 to TDN Rising Star Status. Accelerize got away quickly from the full field of maiden colts, he set the pace at brisk fractions of :21.87 and :45.03, and hit… Read More
Super Chow makes 2025 Debut a winning one
Spendthrift-Bred Super Chow made his 2025 racing debut a winning one, speeding to victory in the Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes on February 22. Super Chow was born from the 2020 foal crop at Spendthrift Farm and is a son of the late stallion Lord Nelson and out… Read More
The Princess is Here!
2022 Kentucky Oaks Champion Secret Oath delivered her first foal, a bay filly by the 6-time Champion General Leading Sire Into Mischief, late on February 11, 2025. Secret Oath is sired by the late, great stallion Arrogate and is out of the stakes winning and Grade 1… Read More
Kopion (Omaha Beach) Victorious in Grade 1 La Brea Stakes
Kopion made a triumphant return to the races in Thursday’s $300,000 La Brea S. (G1), winning the seven-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies by 2 ¾-length to give Omaha Beach is second career Grade 1 winner. Kopion joins And One More Time, winner of the Natalma S. (G1) in… Read More
Bread To Run becomes sire Authentic’s 23rd winner
Spendthrift-bred Bread To Run (Authentic) breaks maiden to become her sire’s 23rd first-crop winner. Born March 10, 2022 at Spendthrift Farm, Bread To Run is out of the Noonmark mare Sliced Bread making the filly a half sister to the Grade 2 winner Kanthaka (Jimmy Creed). Consigned… Read More
White Abarrio dominates his comeback race by over 10 lengths
The 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic Champion White Abarrio dominated his first race back after a 5 month layoff by 10 1/4 lengths in an Allowance OC at Gulfstream Park on November 22, 2024. Bred and raised by Spendthrift Farm, White Abarrio is the first foal out of… Read More
Undefeated Sandy Bottom leads Spendthrift-bred exacta
It was a Spendthrift-Bred exacta, and a Spendthrift-sired trifecta, in the 7th race at Del Mar on November 15, 2024. Omaha Beach’s undefeated, stakes winning daughter Sandy Bottom made her return to the races after a year off, her last start being a win in the Anoakia… Read More
Welcome to the Spendthrift family, Denim And Pearls!
We are thrilled to add on another incredible mare to our broodmare band with the addition of Denim And Pearls! A daughter of our champion sire Into Mischief, Denim And Pearls hails from an outstanding female family which includes her full brother Newgate who won the Grade 1… Read More
Acquitted, first foal of G1 winner Perfect Alibi breaks maiden
The first foal of the Grade 1 winner Perfect Alibi is a winner, as Acquitted breaks her maiden at Santa Anita on September 27, 2024. Perfect Alibi’s biggest win came in the 2019 Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga, which was a followup from her Grade 2… Read More
The Saratoga Six
Hip 66, Into Mischief x I’m A Chatterbox We are incredibly excited to show off our Saratoga Yearling Sale haul! We picked up 6 yearlings from one of the most exciting yearling sales earlier in August. While they will not be named until their 2… Read More
We’re Back!!
Welcome back to the Spendthrift blog! Crazy to think that the last post on the blog was when Beholder was checked in foal to Bolt d’Oro, and since then, that foal ended up becoming the Grade 1 winner Tamara! We are very excited to bring you fun… Read More
Spendthrift-Bred White Abarrio the Giant Killer in the G2 Oaklawn Handicap
In one of the first major matchups of 2026, the stars aligned where Sovereignty, Journalism, and White Abarrio met in the G2 Oaklawn Handicap. In the end, it was the Spendthrift-Bred White Abarrio. Born at Spendthrift in 2019, White Abarrio is sired by Race Day and out… Read More
Mitole’s Shisospicy lights up the board at Fasig-Tipton’s November Sale
Newly crowned Breeders’ Cup Champion Shisospicy by Mitole lights up the board at Fasig-Tipton’s November sale, selling for $5,200,000. The buyer was not new to her ownership, as Morplay Racing bought out co-owners Qatar Racing. She will remain with trainer Jose d’Angelo who conditioned her to 4 stakes… Read More