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Into Mischief got his 90th lifetime graded stakes winner Saturday at Aqueduct when Love Cervere rallied from well off the pace to win the Glen Cove S. (G3). Already a two-time black type winner prior to Saturday’s race, Love Cervere is one of Into Mischief’s 180 overall stakes winners. Breaking… Read More

Major Dude, a four-time graded stakes-winning son of Bolt d’Oro, added the listed Artie Schiller S. to his resume on Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct, taking the one-mile turf affair by a length over Otago. Facing just four foes, Major Dude settled in third soon after the break as Big Everest… Read More

Further Ado carried the Spendthrift Farm colors to a gaudy 20-length maiden special weight victory Oct. 10 at Keeneland and was unsurprisingly named a TDN Rising Star. The 2-year-old colt was making his two-turn debut following a pair of sprint outings at Saratoga this summer. Hustled out of the gate,… Read More

Spendthrift Farm has announced the stud fees for its roster of 29 stallions set to stand at the Lexington-based farm for the upcoming 2026 breeding season, once again led by North America’s reigning six-time champion General Sire, Into Mischief, who will stand for $250,000 stands and nurses. “What Into Mischief… Read More

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 S. (G1)… Read More

One day after Tommy Jo took the Alcibiades S. (G1) Friday at Keeneland, Ted Noffey had his turn in the spotlight with an emphatic victory in the $650,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1). Both 2-year-olds are by Into Mischief and, by virtue of their wins, each earned an entry into the Breeders’… Read More

Maximus Mischief got his second Grade 1 winner of the year Saturday at Santa Anita Park when Intrepido closed with a rush to win the $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1) by three-quarters of a length over heavily favored Desert Gate, with Plutarch a nose back in third. The top three… Read More

Spendthrift Farm’s regally-bred filly Tamara made a triumphant return to the races Saturday at Santa Anita Park with a dominating victory in the Chillingworth S. (G3). By Spendthrift’s top-three Fourth-Crop sire Bolt d’Oro and out of four-time champion Beholder, Tamara has been held in the highest regard since she arrived… Read More

Vekoma got his second Grade 2 winner in as many days on Saturday at Keeneland when Praying bested a top-class field in the $400,000 Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2). The 3-year-old filly also earned an automatic berth in the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at… Read More

Local Knowledge, carrying the Spendthrift Farm colors, overcame an extremely wide trip to break her maiden at first asking as well as being named the third TDN Rising Star for leading First-Crop sire Yaupon. Yaupon has a total of 18 individual winners and five stakes winners, leading the First-Crop list… Read More

Top-five Second-Crop sire Authentic got his first Grade 1 winner in thrilling fashion Saturday at Aqueduct when Iron Orchard rallied for a nose victory over Rileytole in the $400,000 Frizette S. (G1). Undefeated Iron Orchard had two easy wins sprinting during the Saratoga, though they were against lesser competitors than… Read More

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 in the… Read More