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And One More Time gives Omaha Beach first Grade 1 winner in Natalma S. (G1)
And One More Time rallied gamely between horses to win Saturday’s $500,000 Natalma S. (G1) at Woodbine to become the first Grade 1 winner for Omaha Beach. The 2-year-old filly is the latest of seven stakes winners this year for Omaha Beach, who also has 14 black type horses, three… Read More
Musical Mischief overcomes trouble to take $400,000 Locust Grove S. (G2)
Musical Mischief gets her first stakes win in the Locust Grove S. (G2) – Renee Torbit/Coady Media Into Mischief got his 13th graded stakes winner of the year Saturday at Churchill Downs when Musical Mischief drew off to a 3 ¼-length victory in the $400,000 Locust Grove S. (G2). The… Read More
Jonathan’s Way takes Iroquois S. (G3) to top huge day for Vekoma
Jonathan's Way went gate to wire in the $300,000 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs as the highlight of a stellar Saturday for Vekoma... Read More
Undefeated Thousand Words filly romps by 7 ¾-lengths in stakes debut
Much like she did in her July 26 debut, Andrea went right to the front of Saturday’s Hallandale Beach S. and never looked back, rolling home a 7 ¾-length winner to become the third stakes winner for Thousand Words. Thousand Words, with 11 winners and nearly $1 million in progeny… Read More
Rebirth: 2004-2024 (VIDEO)
20 years. B. Wayne Hughes started this chapter of Spendthrift. Now, a new era dawns. Read More
Classic winners Dornoch & National Treasure to stand at Spendthrift in 2025, Kingsbarns to be $20,000
Spendthrift Farm has announced that classic winners Dornoch and National Treasure will retire following this year’s Breeders’ Cup and join the farm’s stallion roster for the 2025 breeding season. The pair of multiple Grade 1 winners will join fellow Grade 1 winner Kingsbarns, who retired to Spendthrift last month and… Read More
Yaupon hits high-water mark with $900,000 colt
Yaupon’s $900,000 colt, hip 571, at the 2024 Keeneland September sale – Nicole Finch photo All eyes were on Yaupon’s hip No. 571 when the Yaupon colt entered the ring Wednesday at Keeneland, and when bidding ended, the bay juvenile went to agent Monique Delk for $900,000, who was bidding… Read More
Vekoma’s first Keeneland September offering brings $600,000
Vekoma’s $625,000 filly, hip 692, at the 2024 Keeneland September sale – Nicole Finch photo Vekoma, the leading Second-Crop yearling sire of 2024 by sales average – at $259,060 – had his best result of the year Wednesday at Keeneland when a filly by the Spendthrift stallion sold for $625,000. Read More
Authentic has top filly – at $750,000 – Thursday at Keeneland
Authentic’s hip No. 507 at the 2024 Keeneland September sale – Nicole Finch photo Authentic’s strong sales results continued as Keeneland wrapped up Book 2 at the September Yearling sale on Thursday, with the Spendthrift stallion having the top-priced filly of the session at $750,000. Authentic’s 2024 yearling sales average… Read More
More big numbers for Vekoma Thursday at Keeneland
Vekoma’s $600,000 colt, hip 885, at the 2024 Keeneland September sale – Nicole Finch photo The success of Vekoma’s first crop of runners at the track this year is translating into stellar results for the Spendthrift stallion at the Keeneland September sale, the latest coming Thursday with a $600,000 colt… Read More
Omaha Beach colt hits half-million-dollar mark Wednesday at Keeneland
Omaha Beach’s $500,000 colt, hip 550, at the 2024 Keeneland September sale – Nicole Finch photo Omaha Beach, the leading Second-Crop sire in North America, kicked off Keeneland’s Book 2 with a $500,000 colt during Wednesday’s session of the marathon yearling sale. Consigned by Woods Edge Farm, agent, hip No. Read More
Vekoma colt streaks to big win in $100,000 First State Dash
It’s Hammertime became Vekoma’s second stakes winner with a dominating performance in the $100,000 First State Dash at Delaware Park on Sept. 11. The 2-year-old colt, who won his debut by eight lengths at the same track on June 5, led at every point of call in the First State. Read More
