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The NTRA released the 2025 Eclipse Award finalists on Jan. 4, and Spendthrift Farm was named as one of three contenders for the Leading Owner award. The NTRA also stated that the winners will be announced on FanDuel TV, and other outlets, during the 55th Annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards,… Read More

Kopion, Omaha Beach’s leading earner of 2025, was named one of three finalists for the Eclipse Award in the Female Sprinter category. The now 6-year-old, who raced in the colors of Spendthrift Farm, was retired to the farm at the end of last year. Omaha Beach finished 2025 as the… Read More

When the 2025 Eclipse Award finalists were announced on Jan. 4, Mitole’s dynamic 3-year-old filly Shisospicy was named in three categories: 3-year-old Filly, Female Sprinter and Female Turf Horse. Shisospicy won five of her six U.S. starts in 2025, with her only loss coming on the dirt in her first… Read More

Commandment threaded his way through horses at the top of the Gulfstream Park stretch, then drew off with huge strides to win the $175,000 Mucho Macho Man S. by 6 ¾-lengths. The 3-year-old Into Mischief colt is now likely for a two-turn Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race after Saturday’s dominating… Read More

2025 came to a close with Into Mischief atop the General Sire List for the seventh consecutive year, tying the record of Bold Ruler, who held the title from 1963-1969. In addition to that historic accomplishment, Into Mischief was also 2025’s leading sire of 3-year-olds and was one of just… Read More

With Omaha Beach topping the list, Spendthrift stallions took the top four spots on the 2025 Third-Crop sire list. Omaha Beach was followed by Mitole, Vino Rosso and Maximus Mischief, respectively. Omaha Beach led the list in every category. His five graded stakes winners included Nevada Beach, winner of the… Read More

Vekoma, the leading Second-Crop sire of 2025 by a wide margin by nearly every metric, has now been champion sire of his crop in each of his first two years at stud. The only Second-Crop sire with over 100 winners, at 117, Vekoma had seven graded winners and 15 stakes… Read More

Yaupon sensational first year at stud finished with the Spendthrift stallion atop the 2025 First-Crop Sire list, with his $2,905,612 in progeny earnings nearly double any other freshman sire. This is the fourth year in a row that a Spendthrift Farm stallion topped the First-Crop list. Yaupon was preceded by… Read More

Multiple Grade 1 winner Chancer McPatrick, who is new to the Spendthrift Farm stallion roster for 2026, was named a Silver ‘Value Sire’ by the TDN in its annual new stallion analysis. Chancer McPatrick won both the Hopeful S. (G1) and Champagne S. (G1) at two and stretched out to… Read More

Thousand Words was named on the 2026 TDN’s annual Value Sires list as a bronze level ‘Value Sire’ for stallions standing for under $10,000. According to the TDN’s statistics, Thousand Words has so far assembled eight stakes winners from 136 starters in his first two crops, including the $2,500 yearling… Read More

Maximus Mischief was recently recognized as a top potential ‘Future Star’ sire by the Paulick Report in its annual stallion preview for 2026. Maximus Mischief, a son of Spendthrift’s all-world sire Into Mischief, had a total of 10 stakes winners, including four graded winners, in 2025 led by the Grade… Read More

Mitole’s ultra-impressive racing results in 2025 led the Paulick Report to recently name the Spendthrift stallion a “First Team Sprint Sire” for 2026. The Report defines a Sprint sire as “veteran sire who has a proven track record of getting successful sprinters”, which clearly fits Mitole. The champion Freshman Sire… Read More