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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

The Paulick Report’s annual ‘All Value” sires list named Kingbarns as one of their two leading ‘Prospect’ sires for 2026. The Report defines a Prospect as: a stallion whose first foals are weanlings or yearlings of 2026. Statistics from 2025 state that Kingsbarns had 11 in-foal mares selling for… Read More

Cyberknife, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2026, recently was named one of the Paulick Report’s two ‘All Value’ Freshman sires. Cyberknife has been immensely popular with breeders since joining the Spendthrift roster, covering an average of 187 mares in his first three seasons. According to the Paulick Report, “[Cyberknife]… Read More

Alpyland had a sensational start to the new year when the 3-year-old Vekoma colt won the $175,000 Dania Beach S. Jan. 1 at Gulfstream Park. A winner of his last two starts of 2025 as well, Alpyland got a good stalking trip in Thursday’s one-mile turf affair. He sat in… Read More

Law School drew off smartly in the Parx stretch to win the Filly Division of the Future Stars S. by a widening seven lengths in her stakes debut. The 2-year-old Mitole filly came into the seven-furlong race off a 14-length allowance romp three weeks ago, and was just as sharp… Read More

Mailata blew away the competition in the Future Stars S. at Parx on Dec. 30, cantering to a 19-length win to give the 2-year-old Maximus Mischief colt his second straight stakes win. After the start of the seven-furlong race, Mailata was third on the backstretch, about three lengths from the… Read More

Caitlinhergrtness reached millionaire status, the second to do so for leading Third-Crop sire Omaha Beach, with her victory in the $250,000 My Charmer S. Dec. 21 at Turfway Park. Winner of the King’s Plate as well as a pair of graded stakes at Woodbine, Caitlinhergrtness was the prohibitive favorite in… Read More

Into Mischief tallied his 27th stakes winner of 2025 on Dec. 20 when Not a Lady scored handily by 2 ½-lengths in the Toby Keith S. at Remington Park. The 2-year-old filly is the sixth juvenile stakes winner of the year for her sire, a list that is topped by… Read More