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Fresh off his record-tying seventh straight leading sire title in 2025, Into Mischief has two finalists for Eclipse Awards in 2025: Sovereignty in the 3-year-old male category, and Ted Noffey in the 2-year-old male category. Both horses are heavy favorites to win the respective awards. The winners will be announced… 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

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

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