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LEXINGTON, Ky. – [October 7, 2026] – Spendthrift Farm has announced stud fees for its 2027 stallion roster, led by perennial leading sire Into Mischief, who will stand for $250,000 S&N, and rising stars Vekoma and Yaupon, who will each stand for $100,000 S&N. Read More

LEXINGTON, Ky. — [October 6, 2026] — The regally-bred, Grade 1 winner Baeza has been retired and will enter stud at Spendthrift Farm.  Campaigned by Lee and Susan Searing’s C R K Stable and his breeder Robert Clay’s Grandview Equine, Baeza retires with earnings of more than $2.3… Read More

Spendthrift Farm will add Grade I winners Baeza and Further Ado to its stallion roster for the 2027 breeding season the farm announced on Friday evening. A $1.2 million Keeneland September yearling, Baeza placed in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes at 3 before winning the same… Read More

Into Mischief had the top price through the first two days of the Keeneland September sale after the conclusion of Book 1 when hip No. 242 hammered for a stratospheric $3.7 million. The colt was consigned by John Gunther’s Glennwood Farm. Gunther, in partnership with Eurowest Bloodstock, bred… Read More

Champion Forte made a big splash with his first-ever Keeneland yearling on Monday when hip No. 27 sold for $800,000 to Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC. Four Star Sales, agent for breeder Spendthrift Farm, was the consignor for chestnut colt. The Kentucky-bred is the second foal out of the… Read More

Not only did Into Mischief have the sale-topper with his $4.2 million colt, the seven-time champion sire had three of the Tuesday session’s top five hips, as well as six of the top 10. Into Mischief’s Tuesday results included four lots that brought at least $2.6 million, with… Read More

Forte’s yearlings got off to a flying start during the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale with a $700,000 filly and a $600,000 colt among his offerings on Monday evening. Overall, Forte had four lots sell for an average of $461,250. The champion 2-year-old male of 2022,… Read More

Into Mischief had the second-highest priced individual during Monday evening’s opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale when hip No. 91 hammered for $2.3 million. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent for breeder Don Alberto Corporation, the striking gray/roan sold to Hunter Rankin, who was… Read More

Arabian Lion, along with fellow Spendthrift Freshman sires Forte and Taiba, had robust results at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings sale on Tuesday in central Kentucky. Leading the way for Arabian Lion was hip No. 77, a filly consigned by Gainesway, agent and purchased for $270,000 by Baccari… Read More

Champion Forte’s 2026 live yearling auction season got off to a strong start July 14 at the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings sale when hip No. 161 sold for $280,000 to Offshoot Farm. The Warrendale Sales, agent consignee would finish as the second highest-price filly, and the second highest price… Read More

Three-time Grade 1 winner Taiba topped all First-Crop sires at the Fasig-Tipton July Select Yearlings sale on Tuesday with a $300,000 colt from the Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Don Alberto Corporation consignment. Purchased by Taproot Bloodstock’s Phil Hager, hip No. 36 wound up as the co-third… Read More

Vekoma’s hip No. 135 brought a winning bid of $600,000 Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton July Select Yearlings sale, which would ultimately prove to be the top price paid during the one-day auction in central Kentucky. Vekoma was also responsible for the third-highest price of the day when hip… Read More