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Free Drop Billy has top weanling Monday at Keeneland
A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Free Drop Billy was the top weanling during the Nov. 16 session of the Keeneland November sale... Read More
Well-related Bolt d’Oro colt goes for $280,000 at Keeneland
A colt by Bolt d'Oro out of a very deep female family sold for $280,000 Wednesday at the Keeneland November sale... Read More
Authentic, Breeders’ Cup Classic & Kentucky Derby hero, retires to Spendthrift
Authentic | Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 | Autry Graham photo Authentic, the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, has been retired to B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY where he will stand in 2021 for a fee of $75,000 S&N. “Authentic is a once-in-a-lifetime… Read More
Bolt d’Oro weanling hammers for $280,000 at Fasig-Tipton
Bolt d'Oro's first weanlings were offered for auction averaged well into six figures during Sunday's Fasig-Tipton November sale, topped by a $280,000 filly... Read More
Multiple G1 winner Vekoma retires to Spendthrift
Vekoma | G1 Met Mile 2020 | Photo by Sue Kawczynski/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM Multiple Grade One-winning millionaire Vekoma has been retired from racing and arrived at B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm where the four-year-old son of Candy Ride (Arg) will take up stud duty in 2021. His fee has… Read More
Into Mischief’s strong Saturday Breeders’ Cup hand
With five runners in five different races during Saturdays' Breeders' Cup, Into Mischief has ample opportunities to add to his stellar 2020 season... Read More
Breeders’ Cup Saturday preview: Goldencents
Goldencents, two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), has four solid chances to become a sire of a Breeders' Cup winner... Read More
Casa Creed set to contest Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1)
Casa Creed will face some of the world's best middle-distance horses in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland... Read More
Into Mischief 2yos take spotlight for Friday’s Breeders’ Cup
With nine horses in this year's Breeders' Cup, Into Mischief has more runners than any other sire... Read More
Spendthrift acquires breeding rights to multiple G1 juvenile Jackie’s Warrior
Jackie’s Warrior is the first horse since champion Dehere to win the Saratoga Special, Hopeful and Champagne | NYRA photo B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired the breeding rights to undefeated multiple Grade One-winning juvenile Jackie’s Warrior, dominant winner of Saturday’s Champagne S. (G1) at Belmont. Jackie’s… Read More
Spendthrift announces reduced stud fees for 2021
B. Wayne Hughes B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm announced reduced stud fees for most of its current roster of stallions set to stand at the Lexington-based farm in 2021. “Breeders are the backbone of our industry, and the bottom line is that stud farms only go as breeders… Read More
Into Mischief to stand for $225,000
Into Mischief | Coyle photo Spendthrift Farm’s reigning champion general sire Into Mischief, the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Authentic, will stand in 2021 for a fee of $225,000 S&N. “In our minds, there was only one box left to tick for Into Mischief and that was siring… Read More