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Big returns for Gormley’s first yearlings at F-T

Gormley's first yearlings at the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase sold for an average of $137,500, more than 18 times his stud fee... Read More

Thousand Words, Authentic a formidable Derby duo

Spendthrift Farm and their partners arrive at this year's Kentucky Derby (G1) with two colts who have shown they have what it takes to win Saturday's Run for the Roses... Read More

KENTUCKY DERBY Q & A WITH B. WAYNE HUGHES

It could be quite a Derby week for Spendthrift Farm and its owner B. Wayne Hughes.... Read More

Thousand Words defeats Honor A. P., earns trip to Kentucky Derby

Thousands Words defeated Honor A.P. by a half-length in Saturday's $100,000 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar... Read More

Met Mile-G1 winner Vekoma to stand at Spendthrift

Vekoma became the 10th horse to win the Carter and Met Mile in the same year | Coglianese photo B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired the breeding rights to multiple Grade One-winning millionaire Vekoma. The four-year-old son of leading sire Candy Ride (Arg) captured the prestigious Metropolitan… Read More
Vekoma became the 10th horse to win the Carter and Met Mile in the same year | Coglianese photo

Temple City colt tabbed for $280,000 on final day of OBS sale

A Temple City colt from the family of Ghostzapper brought a top bid of $280,000 during the closing session... Read More

Spendthrift acquires majority interest in undefeated SA Derby-G1 contender Authentic

Authentic, a multiple GSW by Into Mischief, is unbeaten & unchallenged in 3 starts | Eclipse Sportswire B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired a majority ownership interest in the undefeated three-year-old colt Authentic, who is set to go postward as the likely favorite in Saturday’s Santa Anita… Read More
Authentic, a multiple GSW by Into Mischief, is unbeaten and unchallenged in his 3 starts | Eclipse Sportswire photo

Hit It a Bomb filly hammers for $200,000 during OBS opener

As the first session of the OBS March Sale of 2-year-olds on training wound down, Hit It a Bomb had the most expensive lot by a First-Crop sire... Read More
Hip 63, the first 2yo offered at auction, brings $200,000 on day one at OBS March | Photo by Z

Pair of :10-flats from first 2yos by Cinco Charlie

Hip 197, a Cinco Charlie colt, goes :10 flat Thursday at OBS | Judit Seipert photo The first 2-year-olds by Cinco Charlie are proving to be fast and early at the OBS March sale. Should anyone be surprised? Hips 197 and 318 had eye-catching :10-flat breezes during the… Read More
Hip 318, a Cinco Charlie filly, zips :10 flat Friday at OBS March | Judit Seipert photo

Hit It a Bomb filly garners attention at OBS

Hip 63 is the first 2yo sale offering by her G1-winning-2yo sire | Judit Seipert photo Hip 63, a smooth-moving filly from the first crop of Grade 1-winning juvenile Hit It a Bomb, caught the attention of onlookers Thursday at OBS after her :10.1 breeze followed by a… Read More
Hip 63 is the first 2yo sale offering by her G1-winning-2yo sire | Judit Seipert photo

Coal Front, 5-time GSW & world-class miler, gets first mare in foal

With over $1.8 million in earnings, Coal Front is one of the most accomplished first-season sires of 2020 | Autry Graham photo Spendthrift Farm’s Coal Front, the five-time graded stakes-winning millionaire-miler, had his first mare confirmed in foal. The Wildcat Heir mare Defying Gravity scanned in foal on… Read More
With $1.8 million in earnings, Coal Front is one of the most accomplished first-season sires of 2020 | Autry Graham photo

First mare bred to Maximus Mischief checks in foal

Maximus Mischief | 2020 at Spendthrift | Autry Graham photo Spendthrift Farm’s Maximus Mischief, the undefeated Grade 2-winning juvenile by Into Mischief, had his first mare confirmed in foal. Spin to Gold scanned in foal on Feb. 28th for breeder D J Stable at Hidden Brook Farm in… Read More
Maximus Mischief | 2020 at Spendthrift | Autry Graham