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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Breeders’ Cup & Eclipse Champions Vino Rosso and Mitole get first mares in foal
Vino Rosso | Autry Graham photo Spendthrift Farm’s 2019 Eclipse champions Vino Rosso & Mitole, winners of the Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 and Sprint-G1 in their final respective starts, have both had their first mares confirmed in foal. The Malibu Moon mare Shine Time checked in foal to Vino… Read More
Omaha Beach gets first mare in foal
Omaha Beach poses for onlookers at Spendthrift | Autry Graham photo Spendthrift Farm’s newly-retired Omaha Beach, the three-time Grade 1-winning 3-year-old by War Front, had his first mare confirmed in foal Tuesday, March 3rd. Theyskens’ Theory, a Grade 3-winning juvenile and multiple Grade 1-placed daughter of Bernardini, checked… Read More
