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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

Spendthrift Farm has announced the stud fees for its roster of 29 stallions set to stand at the Lexington-based farm for the upcoming 2026 breeding season, once again led by North America’s reigning six-time champion General Sire, Into Mischief, who will stand for $250,000 stands and nurses. “What Into Mischief… Read More

Spendthrift Farm homebred Provenance is showing the early promise of his incredible pedigree, as the 2-year-old colt – by Into Mischief and out of champion Monomoy Girl – broke his maiden impressively at Santa Anita on Sept. 27th to be named as the newest ‘Rising Star’ by the Thoroughbred Daily… Read More

Omaha Beach’s lightly-raced and rapidly-improving 3yo colt Nevada Beach landed a breakthrough victory in the $300,000 Goodwood Stakes (G1) on Sept. 27th at Santa Anita, out-finishing a field of older horses including defending Breeders’ Cup winner Full Serrano in the storied 1 1/8-mile race. Hall of Fame trainer Bob… Read More