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Omaha Beach finished atop the 2024 Second-Crop Sire list in nearly every statistical category, including having just over $8 million in progeny earnings, more than $1.2 million than any other sophomore sire. The Spendthrift stallion was especially strong in the stakes categories, with 11 black type winners, four of them… Read More

National Treasure, the three-time Grade 1-winning son of Quality Road, has been retired from racing and will take up residence at Eric & Tamara Gustavson’s Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY, where he will stand stud in 2025 for an introductory fee of $40,000 S&N. National Treasure, a classic winner of… Read More

Champion Jackie’s Warrior’s first foals offered at auction drew high praise and robust bidding Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton November sale, with all nine lots offered selling for an average of $173,333, the highest average price for any First-Crop sire with multiple lots sold. Five of the nine weanlings brought… Read More

Into Mischief, who has topped the North American General Sire list for the past five years and is once again leading in 2024, will have eight opportunities in this year’s Breeders’ Cup to add to his current 2024 earnings total of just over $30 million. Into Mischief’s eight pre-entries are… Read More

Cyberknife was represented by a sale-topping filly out of his first crop of weanlings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale when she hammered down for a price of $230,000 to Diamond I. Bred by Waldorf Farm and consigned by Gracie Bloodstock, the filly’s final price was record-tying for… 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 2025 breeding season, once again led by North America’s reigning five-time champion General Sire, Into Mischief, who will stand for $250,000 S&N. “Into Mischief continues to push… Read More

Dornoch, a leading 3-year-old colt with impressive wins in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1), has been diagnosed with bone bruising, which will force him to miss his planned final start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. As a result, Dornoch has been retired from racing and will begin… Read More

Spendthrift Farm has announced that classic winners Dornoch and National Treasure will retire following this year’s Breeders’ Cup and join the farm’s stallion roster for the 2025 breeding season. The pair of multiple Grade 1 winners will join fellow Grade 1 winner Kingsbarns, who retired to Spendthrift last month and… Read More

All eyes were on Yaupon’s hip No. 571 when the Yaupon colt entered the ring Wednesday at Keeneland, and when bidding ended, the bay juvenile went to agent Monique Delk for $900,000, who was bidding on behalf of Vinnie Viola’s St. Elias Stables. With 31 yearlings sold this year for… Read More

Vekoma, the leading Second-Crop yearling sire of 2024 by sales average – at $259,060 – had his best result of the year Wednesday at Keeneland when a filly by the Spendthrift stallion sold for $625,000. Consigned by Woods Edge Farm, agent, hip No. 692 went to Three Amigos. The filly… Read More

Authentic’s strong sales results continued as Keeneland wrapped up Book 2 at the September Yearling sale on Thursday, with the Spendthrift stallion having the top-priced filly of the session at $750,000. Authentic’s 2024 yearling sales average is a healthy $208,500, third-best for all Second-Crop sires and the highest figure among… Read More

The success of Vekoma’s first crop of runners at the track this year is translating into stellar results for the Spendthrift stallion at the Keeneland September sale, the latest coming Thursday with a $600,000 colt early in the session. Hip No. 885 was consigned by Beau Lane Bloodstock, agent and… Read More