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Taiba, 3-time G1 winner by Gun Runner, retires, available for inspection
Zedan Racing Stables’ Taiba, winner of the Santa Anita Derby (G1), Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and Malibu Stakes (G1) as a 3-year-old a year ago, has been retired from racing and taken up residency at Spendthrift Farm, where he will begin his stud career in 2024. Taiba will stand for an introductory fee of $35,000 S&N…
Read MoreAuthentic kicks off Keenlend Book 3 with $875,000 session topper
Authentic’s First-Crop star power was on display once again Saturday at Keeneland when a colt by the Spendthrift stallion topped the session at $875,000…
Read MoreG1 winners Taiba, Zandon & Arabian Lion to stand at Spendthrift in 2024
Spendthrift Farm has announced it will be adding Grade 1 winners Taiba, Zandon and Arabian Lion to its stallion roster for the 2024 breeding season. “We are really excited to be bringing in three new stallion prospects of the caliber of Taiba, Arabian Lion and Zandon for the 2024 breeding season,” said Spendthrift general manager…
Read MoreVekoma colt climbs to $775,000 Saturday at Keeneland
First-Crop sire Vekoma had the second-highest price of the Saturday session at Keeneland when hip No. 1498 sold for $775,000…
Read MoreOmaha Beach popular at Keeneland September
Popular young sire Omaha Beach has been well represented with his second-crop yearlings at the Keeneland September Sale. The brilliant son of War Front hails from one of the most exciting female families in the American stud book, and he’s started strong with his first juveniles to race, already siring a stakes winner with Hot…
Read MoreJimmy Creed’s Private Creed becomes a millionaire after Grade 2 triumph
Jimmy Creed sired yet another promising graded stakes winner in Private Creed when the 3-year-old colt took the $1 million, Grade 2 Franklin-Simpson Stakes at Kentucky Downs on September 9th. Private Creed, a multiple stakes winner coming into the race, captured his first graded win after rallying along the inside to score an impressive 2…
Read MoreInto Mischief breaks Storm Cat’s record for most million-dollar yearlings
Book One at the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale marked a historic event for four-time Champion General Sire Into Mischief, when 11 yearlings sold for seven-figure prices. Adding upon his trio of million-dollar yearlings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale last month, Into Mischief’s 14 seven-figure sales marks the most ever for a sire in a…
Read MoreTamara – by Bolt d’Oro, out of Beholder – resembles parents with runaway G1 victory at Del Mar
It is rarely seen that top-level mares produce racehorses that match their parent’s caliber. Yet, on Saturday, September 9th, the daughter of Champion Freshman Stallion Bolt d’Oro and the Hall of Fame mare Beholder dominated the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante at Del Mar. Tamara, named for Tamara Gustavson, Spendthrift Farm owner and daughter of…
Read More$3.2 million colt leads a trio seven-figure Into Mischief yearlings at Saratoga sale
Into Mischief, along with his half-sister, were the stars of Tuesday’s closing session of the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale…
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