Barnes, after scratch from Malibu, is retired to Hill 'n' Dale

Barnes, the winner of two graded stakes for 3-year-old sprinters in 2025, has been retired to stud at Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa Farm in Paris, Ky., the farm announced on Monday.

Barnes will stand for $15,000, according to the statement.

By Into Mischief, Barnes won 3 of 7 starts and earned $557,750. He was entered in Sunday’s Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita, but was withdrawn because of a “setback,” trainer Bob Baffert said over the weekend.

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In a statement released by the farm, Baffert said that Barnes strained a tendon.

“This truly was a major disappointment as we were expecting him to have a huge year on the racetrack,” Baffert said.

Barnes was purchased for $3.2 million at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale, the second most expensive hip of the auction.

Barnes gained major attention by winning his first two starts – a maiden race at 5 1/2 furlongs at Churchill Downs in November 2024, and the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita in January 2025.

Barnes was beaten in his next four starts, including a second to Journalism in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita last March, and a third in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes at seven furlongs for 3-year-olds at Saratoga in August.

In his final start, Barnes scored an attractive win by 8 1/4 lengths in the Grade 3 Perryville Stakes for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs at Keeneland on Oct. 18.

Barnes is out of the American Pharoah mare All American Dream, who was winless in two starts. Barnes is a half-brother to the 2-year-old All American Boy, by Essential Quality, who has yet to race and worked a half-mile at Fair Grounds on Saturday.

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