Monomoy Girl will be bred to Into Mischief
Two-time Eclipse Award champion Monomoy Girl will be bred to two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief in her first season as a broodmare, Spendthrift Farm confirmed Monday.
Nicole RussoSep 27, 2021
Two-time Eclipse Award champion Monomoy Girl will be bred to two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief in her first season as a broodmare, Spendthrift Farm confirmed Monday.
Appropriately, a deeply rooted Illinois-bred captured what is expected to be the final race in the storied history of Arlington Park on Saturday evening.
Richard L. Golden, one of the founders of nationally prominent Northview Stallion Station in Maryland, died of natural causes in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sept. 18. He was 82.
Consignor James M. Herbener Jr., whose operation is active at the Keeneland September yearling sale, died Sunday morning at his home in Georgetown, Ky., from a suspected heart attack. He was 69.
Grade 1 winner Basin has been retired and will enter stud at Spendthrift Farm in 2022.
Shadwell Stud announced Thursday that it will disperse some of its stock following the death in March of its founder, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
Led by the $650,000 mare Don’t Leave Me, Josephine Abercrombie’s Pin Oak Stud operation was showcased in a special dispersal sale hosted Sunday evening by Fasig-Tipton at its Newtown Paddocks headquarters in Lexington, Ky.
The all-turf meet at Kentucky Downs in September offers lucrative opportunities, and next year it will offer even more for horses who pass through the upcoming Keeneland September yearling sale.
Malibu Moon, a foundation sire for Spendthrift Farm who died in May, left a legacy behind. Not only does the late stallion have two sons among the top 10 freshman sires in Gormley and Stanford, another son, Prospective, has the distinction of siring one of the top Beyer Speed Figure earners of this season.
Gun Runner recorded four graded stakes winners on the summer, including a sweep of Saratoga's closing-weekend Grade 1s for juveniles, to take command not only of North America's freshman sire list, but of the overall juvenile sire list.